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The ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has found that coral reefs in the Lakshadweep Sea have undergone severe bleaching due to prolonged marine heatwaves since October 2023.
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The Supreme Court has declined a plea by MSMEs challenging a rule under the Income Tax Act under which businesses are prohibited from extending credit to buyers beyond 45 days.
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Flying Wedge Defence, a defence and aerospace technology firm unveiled the FWD-200B unmanned aircraft. The firm claimed that it is India’s first indigenous bomber unmanned aircraft.
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India's drug regulatory body is in the process of updating the approval procedures for pharmaceutical exports in response to apprehensions raised by international authorities regarding the quality and safety of medications originating from the country.
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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, carrying two NASA astronauts, will be launched by an Atlas V rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, to the International Space Station (ISS).
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At the recently concluded 19th Interpol Conference of Heads of National Central Bureaux at Lyon in France, the Indian delegation said that online radicalization continues to pose a significant challenge to global security.
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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor said that permanent deletion of transactions can make the e-rupee or Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) anonymous and bring it at par with paper currency.
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The areca nut grown in the Tirthahalli region emerged as the best quality areca among the varieties grown in Karnataka in an analysis conducted by the Areca Research Centre at Keladi Shivappa Nayaka University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences in Shivamogga.