GS Paper III
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In a likely reprieve for multinational corporations, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) may not impose penalties for anti-competitive practices directly based on their global turnover.
GS Paper III
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Amendment to the Biological Diversity Act, 2023, sparks debate as it exempts Ayush practitioners from Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS), raising fears of economic loss for tribal communities.
GS Paper III
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Globally, food inflation based on the FAO index has been negative (minus 10.1%) since November 2022. It’s been the opposite in India, with the consumer food price index inflation remaining elevated at 9.5% in December 2023.
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To mitigate man-elephant conflict, emerging as a key challenge in Odisha, the state government has sought four Kumki elephants and their mahouts from Tamil Nadu.
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In a study, a team from the Thackeray Wildlife Foundation (TWF) discovered the first-ever viviparous skink genus and five new species belonging to it from peninsular India.
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Two new mammalian species have been added to the list of fauna in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve taking the mammalian count in the 1,302 sq. km tiger reserve to 37.
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Vaccine maker Indian Immunologicals Ltd (IIL) launched the country’s first indigenously developed Hepatitis A vaccine.
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Recently, Scientists have mapped the largest-known deep-sea coral reef, which is located off the Atlantic coast of the United States.
