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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...

Urban Floods in India

Context: Delhi is experiencing rapid urban expansion, often disregarding the natural topography and drainage capacity, making the city vulnerable to...

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...

Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs)

Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs)

Context: Ahead of the monsoon season, Uttarakhand’s State Disaster Management Department (USDMA) plans to conduct a vulnerability study on 13...

53rd Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council Meeting

53rd Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council Meeting

Context: The GST Council convened after nearly nine months and deliberated on clarifications, tweaks, forbearances, and procedural changes based on...

Places in News: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Context:  Local and international conservation groups are voicing strong opposition to the issuance of an oil and gas exploration permit...

Skin Bank

Context: The Indian Army has established a new skin bank facility to treat severe burn injuries and other skin conditions...

Record Energy Consumption in 2023: A Global Perspective

Context: According to the 73rd Statistical Review of World Energy (SRWE) released by the Energy Institute, global primary energy consumption...

UNODC World Drug Report 2024

Context: Global drug use has surged, reaching 292 million users worldwide in 2022, marking a 20% increase over the past...

ULLAS – New India Literacy Programme (NILP)

Context: Ladakh has attained a 97% literacy rate through the implementation of the ULLAS – Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram scheme,...

Oath of MPs

Context : Recently in the oath taking ceremony of MP’s in 18th Lok Sabha MP from Saran, Bihar could not...

Cohabitation

Context : For the first time in 22 years, there is a real possibility of cohabitation in France  which  has...

Banks’ Gross NPA ratio falls

Context: Asset quality of commercial banks improved, with Gross Non-Performing Asset (GNPA) ratio falling to a 12-year low of 2.8%...