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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...

What is Darknet or Dark web?

What is Darknet or Dark web?

Context: As per the recent reports, the National Testing Agency (NTA) that conducts important exams like NEET, JEE and CUET,...

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

Context: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) said that India’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) regime is achieving “good...

Camouflaging as a dead enzyme VEGFR1 holds key to medical solutions for colon and renal cancers

Camouflaging as a dead enzyme VEGFR1 holds key to medical solutions for colon and renal cancers

Context: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata, have decoded the molecular mechanism of VEGFR1,a...

Power Markets in India

Context: The government has allowed trading of surplus electricity generated from “linkage coal” in power markets to meet peak demand...

The Need for Resilient Infrastructure in India

Context: This past month, Delhi faced unprecedented electricity demand due to relentlessly high temperatures, leading to frequent power cuts in...

Green Metal Mystery: From Mantle to Crust

Context: Researchers at The University of Western Australia conducted an experiment explaining how volcanoes bring green metals from deep within...

Cotton

Context: Recently, the third Meeting of the Committee on Cotton Production and Consumption (COCPC) for the Cotton Season 2023-24 was...