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Petrodollar

Petrodollar

Context: With the The 50-year-old petrodollar agreement between the US and Saudi Arabia expired commentators predicted the end of the...

AI Reveals Hidden Antarctic Meltwater Reservoirs: Implications for Sea-Level Rise

AI Reveals Hidden Antarctic Meltwater Reservoirs: Implications for Sea-Level Rise

Context: Researchers from the University of Cambridge have discovered that Antarctic ice shelves contain significantly more meltwater than previously estimated,...

Researchers Developed Eco-Friendly Supercapacitors

Researchers Developed Eco-Friendly Supercapacitors

Context: A team of researchers from a government college has successfully developed a groundbreaking method to produce activated carbon suitable...

Lakshadweep Bleaching Crisis

Lakshadweep Bleaching Crisis

Context: Scientists have confirmed that Lakshadweep, an archipelago of 36 islands and a Union Territory of India, has been the...

Indian Government Bonds in JP Morgan Index

Indian Government Bonds in JP Morgan Index

Context: Indian Government Bonds (IGBs) will be included in JP Morgan’s Government Bond Index-Emerging Markets (GBI-EM) for a period of 10 months....

India’s new trilemma: Kids, Jobs & Emigration

India’s new trilemma: Kids, Jobs & Emigration

What is Demographic Dividend? The term coined by Harvard economist David Bloom, refers to economic growth potential when a country...

Increase in Coffee Exports to Europe

Increase in Coffee Exports to Europe

Context:   Indian coffee exporters are seeing increased demand as European buyers stockpile coffee ahead of the EU Deforestation Regulation...

Polavaram Project

Polavaram Project

Context: The Central Government has released around ₹14,419 crore for the construction of the Polavaram dam after it was designated...

Gen Upendra Dwivedi Takes Charge as 30th Army Chief

Gen Upendra Dwivedi Takes Charge as 30th Army Chief

  Context: Gen Upendra Dwivedi took charge as the 30th Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), succeeding Gen Manoj Pande,...

The Milky Way’s eROSITA Bubbles

The Milky Way’s eROSITA Bubbles

Context: A team of scientists from China and Europe has discovered two prominent features of the “eROSITA bubbles” in the...

Gestational Diabetes Screening: Benefits and Implications

Gestational Diabetes Screening: Benefits and Implications

Context: Researchers from India, London, and Africa have suggested that the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), used to diagnose gestational...

Micro ATMs

Micro ATMs

Context: The micro-ATM sector has remained resilient despite the rise in digital payments and stagnant pricing.   More on News: ...

Maurya and Davana Flowers

Maurya and Davana Flowers

Context: National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI)-Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) undertook scientific research to preserve and produce Maurya...

Currency Swap Arrangement

Currency Swap Arrangement

Context: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to put in place a revised Framework on Currency Swap Arrangement...

Novel Mechanism for targeting bone marrow adipocytes to prevent bone loss

Context: Recently, a research team from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has...