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Today's Headlines - 04 April 2024

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Should State Governments borrow more?

GS Paper III

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In a recent development, the Government of Kerala has approached the Supreme Court (SC) for a resolution of the following question: How much can the State government borrow from the market to bridge the excess of its expenditures over receipts?

Shallow fakes or cheap fakes

GS Paper III

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In the wake of the General Elections, a new threat has arisen, i.e. of misinformation via deepfakes and other means of forged videos.

India’s PRATUSH among telescopes astronomers want to put on and around the moon

GS Paper III

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Astronomers are looking forward to opening a new window on the universe by posting high-resolution telescopes on the moon, and in orbit around it.

Risk from glacial lake floods

GS Paper III

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The Uttarakhand government has constituted two teams of experts to evaluate the risk posed by five potentially hazardous glacial lakes in the region.

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India-Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) FTA Negotiations

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Indian officials and the representatives of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) held extensive talks last month to begin formal negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA).

Earthquake hits Taiwan: What is the Ring of Fire?

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Taiwan was hit by its biggest earthquake in at least 25 years on April 4. While Taiwan’s earthquake monitoring agency said the quake was 7.2 magnitude, the US Geological Survey (USGS) put it at 7.4.

SCO Meet

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The National Security Advisor (NSA) of India Ajit Doval attended the 19th Meeting of Secretaries of the Security Council of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Remains of a skeleton found near a Kutch Harappan graveyard

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The presence of the skeleton excavated from a hillock, locally called Padta Bet, point to the presence of a 5,200-year-old Harappan settlement that was 1.5 km from the mass burial ground of Juna Khatiya, an Early Harappan necropolis.