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Shortly after launching on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, Intuitive Machines' robotic Odysseus spacecraft took a few selfies with Earth in the background.
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Shortly after launching on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, Intuitive Machines' robotic Odysseus spacecraft took a few selfies with Earth in the background.
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The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) is making efforts to get UNESCO to declare the annual ‘Paruveta Utsavam’ as an ‘intangible cultural heritage’.
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India and Malaysia have decided to strengthen their cooperation in the edible oil sector, focusing on the cultivation of oil palm and the production and trade of palm oil.
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Maize production in India has more than tripled over the last two decades, making it a private sector driven green revolution success story.
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Report titled "Towards Justice: Ending Child Marriage" by India Child Protection (ICP) highlights the success of Assam's legal intervention model in combating child marriages.
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Survival International has recently released rare photos and footage of the Mashco Piro tribe in the Peruvian Amazon.
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The recent stampede at a religious gathering in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, resulting in over 120 deaths, has reignited the debate on whether India has sufficient legislation to tackle exploitative religious and superstitious practices.
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The Global Education Monitoring Report, compiled by UNESCO, the MECCE Project, and the University of Saskatchewan, highlights how climate stressors like heat, wildfires, floods, and rising sea levels undermine education and may reverse recent gains.
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MGNREGA workers in Kerala's Chengalayi village, Kannur, unearthed old coins and gold and silver ornaments in a pot.
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India has initiated an anti-dumping probe into imports of certain solar glass from China and Vietnam, following a complaint by domestic players.
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The Global Pulses Conference, an annual meeting of pulses producers, processors, and traders, suggested that India augment the production of pulses to meet the nutritional requirements.
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The Global Resources Outlook 2024 report will be released later this month at the 6th UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya.
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With the 2021 Census indefinitely delayed, the government’s attempt at using the PM Gati Shakti portal to estimate the total population of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) across the country is hitting one wall after another.
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The Jnanpith selection committee has announced two popular names for the recipients of the 58th Jnanpith Award, Urdu poet Gulzar and Sanskrit scholar Jagadguru Rambhadracharya.
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Ground report from pilot project in MP village shows how ASHA workers are pivoting a digital revolution by using U-Win, the government’s new childhood vaccination management portal.
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Recent research published in the journal Nature Communications has unveiled a mechanism that helps our auditory system adjust to different sound environments.
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On July 16, NDA government restructured the NITI Aayog, incorporating four full-time members and 15 Union Ministers, including allies from the BJP, as either ex-officio members or special invitees.
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The President of India has declined to approve The Punjab Universities Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2023 that sought to remove the Governor as the Chancellor of state-run universities.
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NITI Aayog has introduced the ‘NITI GearShift Challenge’ as a part of its e-FAST India initiative.
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A python is seen inside an enclosure at Closed Cycle Breeding International, a snake breeding farm that provides snake skins for the fashion market in Nam Phi in Thailand’s northern Uttaradit province on July 15, 2024.
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India's fourth periodic review of its implementation of the UN- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) was successfully concluded by the Human Rights Committee in Geneva.
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India's energy sector needs a dynamic, integrated approach to balance low-carbon transition with growth and energy security.
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An investment of ₹1,151 crore over five years could significantly advance India's position in global battery technology development, particularly for electrifying future vehicles, according to a report published.
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The report "Navigating New Horizons – A Global Foresight Report on Planetary Health and Human Wellbeing", has been produced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in collaboration with the International Science Council.
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The Halwa ceremony, marking the final stage of the Union Budget 2024-25 preparation, was held in New Delhi.
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Since its discovery one century ago, electroencephalography (EEG) has been a crucial tool in our knowledge of the brain.
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The Union Ministry of Education and the University Grants Commission (UGC) launched a project ASMITA (Augmenting Study Materials in Indian Languages through Translation and Academic Writing) to produce 22,000 books in Indian languages over the next five years.
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India will host the second Asia Pacific ministerial conference on civil aviation on September 11 and 12, with representatives from about 40 countries, including China and Pakistan.
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The 'Candelabra' hydrothermal vent on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, situated 3.3 km underwater, has provided scientists with evidence of ancient life forms in the precipitates around such vents.