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Dominica creates the world's first marine reserve for sperm whales, safeguarding a unique population and their vital role in fighting climate change.
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Dominica creates the world's first marine reserve for sperm whales, safeguarding a unique population and their vital role in fighting climate change.
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Recently, India’s Chief economic advisor has highlighted concerns over using the World Bank’s Worldwide Governance Indicators in rating assessment by credit rating agencies, especially for emerging economies. And stated that now it is needed for the World Governance Index to be more transparent and less subjective.
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A survey by Visa found that RBI's Card-on-File Tokenisation (CoFT) in India, initiated in 2021, has seen widespread success, enhancing security and transforming digital payments.
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India's adoption system faces a significant delay, with nearly 30,000 prospective parents waiting for an average of three years to adopt a child, resulting in only 10% of orphaned children being adopted annually, prompting the Supreme Court to question the issue.
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Recently, the Defence Minister of India participated in the 10th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting - Plus (ADMM-Plus) in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Recently, India hosted the 33rd Conference of the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) Regional Commission for Asia and the Pacific.
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The ninth edition of the Joint Military exercise “MITRA SHAKTI-2023” was recently conducted between India and Sri Lanka in Aundh Pune, India.
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Recently, The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed non-resident Indians (NRIs) to invest in the government’s sovereign green bonds (SGrBs) issued for 2023-24.
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Outward remittances under the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) in the April-September quarters of 2023-24 have overtaken those in the corresponding year-ago period.
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RBI increases risk weights on unsecured loans by 25% for banks and NBFCs due to concerns about the fast-growing unsecured retail loans and rising systemic risk.
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In an election rally in Telangana, the Prime Minister promised to investigate the sub-categorisation of Scheduled Castes (SCs) to identify and help the most backward among them.
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Recently, a video clip showed loud bangs of firecrackers, lights, and clouds of smoke along with the echo of the ringing temple bells, raising alarm over the effect of such crackers in the geologically sensitive glacier region (Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary).
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The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission's engineers and scientists have finished several critical tests, such as the thermal vacuum testing, in preparation for the mission's launch in the first quarter of 2024.
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China has rolled out an advanced internet network that can operate several times faster than current networks.
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Recently, The second edition of the World Energy Employment (WEE) report has been published by the International Energy Agency.
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Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) Synthesis Report by United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) shows inadequate climate pledges, with a projected 87% depletion of the global carbon budget by 2030.
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40 workers are trapped due to the collapse of a section of the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand.
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Recently, India, USA and 12 other members of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) have signed a supply chain resilience agreement.
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Recently, On 15th November 2023 Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas celebrated all over India.
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A recent study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters has suggested that as per a climate modelling study, Maritime Continent (MC) deforestation has the potential to alter El Nino-Southern Oscillation i.e. ENSO’s complexity.
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The Prime Minister released the 15th Installment of PM KISAN Scheme on ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas’.
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Recently, The ‘AAINA Dashboard for Cities’ portal has been made live by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).
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The Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue (IPRD), the Indian Navy's annual international conference, will take place in New Delhi from November 15–17, 2023.
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On the island of Sicily in Italy, the Mount Etna volcano started to erupt, spewing ash miles into the sky and down on Catania Airport.
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Data from the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) in India between 1995 and 2021 reveal a significant gender disparity among organ recipients.
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There has been a surge in cyber attacks in India due to vulnerabilities in rapidly deployed technological infrastructures which are impacting sectors like banking, insurance, and healthcare, with a call for advanced defence technologies.
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A recent surge in violence between Myanmar’s military and anti-junta forces over the past week could have ramifications for security in India’s strategic northeast region, especially Manipur and Mizoram states.
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Recently, NITI Aayog has published its outcome report on the Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital in Education (SATH-E).
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NHAI Accepts First Insurance Surety Bond as Bid Security for NHAI TOT Bid for Monetization.
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In a recent scientific expedition in the Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary, a team of researchers and wildlife enthusiasts discovered a rare bioluminescent fungus, Mycena chlorophos.