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Today's Headlines - 27 December 2023

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RBI Proposes Framework to Rationalize Money Changers' Authorization

GS Paper III

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Recently, The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) proposed draft norms aimed to streamline money changers' authorization, considering widespread banking services and exploring alternative models for foreign exchange services.


Report on External lending strategies by India and China

GS Paper II & III

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According to the latest International Debt Report released by the World Bank, India and China follow contrasting external lending strategies.


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World’s Oldest Fort Discovered

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According to a study by Antiquity Journal, the new research about the World’s Oldest Fort reshapes our understanding of early human societies and challenges the popular belief that fortresses were built with the advent of agriculture. 


Veer Bal Diwas

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Recently, on 26 December ‘Veer Bal Diwas’ is observed to mark the martyrdom of Guru Gobind Singh’s younger sons.


Trees patterns appeared on Qiantang River

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Giant tree patterns appeared on the frozen Qiantang River in east China's Zhejiang Province amid a continuing cold wave.


Seasonal and solar activity dependence of TEC over Bharati station, Antarctica

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The study of ionosphere variability over Bharati station in Antarctica reveals strong diurnal patterns even during polar days and nights.


INS Imphal

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Recently, INS Imphal (Pennant D68), the third of four warships of Project 15B that together form the Visakhapatnam class stealth-guided missile destroyers, has been commissioned into the Indian Navy.


ICMR initiates steps for a non-invasive testing method to tackle ‘Anaemia’

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Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has invited Expression of Interest (EoI) from eligible organisations, companies, and start-ups manufacturing non-invasive haemoglobinometers that are useful in effectively screening anaemia.


New non-invasive formaldehyde sensor can detect adulterated fish

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Nanomaterials and Nanoelectronics Laboratory, Guwahati University, Assam, has developed a cost-effective formalin sensor using tin oxide-reduced graphene oxide composite that can effectively detect the presence of formalin in adulterated fishes.