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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 Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs presented the Union Budget 2024-25 in Parliament.
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The Department of Space in India saw a 0.02% rise in the department's share of outlays compared to the Revised Estimates for the fiscal year 2023-24 in the 2024-25 Budget announced by the Finance Minister.
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The Union Finance Minister has proposed significant reductions in customs duties on precious metals, providing relief to buyers.
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The government allocated ₹11,11,111 crore for capital expenditure, representing 3.4 percent of GDP.
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The Government of India has approved amendments to the Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules, 2020.
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Recently, an international team of physicists from the Anti-hydrogen Experiment: Gravity, Interferometry, Spectroscopy (AEgIS) collaboration has achieved a breakthrough by demonstrating the laser cooling of Positronium.
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Recently, the Union Minister of Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship inaugurated “Rashtriya Udyamita Vikas Pariyojana” under Skill India Mission, empowering PM Svanidhi Beneficiaries.
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The Union government has allocated an annual fund of ₹20 crore to bail out poor prisoners languishing in prisons across the country due to financial constraints.
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Singhbhum Craton’s unique geological features, including its greenstone belts, provide invaluable information about Earth’s surface and atmospheric processes.
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Every year, on July 22, India observes National Flag Day to honor the tricolor flag's adoption.
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Zebra mussels have been discovered in Clear Lake, Riding Mountain National Park, Canada.
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India plans to apply for deep-sea mineral exploration licenses in the Pacific Ocean to secure critical minerals for energy transition technologies.
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The first gene-edited pig organs ever transplanted into people came from animals born on a special research farm in the Blue Ridge mountains.
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The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety, or Ramses to be launched by April 2028.
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The Indian student team secured an unprecedented fourth place globally, marking the highest rank ever attained by India in the competition’s history.
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Up to 2018, the global LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) market was dominated by US companies, but now, one Chinese firm alone accounts for 47 percent of the global market share.
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The Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) has been awarded the 2024 Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity.
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India’s garment exports in 2023-24 totaled $14.5 billion, down from $15 billion in 2013-14, according to a report by the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI).
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Sammakka Saralamma Jathara or Medaram Jathara is a tribal festival honouring the tribal goddesses celebrated in the state of Telangana.
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Submerged banks and mesophotic depths are important foraging grounds for critically endangered marine animals such as Hawksbill Sea Turtles and may support a rich array of marine life.
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In a mega boost for the Indian Navy, the Cabinet Committee on Security has cleared the acquisition of over 200 BrahMos extended-range supersonic cruise missiles for deployment on its warships.
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South Sudan and Mali, where Guinea worm disease was once more common, have made commendable progress, although the fight continues in Chad and the Central African Republic.
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Recently, Madhya Pradesh CM inaugurated the golden jubilee (50th edition) event of the Khajuraho dance festival, 1484 artists came together to set a new Guinness World Record for the biggest Kathak dance performance ever in the festival.
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The High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development at the United Nations headquarters in New York recently showcased the solutions offered by Rajasthan's indigenous tribal communities to global challenges.
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India’s official death toll in 2020 during pandemic underestimated by 8 times and Indian Muslims lost 5.4 years in life expectancy during COVID-19 pandemic, largest among social groups: Study
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On July 19, 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) declared that Israel's occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem contravenes international law and must end "as soon as possible."
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A recent study published in the journal Springer titled "How Can Dry Tropical Forests Respond to Climate Change? Predictions for Key Non-Timber Forest Product Species," reveals that climate change will significantly alter habitats for key tree species in India's tropical dry deciduous forests.
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Researchers of the Shadpada Entomology Research Lab (SERL) of Christ College, Irinjalakuda, have reported two species of flower flies for the first time from Kerala.
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Prime Minister inaugurated the 46th Session of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.
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Financial market regulators, SEBI and RBI, are increasingly concerned that the rising volumes in futures and options (F&O) trading are negatively impacting capital formation and posing a systemic risk to India's economic growth.