In News: Chief Ministers of the Assam and Arunachal Pradesh in the presence of Union Home Minister signed a Memorandum of Understanding over disputed areas along the roughly 800-km shared boundary. Major Highlights of MoU The two states share a roughly 800-kilometer-long border and the disputed areas the MoU deals with are 123 border villages, […]
In News PM inaugurated the First Global Buddhist Summit hosted by the Ministry of Culture in collaboration with the International Buddhist Confederation. About the Summit Theme: “Responses to Contemporary Challenges: Philosophy to Praxis”. Aim: The Summit is an effort towards engaging the global Buddhist Dhamma leadership and scholars on matters of Buddhist and universal concerns, […]
In News Recently, an Indian Air Force (IAF) representative informed that against the sanctioned strength of 42 fighter squadrons, at present India has 31 squadrons Status of India’s Fighter Jets
Indian Express Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains GS 1 1 India world’s most populous with 142.86 cr by mid-23:UN report (Population and Associated Issues) Where does India stand in the big population picture? And findings of recent UN reports in this context. GS 2 11 Imagination of us (Polity and Governance) […]
The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains GS 1 1 India’s population to edge ahead of China’s by mid 2023 says UN (Population and Associated Issues) What are the findings of recently released data by the United Nations in the context of India’s population? And its implications GS 2 6 […]
In News A group of researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel reported that they had been able to pick up distress noises made by plants. More about News The researchers said these plants had been making very distinct, high-pitched sounds in the ultrasonic range when faced with some kind of stress, like when they […]
In News The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) had sent two varieties of seeds, arabidopsis and sorghum to space. About This is the first feasibility study by these organisations to determine the effect of cosmic radiation, microgravity and extreme temperatures on plant genomes and biology. Impacts Increased radiation […]
In Context Recently, the Inter-governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation meet was held between India & Russia. Inter-governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation meet Surge in trade: India and Russia hailed the surge in bilateral trade (up by 2.6 times in the past year, and at about […]
In News Nigeria made history with the approval granted a new malaria vaccine- R21/Matrix-M, which has been developed by the University of Oxford and manufactured by the Serum Institute of India. It is the second country to do so after Ghana. About The R21, otherwise referred to as Matrix-M malaria vaccine, is the second vaccine […]
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