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The Durbar Hall and the Ashok Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan have been renamed as 'Ganatantra Mandap' and 'Ashok Mandap' respectively.
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The Supreme Court has clarified that royalties are not considered a tax, affirming that states possess the authority to tax mining activities independently.
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Recently the Canadian government issued a public health notice regarding a Listeria outbreak, reporting 12 cases, two of which resulted in deaths.
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India and the UK unveiled a Technology Security Initiative designed to enhance telecommunications security and foster collaboration in critical areas such as minerals, semiconductors, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and health technology.
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July 26, 2024 (Friday) - The 25th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas.
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The ICMR has called for Expressions of Interest (EOI) from organizations, companies, and manufacturers to undertake the 'Transfer of Technology' for the commercial production of a CRISPR Cas-based TB detection system, developed by the ICMR-RMRCNE Institute in Dibrugarh.
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Small farm holders from 10 villages in Mokokchung district of Nagaland are setting an example in replacing plastics with compostable bioplastic bags made from Cassava starch.
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully conducted the second experimental flight for demonstrating Air Breathing Propulsion Technology from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
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Recently, researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, have patented the use of Indian spices to develop Nanomedicines to treat cancer.
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After almost 75 years, a female Indian Gharial has been spotted in Greater Kaziranga National Park.
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As the Red Sea crisis enters its fourth month, global supply chains increasingly grapple with inflated freights, delayed vessel schedules, and product shortages.
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The problem of toxic arsenic and fluoride in groundwater across various areas of the country is not being effectively addressed by the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA).
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The Climate and Clean Air Conference 2024 took place in Nairobi, Kenya with a call for international collaboration to phase-out short-lived climate pollutants, or “super pollutants”, such as methane, black carbon and hydrofluorocarbons.
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The flow of water from the Ravi River to Pakistan has been completely halted with the completion of the Shahpur Kandi barrage.
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Gujarat prepares for the establishment of a cheetah breeding center in Banni after receiving approval from the Central Zoo Authority (CZA).
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For a new paper in Nature Chemical Biology, researchers examined how a class of synthetic drugs called macrolones disrupt bacterial cell function to fight infectious diseases.
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Cultural Mapping initiative launched in India under the National Mission on Cultural Mapping.
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Abhinav Bindra, an Olympic gold medallist, has been honored with the Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for his exceptional contributions to the Olympic Movement.
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The Department of Posts, in collaboration with IIT Hyderabad, has launched a beta version of the National Addressing Grid, branded as the Digital Postal Index Number (DIGIPIN), for public feedback.
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The latest Henley Passport Index rankings have placed India's passport at the 82nd position, granting visa-free entry to 58 countries.
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The international NOvA collaboration presented new results at the Neutrino 2024 conference in Milan, Italy.
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For the first time in about 11 years, the government released the broad findings of the All India Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) carried out between August 2022 and July 2023.
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Scientists have isolated an antibacterial compound that can kill Mycobacterium abscessus, a relative of the bacteria that cause tuberculosis, without generating any signs of bacterial drug resistance in infected mice.
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The Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA), an autonomous body under the Union Culture Ministry, has proposed to conduct a linguistic survey across the country to create a ‘Language Atlas’ of India.
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The government announced a plan to set up the “world’s largest grain storage plan” in the cooperative sector.
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The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has been granted a record allocation of Rs 22,154 crore for the fiscal year 2024-25 in the Union Budget, marking a significant increase from the previous year's budget of Rs 18,050 crore.
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The Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs presented the Union Budget 2024-25 in Parliament.
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The Union Budget has given a boost to several clean energy commitments made in the interim Budget, although it did not introduce any new schemes.
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Recently, the Supreme Court of India delivered a split verdict regarding the validity of the Centre's 2022 decision to grant conditional approval for the environmental release of genetically modified (GM) mustard crops.