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Bailey Bridges in Wayanad

Context: The Indian Army’s Madras Engineer Group constructed a “Bailey bridge”  at Chooralmala to access Mundakkai village, one of the...

Reassessment of FTA Negotiation under BIMSTEC

Context: The Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal called for Re-evaluation of the BIMSTEC Free Trade Agreement Approach Due to Slow...

Powering up to Get to the $30-Trillion Economy Point

Context: India aims to reach a $30-trillion economy by 2047, focusing on rapid economic growth through liberal policies and private...

Sub-Zero temperature batteries

Context: Recently, experts from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have developed a battery that functions efficiently in...

New Irrigation Canal in Water-Starved Punjab

Context: Nearly seven decades after the construction of key irrigation canals like the Bhakra Main Line (BML), Sirhind Feeder, and...

A Novel Methanotroph: Methylocucumis oryzae

Context: India has reported its first cultures of indigenous natural methane-mitigating agents from rice fields and wetlands, mainly in Western...

Continuation of the Modified Interest Subvention Scheme

Context: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced the continuation of the Modified Interest Subvention Scheme (MISS) for short-term...

Exploration of Deep Ocean Habitats by Using Animal-borne Video

Context: The researchers in Australia identified six benthic habitats spanning 5,000 square km of seabed in southern Australia using video...

Roofing Highways with Solar Panels

Context: The study led by a remote sensing scientist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences proposes that solar roofs over...

Bio-Bitumen Utilisation in Indian Road Infrastructure

Context: The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has approved two research projects to focus on laboratory evaluation of bio-bitumen...

India’s Khadi Industry

Context: National Handloom Day is commemorated annually on August 7. On this occasion, it is pertinent to understand the rich...

Debate Over Goods and Services Tax (GST) on Health Insurance

Context: Insurance companies increased premiums for health and life insurance policies this year with some policies experiencing up to a...

Social Benefits of Stock Market Speculation

Context: The Government of India, in its Budget, raised taxes on both short-term and long-term capital gains made in the...

New Method to Combine Conventional Internet with the Quantum Internet

Context: A team of researchers from the Institute of Photonics at Leibniz University Hannover have created a novel transmitter-receiver system...

Genetic Testing in Sports

Context: The growing use of genetic testing in sports has attracted considerable interest, especially as athletes gear up for the...