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The Union Cabinet has approved an additional allocation of Rs 2500 Cr for continuation of the Interest Equalisation Scheme till 30th June 2024.
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The Union Cabinet has approved an additional allocation of Rs 2500 Cr for continuation of the Interest Equalisation Scheme till 30th June 2024.
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The Border Security Force (BSF) has thwarted a cross-border wildlife smuggling attempt and rescued 296 Indian star tortoises which were being smuggled to Bangladesh.
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Insurance companies in India have faced losses from recent floods, like the Sikkim floods in October and the Chennai floods in December. The insurance industry has, over the years, developed instruments to deal with such disasters: Catastrophe bonds or 'cat bonds'.
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NMCG launched the Global River Cities Alliance (GRCA) at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCC) COP28 in Dubai.
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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor said that permanent deletion of transactions can make the e-rupee or Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) anonymous and bring it at par with paper currency.
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At the recently concluded 19th Interpol Conference of Heads of National Central Bureaux at Lyon in France, the Indian delegation said that online radicalization continues to pose a significant challenge to global security.
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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, carrying two NASA astronauts, will be launched by an Atlas V rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, to the International Space Station (ISS).
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India's drug regulatory body is in the process of updating the approval procedures for pharmaceutical exports in response to apprehensions raised by international authorities regarding the quality and safety of medications originating from the country.
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Flying Wedge Defence, a defence and aerospace technology firm unveiled the FWD-200B unmanned aircraft. The firm claimed that it is India’s first indigenous bomber unmanned aircraft.
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The Supreme Court has declined a plea by MSMEs challenging a rule under the Income Tax Act under which businesses are prohibited from extending credit to buyers beyond 45 days.
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The ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has found that coral reefs in the Lakshadweep Sea have undergone severe bleaching due to prolonged marine heatwaves since October 2023.
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The nine-member Vijay Raghavan panel was set up by the Government last year to review the functioning of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and is learned to have submitted its report this month.
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A new study has raised concerns about the rising acidity levels of the continental shelves in Antarctic Marine Protected Areas (MPA) under high levels of greenhouse gas emissions.
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According to the recent findings by the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), higher concentrations of PFAS were found in biogas digestate from sewage sludge compared to that from food waste.
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The Central government has amended the Surrogacy (Regulation) Rules, 2022 and notified that both gametes (egg or sperm) need not come from a married couple in case they are certified as suffering from a medical condition.
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India remains the only major economy to not yet investigate the potentially abusive licensing practices of technology companies that own SEPs.
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Researchers have created a free-standing sheet of gold that is only one atom thick. This makes gold the first metal to be formulated into (freestanding) 2D sheets opening up a host of exciting possibilities for the future.
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The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is reported to be testing a prototype of its DURGA-2 (Directionally Unrestricted Ray Gun Array) system.
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FLiRT, a group of new Covid-19 variants belonging to Omicron's JN.1 lineage, is spreading fast in the US, raising concern about a new wave of infections in summer.
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The Spring meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) held last week, but not without sparking key debates. Amid the world’s “polycrisis” of increased poverty, food shortages, energy shocks, debt crises, climate change, inflation, and war, the discussions revolved around reforming the global financial architecture.
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A massive Rs 60,000 crore contract to modernize the Indian Navy submarine fleet to build six stealth submarines equipped with Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) technology.
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A treatment protocol that combines autologous stem cell transplants with gene therapy shows signs of correcting skeletal deformities in eight children with Hurler syndrome, a rare disease that stunts skeletal system growth.
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Catatumbo lightning is a mesmerising natural phenomenon that occurs over the Catatumbo River in Venezuela.
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In a study, psychologists have explored how people subconsciously evaluate different racial groups and found stark differences in participants’ explicit statements from their implicit beliefs.
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Evidence from archaeological sites in the mediaeval English city of Winchester shows that English red squirrels once served as an important host for Leprosy bacteria.
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As the world races towards modernization, there is a growing concern about preserving traditional crafts like Dhokra Shilpkala.
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a cautionary message to mobile phone users advising them against charging their devices using public ports.
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The Ministry of Commerce and Industry notified the Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2024 to amend the Patents Rules, 2003.
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The Environment Ministry has tightened rules for labeling disposable plastic ware as 'biodegradable' requiring products to leave behind no microplastics.