Road Accidents and Safety Measures
08 August 2024 | blogwebContext: The ministry of Road Transport & Highways publishes “Road Accidents in India” annually based on data received from Police...
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Roofing Highways with Solar Panels
08 August 2024 | blogwebContext: The study led by a remote sensing scientist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences proposes that solar roofs over...
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Bio-Bitumen Utilisation in Indian Road Infrastructure
08 August 2024 | blogwebContext: The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has approved two research projects to focus on laboratory evaluation of bio-bitumen...
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India’s Khadi Industry
08 August 2024 | blogwebContext: National Handloom Day is commemorated annually on August 7. On this occasion, it is pertinent to understand the rich...
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New Model Challenges Leading Theory on Continent Formation
08 August 2024 | blogwebContext: The formation of Earth’s continents billions of years ago enabled life to thrive. However, scientists debate whether these land...
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Debate Over Goods and Services Tax (GST) on Health Insurance
08 August 2024 | blogwebContext: Insurance companies increased premiums for health and life insurance policies this year with some policies experiencing up to a...
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Alcohol Consumption and Prohibition in India
08 August 2024 | blogwebContext: The States of Delhi, Karnataka, Haryana, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Goa, and Kerala are or were mulling plans to allow...
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Social Benefits of Stock Market Speculation
07 August 2024 | blogwebContext: The Government of India, in its Budget, raised taxes on both short-term and long-term capital gains made in the...
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New Method to Combine Conventional Internet with the Quantum Internet
07 August 2024 | blogwebContext: A team of researchers from the Institute of Photonics at Leibniz University Hannover have created a novel transmitter-receiver system...
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Genetic Testing in Sports
07 August 2024 | blogwebContext: The growing use of genetic testing in sports has attracted considerable interest, especially as athletes gear up for the...
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Institutional Gender Violence
07 August 2024 | blogwebContext: The latest concluded Lok Sabha election revealed a stark contradiction despite 642 million voters, over half of whom are...
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Substantive Equality
07 August 2024 | blogwebContext: The Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the sub-classification of SC and ST quotas marked a significant advancement in equality...
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Russia-US Prisoner Exchange
07 August 2024 | blogwebContext: The recent exchange involving Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan highlights how prisoners are used as leverage in geopolitical negotiations....
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Sunscreens and the Marine Environment
07 August 2024 | blogwebContext: After three years of research, it’s clear that sunscreens can harm the marine environment. Even at low concentrations, they may cause...
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Places in News: Fiji
07 August 2024 | blogwebContext: The Indian President was awarded the Companion of the Order of Fiji, Fiji’s highest civilian honour. She praised the...
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Places in News: Bangladesh
07 August 2024 | blogwebContext: Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel laureate, has been named as the head of Bangladesh’s interim government. Overview of the...
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Species in News: Rhinoceros Beetle
07 August 2024 | blogwebOverview of the Species: Taxonomy: Order: Coleoptera Family: Scarabaeidae Subfamily: Dynastinae Also known as: Atlas beetle, Dynastinae, Hercules beetle,...
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New Biomaterial Regrows Damaged Cartilage in Joints
07 August 2024 | blogwebContext: Recently, Northwestern University scientists have developed a new bioactive material that successfully regenerated high-quality cartilage in the knee joints...
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New Method to Predict Amplitude of Upcoming Solar Cycle Enhances Space Weather Forecasting
07 August 2024 | blogwebContext: Astronomers have identified a new correlation using 100 years of solar data from the Kodaikanal Solar Observatory. This discovery...
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A New Vision for the Amazon: Socio-Bioeconomies (SBEs)
07 August 2024 | blogwebContext: Conservationists from Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, the US, and the UK have advocated for a major shift in economic...
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India’s Steel Trade Deficit Surges
07 August 2024 | blogwebContext: India’s steel trade deficit increased to ₹6,704 crore in the first quarter of fiscal year 2024-25 (Q1 FY25), due...
