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Today's Headlines - 19 February 2024

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India’s Anti-Dumping Probe on Solar Glass Imports

GS Paper III

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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.


Joblessness rising with education levels: IIM Study

GS Paper III

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A study by the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) finds that India has witnessed jobless growth, high unemployment among the educated, and low participation of women in the workforce in the last four decades.


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India signs MoU with Colombia on sharing India's open-sourced DPIs

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India and Colombia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Cooperation in the field of Sharing Successful Digital Solutions Implemented at Population Scale for Digital Transformation. 


India needs new cotton seed varieties for better productivity

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Recently, The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour, Skill Development and Textiles highlighted in its recent report that India is in dire need of new varieties of cotton seeds and plants that are adaptive to the soil and climatic conditions to improve its cotton cultivation.


The Global Pulses Conference: Pulses 2024

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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.


APEDA facilitates the export of bananas from India to Russia via sea

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A consignment of 1,540 boxes of bananas was flagged off from Maharashtra by the APEDA Chairman.


Global Resources Outlook: 2024

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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.


PM-JANMAN and PVTG challenges

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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.


58th Jnanpith Awards

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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.