Odisha’s Initiative to Plant Palm Trees to Combat Lightning Strikes
05 August 2024 | The Study IASWhy in the News? Odisha has recently approved a plan to plant 19 lakh palm trees to combat lightning strikes,...
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Piezoelectric Devices For Wearable Applications
05 August 2024 | The Study IASContext: Researchers have found a droplet microfluidics technology to produce Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) microspheres with high electroactive (EA) phase that...
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Giant Radio Sources
05 August 2024 | The Study IASContext: A team of Indian radio astronomers has made a groundbreaking discovery, identifying 34 new giant radio sources (GRSs) using...
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World Development Report 2024: Middle-Income Trap
05 August 2024 | The Study IASContext: World Bank report “World Development Report 2024” reveals that over 100 countries, including China, India, Brazil, and South Africa,...
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100% FDI Permitted via Automatic Route for MRO Services
05 August 2024 | The Study IASContext: The Ministry of Civil Aviation has permitted 100% FDI via automatic route for the domestic aircraft Maintenance, Repair and...
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Employment Linked Incentive Scheme
05 August 2024 | The Study IASContext: The Finance Minister of India announced three employment-linked incentive (ELI) schemes for two years and an internship programme in...
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Mission Vatsalya
05 August 2024 | The Study IASContext : Mission Vatsalya The Ministry of Women & Child Development has consolidated all schemes aimed at improving the welfare...
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Paris Olympics: The Gender Issue
05 August 2024 | The Study IASContext: Angela Carini from Italy withdrew from her Round of 16 boxing match against Algeria’s Imane Khelif just 46 seconds...
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Osmolyte – Protein interaction can help treatments for Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s
05 August 2024 | The Study IASContext: Alzheimer’s & Parkinson Recently, research at the S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences used covalent magnetic tweezers to...
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Compressed Natural Gas Infrastructure
02 August 2024 | The Study IASContext: Establishment of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Infrastructure is a significant component of India’s City Gas Distribution (CGD) network development....
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Rabies Outbreak in South Africa
02 August 2024 | The Study IASContext: South Africa is witnessing its first recorded rabies outbreak in marine mammals, with health authorities planning to initiate a...
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India Selects Astronauts for Axiom-4 Mission to the ISS
02 August 2024 | The Study IASContext: India has chosen two astronaut-designates, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair for the Axiom-4 mission...
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Zombies in Our Genes: How Retroviruses Shape Human Evolution and Potentially Aid Cancer Research
02 August 2024 | The Study IASContext: Most viruses do not significantly alter the host genome, retroviruses are an exception: they can integrate into and modify...
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Kathmandu Plane Crash: Investigating the ‘Wing Stall’ Theory
02 August 2024 | The Study IASContext: Recently, a Bombardier CRJ200 jet carrying 19 passengers and crew crashed shortly after takeoff at Tribhuvan International Airport in...
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South Africa’s New Law on Climate Change
02 August 2024 | The Study IASContext: South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa signed a law imposing mandatory emission reductions for large, fossil-fuel industries and requiring climate-adaptation...
