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The Centre approved two key science initiatives to strengthen the research base and accelerate search for science and technology solutions to some of the country’s pressing needs in sectors like clean energy.
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On August 24, 2024, the Union Cabinet approved a new initiative aimed at boosting biotechnology-based manufacturing, known as the BioE3 (Biotechnology for Economy, Environment, and Employment) Policy for Fostering High-Performance Biomanufacturing.
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The Ukrainian President has called for stronger ties with India in high-tech sectors, including agriculture, cybersecurity, and defense.
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Recently the Karnataka Governor gave permission for investigation and prosecution against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
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On August 24, the Union Cabinet approved the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS), which guarantees government employees a pension after retirement. This scheme will become effective on April 1, 2025.
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The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, approved the continuation of the three umbrella schemes, which were merged into a unified central sector scheme, namely ‘Vigyan Dhara’ of the Department of Science and Technology (DST).
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On August 23, the Indian Prime Minister met with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv.
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SpaceX is launching its Polaris Dawn mission, which will take a Crew Dragon spacecraft to its highest orbit and feature the first-ever private spacewalk.
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Recently, a satellite named Tanager-1, developed by a coalition of organizations including NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, was launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
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A collaborative team of Chinese and international physicists has made a groundbreaking discovery in antimatter research by identifying a new antimatter hypernucleus using a heavy ion collider in the United States.
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A Canadian company, Lucara Diamond, has discovered the world’s second-largest diamond, weighing 2,492 carats, at its Karowe Diamond Mine in northeastern Botswana.
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The Kerala High Court has ordered the state to place before it in a sealed cover the entire Hema Committee report, including sections redacted for confidentiality.
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The Indian government is embarking on a significant digital transformation in agriculture, with the Digital General Crop Estimation Survey (DGCES) at the forefront.
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Indian astronomers have made a significant breakthrough in understanding the sun's complex magnetic fields.
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Marine creatures such as seahorses, whales, and sharks are increasingly falling prey to illegal wildlife trade, with enforcement agencies noting a sharp rise in marine life smuggling over the past four years, culminating in particularly alarming seizures in Karnataka in 2024.
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Seshachalam Hills, one of India’s richest biospheres, has become the hot spot of red sanders smuggling and allied crimes costing many police, forest officials and mafia members their lives apart from threatening the survival of the endangered tree species.
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KITE (Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education) set to launch updated FOSS (Free and open source software) based OS for public schools in Kerala.
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Scientists in India have released the findings of studies carried out by one of the instruments on the rover module.
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Scientists have detected the heaviest antimatter nucleus ever discovered, known as antihyperhydrogen-4, at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York.
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In its submission to the TRAI’s consultation paper on service authorisations, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), which represents the three telecom companies Jio, Airtel and Vi, said: “As per our understanding, OTT Communication services are covered under the new Telecom Act as an access service.
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India’s first tagging of horseshoe crabs was kicked off by the Zoological Survey of India and Odisha Forest Department.
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The Women and Child Development (WCD) Ministry has recently revised India's Model Foster Care Guidelines, introducing significant changes that allow single individuals to foster and adopt children.
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In response to the urgent need to reform the global tax system, the United Nations has unveiled the outline of a new universal tax compact, a historic step toward reshaping the financial landscape.
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The government has announced plans to adopt a new fiscal framework, set to be implemented by 2026-27. Under this new system, the fiscal deficit will be managed with a focus on ensuring a declining debt-to-GDP ratio, rather than adhering to a fixed target.
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In a groundbreaking study published in Science Advances scientists from the University of Alaska Fairbanks reported the discovery of a new type of whistler wave, generated by a previously unknown mechanism.
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For the second consecutive year, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das has been given an “A+” rating in the Global Finance Central Banker Report Cards 2024.
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A novel drug delivery method promises to improve the treatment of fungal infections, particularly for patients with asthma, cystic fibrosis, HIV, cancer, or those undergoing long-term corticosteroid therapy.
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A team of researchers from the ICAR-National Rice Research Institute and Pennsylvania State University has developed a groundbreaking genome-editing tool, offering new possibilities for agriculture.
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A study by Portuguese scientists warns of a subduction zone, dubbed the 'Ring of Fire,' beneath the Gibraltar Strait, with the potential to engulf the Atlantic Ocean.
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The Supreme Court has constituted an expert committee to balance the conservation and protection of the endangered Great Indian Bustard population with the country’s international commitments to promote renewable sources of energy.
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