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Innovative Cleanup Technologies for Acid Mine Drainage (AMD)

Context: Researchers have proposed a combined approach to clean up the AMD using plants to absorb toxins through their roots...

Overview of India’s Tourism Sector

Context: The Ministry of Tourism’s initiatives for promoting sustainable tourism in India include several strategic pillars and specific programs.  ...

Duplicated Genomes Helped Grasses Diversify and Thrive

Context: A new analysis by Penn State biologists examined the genomes of over 350 grass species, reconstructing the ancestral grass...

Prevent Fatal Sloth Bear Encounters: Insights from Tiger Interactions

Context: Three scientists suggest that studying sloth bear behaviour during tiger encounters can help prevent deadly attacks in South Asia....

Ideas4LiFE Portal

प्रकृति: रक्षति रक्षिता, that is, those who protect nature, nature protects them.       Context: The Union Minister for...

MQ-9B Predator Drone

Context: India and the US are finalising a deal for 31 MQ-9B Predator drones, valued at approximately USD 3.1 billion....

Startup Ecosystem in the Agricultural Sector

Context: Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare (DA & FW) is implementing the Innovation and Agri-Entrepreneurship Development programme under Rashtriya...

SIDM Solves the Final Parsec Problem

Context: A recent study by Scientists from Canada suggests that self-interacting dark matter could solve the final parsec problem in...

Unlocking the Potential of Glucosinolates in Brassica Crops

Context: A recent review by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, published in Vegetable Research (May 2024), explores the potential of...

Village Defence Committees

“To be prepared for war is the most effective means of maintaining peace.” ~ George Washington        ...

Jammu and Kashmir Lithium Block

Context: The Ministry of Mines was forced to scrap the auction for the lithium block in Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K’s)...

Global Wood Production Hits Record High and Set to Increase

Context: According to the State of the World’s Forest report, wood production hit a record high of 4 billion tonnes...

The Impact of Digitalisation

Context: The Report on Currency and Finance (RCF) for 2023-24, issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), indicated that...

New Insights into Cuprate Superconductors

Context: Recent research published in Nature Communications reveals groundbreaking findings about the interplay between superconductivity and charge density wave (CDW)...

India Complaints Against India Employment Report 2024 

Context: India, a founding member of the ILO, is likely to raise a complaint against the UN agency over its...