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Revamped PDS under the Food Security Act

Context: During NFSA 2013 discussions, concerns about food security arose due to PDS inefficiencies, with 41.7% leakages reported in 2011-12...

Loss and Damage Fund (LDF)

Context: Following the recent devastating landslides in Kerala’s Wayanad district, a key discussion has arisen about whether subnational entities can...

Breakthrough in Nuclear Clock Technology

Context: An international research team led by scientists at JILA has showcased key components of a nuclear clock, a new...

The Evolution of Complex Brains in Animals

Context: An assistant professor at the University of Detroit is investigating the relationship between brain structure and behaviour in reptiles,...

World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2024

Context: Inequality is increasing globally as labour income has stagnated, and a significant portion of youth remain outside employment, education,...

Temperature-Adaptive Radiative Cooling Device

 Context: As the global energy crisis deepens and climate change accelerates, the need for sustainable energy management solutions becomes increasingly...

AI Model Revolutionises Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Context: Scientists at Harvard Medical School have introduced CHIEF (Clinical Histopathology Imaging Evaluation Foundation), a groundbreaking AI model set to...

Soil Carbon Storage

Context: Researchers at Kansas State University (K-State) are investigating how various farming practices influence the amount of carbon stored in...

FAME-3

Context: In encouraging news for electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers, the government has announced that the third phase of the Faster...

Food Inflation in Inflation Targeting of  RBI

Context: Recently in  an interview Viral Acharya, former RBI deputy governor, explains the importance of including food inflation in the...

Gap Between Allocations for Health and Outcomes in States

Context: The effectiveness of Union Budget health allocations relies on State-level factors, especially for Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS), as States...

Carbon Pricing

Context: State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2024, show encouraging advancements, yet further efforts are necessary to meet the desired...

Project Strawberry

Context: OpenAI, the leading artificial intelligence research organisation, is expected to release its most powerful AI model.   About the...

NASA Discovers Earth’s Third Energy Field: The ‘Polar Wind’

Context: NASA has identified a previously theoretical energy field called the ‘Polar Wind’, which has been hypothesised for 60 years. ...

Drones and Security

Context: The drones used in the bombing of two Meitei-majority villages in Manipur’s Imphal West district were likely assembled locally,...