GS Paper III
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This article provides an overview of the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) Scheme, launched in 2015 to improve urban infrastructure in the country.
News in Brief
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The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-Bombay) has entered a strategic partnership with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to develop India’s first Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) recently launched its first-ever Investment Round on the eve of the 77th World Health Assembly.
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DRDO successfully test fired the RudraM-II air-to-surface missile from Su-30 MKI jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF).
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Scientists have warned that the 'crossbreeding' between different viruses may lead to the emergence of a completely new, altered virus with potentially more threatening characteristics.
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A group of phycologists from the Department of Botany at Catholicate College in Pathanamthitta has discovered a new algal species in the Western Ghats.
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Genetically modified (GMO) mosquitoes were released in Djibouti, East Africa to fight malaria.
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New hemiparasite plant species named after Lushai tribe of Mizoram.
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The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has denied permission for the processing and selling of human milk under the FSS Act, 2006. The food regulator has also advised that all activities relating to the commercialisation of human milk and its products must be stopped.
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A new light-based tool could cut the cost of spotting viral infections.
