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Palm Tree Significance in Reducing Casualties by Lightning Strikes

05 July 2024 | blogweb

Context: Odisha, a state heavily affected by lightning strikes during pre-monsoon and monsoon periods, has restricted the felling of existing...

Economy

Government plans a PLI scheme to boost critical mineral recycling and support the circular economy

05 July 2024 | blogweb

Context: The Ministry of Mines is in the early stages of developing a Production Linked Incentive (PLI) program aimed at...

Economy

RBI’s surplus transfer to the Government

05 July 2024 | blogweb

Context : RBI announced last month that it is transferring a sizable dividend to the government, significantly more than what...

Polity, Constitution and Governance

Parliamentary Privileges

05 July 2024 | blogweb

Context: In the 18th Lok Sabha, both the opposition and the ruling party have been accusing each other of violating...

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MoRD and MoMSME to boost SHG women enterprises

05 July 2024 | blogweb

Context: Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) and Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MoMSME) to collaborate on formalising and...

Environment, Ecology and Biodiversity

Alaska’s Glaciers Nearing Irreversible Tipping Point

05 July 2024 | blogweb

Context: A recent study shows that major icefields spanning the United States Alaska and Canada’s British Columbia have been melting...

Science and Technology

Lenacapavir Shows Promising Results in Preventing HIV Among Young Women

05 July 2024 | blogweb

Context: The recent large clinical trial in South Africa and Uganda for lenacapavir, a new pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) drug, shows...

Science and Technology

Technology Development Fund (TDF) scheme Promoting ‘Atma Nirbharta’ in Defence

05 July 2024 | blogweb

Context: The TDF scheme is instrumental in advancing ‘Atma Nirbharta’ in the defence sector, encouraging start-ups and MSMEs to develop...

Science and Technology

Emerging Threat: Snowblind Banking Malware

04 July 2024 | blogweb

Emerging Threat: Snowblind Banking Malware Context: A new banking malware called ‘Snowblind’ is targeting Android users to steal banking...

Science and Technology

IEEE Approves IIT Bombay’s Network Standard

04 July 2024 | blogweb

Context: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) approves wireless network architecture for affordable broadband access in rural areas developed...

Environment, Ecology and Biodiversity

Megafauna Extinctions

04 July 2024 | blogweb

Context: Over the past 50,000 years, land vertebrate faunas have undergone significant losses, particularly of large species known as megafauna....

Environment, Ecology and Biodiversity

Species in News: Psilocybe Mushrooms

04 July 2024 | blogweb

Context: In a recent publication in Mycologia, researchers from Stellenbosch University and citizen mycologists introduce two new species of psychoactive...