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Recently, MV Ruen, a Malta-flagged merchant ship, was hijacked by unknown raiders in the Arabian Sea, sparking fears of the return of Somali pirates in international waters, amid troubling geopolitical uncertainty.
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With India in election mode, the allocation for defence in Budget 2024-25, which starts getting planned now, could take a hit. This could impact India’s deterrence posture, which defence preparedness is all about.
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Taking forward India’s offer for a grant to the former Rajapaksa regime to fund an Aadhaar-like identity verification system for its citizens, Sri Lanka has entered into an agreement with India to start work “on basic level issues” on the project.
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The National Geoscience Data Repository (NGDR) Portal has been launched, as a part of the National Mineral Exploration Policy, 2016.
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Recent issues like - Malnutrition and hunger make individuals more susceptible to diseases and affect their productivity, income and quality of life, even as poverty limits people’s access to safe and nutritious food.
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Pradip Saha’s recently released book “The Learning Trap” talks about the limitations of technology to set the broken system right.
GS Paper III
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Recently, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) cautioned India on rising government debt vulnerabilities.
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As per RBI’s monthly bulletin, the growth may get affected if inflation is not brought back to the 4% target.
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A University of Oxford-led study has found that diverse communities of resident commensal gut bacteria collectively protect the human gut from disease-causing microorganisms by consuming the nutrients that the pathogen would need to be able to gain a foothold in the host.
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Photoreception is activation of a biological process by light. Most organisms, including humans, respond to light. Some animals react to light waves not perceived by humans.
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Scientists are working to aid research on improved varieties of grass pea.
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The Reserve Bank of India has directed Banks, NBFCs, and lenders to avoid investing in alternative investment funds (AIFs) with downstream investments in a debtor company to curb evergreening of stressed loans.
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Recently, The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved two loans to India, each worth $250 million.
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Recently the death anniversaries of our freedom fighters were observed on 17th December (Rajendranath Lahiri) and 19th December (Ashfaqullah Khan, Ram Prasad Bismil, Thakur Roshan Singh).
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A volcano erupted in Reykjanes peninsula (southwest Iceland), spewing lava and smoke across a wide area after weeks of intense earthquake activity.
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The recent discovery of carcasses of 27 bonnet macaque monkeys in a village in Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka has highlighted the human-monkey conflict in the region as human habitations.
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Himadri, India’s Arctic Research Station at Ny-Alesund in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard in the Arctic Ocean, will now remain operational throughout the year.
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At the Kashi-Tamil Sangamam event in Varanasi, the AI tool ‘Bhashini’ was used for the first time to live-translate Indian Prime Minister’s Hindi speech into Tamil.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) added one of the world’s most underrecognised health challenges, noma, to its official list of neglected tropical diseases (NTD).
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National Green Tribunal (NGT) questioned Tamil Nadu government and Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) on oil spill in Pulicat backwaters.
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Opposition MPs from both the Houses of Parliament are suspended for disrupting Parliamentary proceedings while protesting about the Parliament security breach.
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A new coronavirus variant named JN.1 has been detected, causing concerns among doctors, experts, authorities, and the public alike.
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Child marriage is prevalent in India according to a study published in the Lancet Global Health that showed stalled progress.
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The Kraft process is ubiquitous today and replaced more toxic and resource-intensive methods to produce paper.
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The Prime Minister recalled the martyrdom of Guru Teg Bahadur (1621-1675), calling the ninth Sikh Guru a beacon of courage and strength.
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The Terms of trade (ToT) for Indian agriculture, comparing farm commodity prices to non-farm goods and services, have significantly improved over the last 15 years.
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India’s second home-built 700 MW nuclear power reactor at Kakrapar in Gujarat achieved its first criticality, the start of the controlled fission reaction setting the stage for its gradual move towards producing electricity for commercial purposes.
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A tense situation prevails on the forest fringes along the Kerala-Karnataka border near the Barapole River in Kannur between locals and the forest department because of land ownership.
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India became the first country to demonstrate the capability of engaging four aerial targets simultaneously at 25 km ranges by command guidance using a single firing unit.
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