Successful Cloning Breakthrough for Endangered Species Conservation
21 February 2025 | The Study IASContext: Black-footed ferrets, one of North America’s most endangered mammals, recently saw a major milestone in conservation with a successful...
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Permafrost Carbon: A Growing Concern for Global Warming
21 February 2025 | The Study IASContext: The permafrost in northern regions is a massive carbon reservoir under threat. Warming twice as fast as the global...
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Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFCs)
21 February 2025 | The Study IASContext: Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFCs) are boosting India’s GDP and contributing significantly to Indian Railways’ revenue, according to a study...
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Tribal Poverty & Mango Kernel Tragedy: Path to Sustainable Change
21 February 2025 | The Study IASContext: The recent tragedy in Odisha’s Kandhamal district, where two deaths occurred due to mango kernel consumption, highlights the...
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Cyber Fraud in Banking Transaction surge in FY 2024
21 February 2025 | The Study IASContext: India’s rise in digital transactions has led to increased cyber frauds. From FY2020 to FY2024, ₹3,207 crore was lost...
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Bad Weather Friends
21 February 2025 | The Study IASContext: Maryam Nawaz Sharif, Chief Minister of Pakistan’s Punjab, has urged India and Pakistan to work together to combat increasing...
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India’s Workplace Culture
21 February 2025 | The Study IASContext: In September, following the tragic death of Anna Sebastian, a young chartered accountant who allegedly succumbed to work-related stress,...
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The New European ‘Dunki’ Route
21 February 2025 | The Study IASContext: The rise in the use of dunki routes by Indian migrants seeking to reach the United States has been...
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India’s Disaster Resilience Framework for the Telecom Sector
21 February 2025 | The Study IASContext: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT), in collaboration with the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), has released the Disaster...
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Nocturnal Bull Ants
21 February 2025 | The Study IASContext: Many nocturnal animals, including insects such as ants and bees, rely on the moon’s position to navigate while foraging. ...
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Adaptation Gap Report 2024: Urgent Call for Increased Climate Adaptation Efforts
21 February 2025 | The Study IASContext: The UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report 2024: Come Hell and High Water, released on November 7, 2024, emphasises the critical...
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High-Powered Committee for Insurance Sector Reforms
21 February 2025 | The Study IASContext: The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has established a high-powered committee led by Dinesh Khara, former...
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RBI’s Exchange Rate Dilemma
21 February 2025 | The Study IASContext: A recent editorial suggested that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) should allow the Indian rupee to depreciate, stepping...
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Humanitarian and Political Crisis in Manipur
21 February 2025 | The Study IASContext: The India-Myanmar borderlands, particularly the state of Manipur, remain a data-deficient region despite a long history of armed conflict,...
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Surge in Securities Transaction Tax
21 February 2025 | The Study IASContext: In 2018-19, the year before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Union government collected ₹11,528 crore through the Securities Transaction Tax...
