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In southwestern Pakistan's Hingol National Park, Hindu pilgrims ascend steep mud volcanoes to reach the ancient cave temple of Hinglaj Mata during the Hinglaj Yatra.
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In southwestern Pakistan's Hingol National Park, Hindu pilgrims ascend steep mud volcanoes to reach the ancient cave temple of Hinglaj Mata during the Hinglaj Yatra.
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The first Hangor class submarine, built by China for Pakistan, was launched at a Wuhan shipyard in China.
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The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is working on instituting a Telecom Patent Fund (TPF) in a bid to bolster innovation and support indigenous technology development.
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A fresh set of ‘alert indicators’ have been issued by India’s financial intelligence unit (FIU) for capital markets, insurance companies, online payment gateway intermediaries and crypto currency service providers for effective checking of suspicious transactions in their channels as part of the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regime.
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The Election Commission of India (EC), under Sections 58(2) and 58A(2) of the Representation of People Act, 1951 (RPA), recently declared the polls in 11 polling stations in Manipur and 8 polling stations in Arunachal Pradesh void.
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The complexities of the ways in which global warming manifests in local weather continue to underscore the need to model globally but predict locally.
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The Centre has renamed and repurposed four institutes under the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to broaden their scope of work by incorporating data science, artificial intelligence and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).
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Biohacking is picking up in India, with followers trying everything from cryotherapy to IV therapy.
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Indian multinationals with a presence in 18 European Union nations, the UK, Vietnam and South Korea, will be subject to a 15% global minimum tax rule after they implemented rules for the tax reform.
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India's Bharat 6G Alliance and European telecom industry body Industry Alliance 6G are set to form a partnership that will pave the way for cooperation in developing 6G technology.
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The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), a leading industry body, has come up with a Corporate Governance Charter for startups to serve as a self-governing code in their compliance journey.
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According to the economic think tank Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) report, the growing trade deficit with China is a cause for concern.
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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is preparing to defend the government’s human rights processes at a meeting in Geneva this week, where a decision on whether India’s human rights body will retain its “A status” is expected to be made.
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Researchers used a well-known laser technique to tell mammoth and elephant ivory apart and identify the origin of a piece of ivory.
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The 26th World Energy Congress held in Rotterdam to shape the future of energy once again.
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Geologists at MIT and Oxford University have found ancient rocks in Greenland that bear the oldest remnants of Earth’s early magnetic field.
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One of Saudi Arabia's top universities has announced a Red Sea project described as the world’s largest coral reef restoration.
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With a resolve to remove the Nilgiri Tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius) from the endangered status, the Tamil Nadu government will execute a synchronised survey of the State animal.
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The Centre has given the Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status to the gem and jewellery sector.
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The use of inheritance tax as a tool for the redistribution of wealth to address income inequality has been discussed widely and has created controversy in the midst of ongoing General Elections.
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Digital technologies and algorithm-driven software - especially social media - present high risks of privacy invasion, cyberbullying, and distraction from learning to young girls, according to the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) latest Global Education Monitoring (GEM) report.
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Network-as-a-service (NaaS) provider CloudExtel has secured its first external debt funding of Rs 200 crore.
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The Agriculture Ministry has extended the interim approval granted for the already approved use of pesticide formulations through drones for another year till April 18, 2025.
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RBI released draft guidelines for a regulatory framework for the aggregation of loan products by lending service providers (LSP) to enhance transparency and enable borrowers to have prior information about potential lenders.
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The Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization was signed on 15 April 1994, leading to the birth of the WTO on 1 January 1995.
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Recently, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ meeting was held in Asthana, Kazakhstan.
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday came out with guidelines for the voluntary conversion of small finance banks (SFBs) into universal banks.
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While rejecting the plea for 100% verification of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips against the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) count, the Supreme Court recently directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to “seal and secure” the Symbol Loading Unit (SLU) for 45 days after the declaration of election results.
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Researchers from Kerala have reported a series of cases from Malappuram district where the regular use of fairness creams has been linked to nephrotic syndrome.
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According to scientists at the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), there is a significant improvement in the upper ocean salinity, temperature, and currents.