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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released the latest global financial stability report warning about the risks to the global financial system from persistent high inflation, rising lending in the unregulated credit market, and increasing cyber-attacks on financial institutions.
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A poxvirus, mpox, was recently in the news after a rapidly expanding global outbreak in 2022-2023.
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Devised as a method to prevent a person from casting more than one vote, the indelible ink has been used for decades in Indian elections. It has also travelled to other parts of the world to help in conducting elections.
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The United States and the Philippines will open what they are billing as the “most expansive” iteration of the annual Balikatan military exercise, at a time of growing tension around Taiwan and the South China Sea.
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India is set to get a regional centre of the Peru-based International Potato Center (CIP), the premier research-for-development organisation focusing on potatoes and sweet potatoes.
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Potential acceleration and eventual disintegration of the Ross Ice Shelf, leading to its movement into the sea, would have far-reaching consequences.
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April 22 is worldwide celebrated as World Earth Day.
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The Centre government is working to extend the deadline for unorganised sector workers to claim life and accident insurance cover under Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY).
