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1962 China- India War
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1962 China- India War

Science & Tech 23/11/23 06:33 AM IST
by Mahesh

'Sixty-one years ago, on November 21, 1962, China declared a ceasefire in its war with India.' With the independence of the Republic of India and the formation of the People's Republic of China (P Read More...

Coal isn’t easy to exclude from sustainable development
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Coal isn’t easy to exclude from sustainable development

Science & Tech 23/11/23 06:26 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The world is highly dependent on fossil fuels, which produce 80% of the total energy supplied.' In 2022, oil, coal, and gas accounted for 30%, 27%, and 23% of the world’s total energy, while Read More...

World’s biggest maths project
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World’s biggest maths project

Science & Tech 23/11/23 06:22 AM IST
by Mahesh

'Five years ago, in 2018, Dr. Langlands was awarded the Abel Prize, one of the highest honours for mathematicians, for “his visionary program connecting representation theory to number theory&rd Read More...

State fish of Gujarat
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State fish of Gujarat

Science & Tech 23/11/23 06:18 AM IST
by Mahesh

'Ghol fish was declared the state fish of Gujarat by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel during a two-day Global Fisheries Conference India 2023 in Ahmedabad.' Ghol fish is one of the largest fish found Read More...

Haryana’s private sector domicile reservation law
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Haryana’s private sector domicile reservation law

Science & Tech 23/11/23 06:03 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The Punjab and Haryana High Court on November 17 quashed a law enacted by the Haryana government in 2021 that guaranteed 75% reservation to locals in private sector jobs in Haryana.' A division Read More...

Reporting animal cruelty makes children safer
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Reporting animal cruelty makes children safer

Science & Tech 23/11/23 05:36 AM IST
by Mahesh

'Child abuse is grave and rampant in India.' In 2007, the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development published the largest empirical study about the incidence of child abuse in India. The stu Read More...

Tantalum, the rare metal found in Sutlej
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Tantalum, the rare metal found in Sutlej

Science & Tech 22/11/23 11:22 AM IST
by Mahesh

'A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar has found the presence of tantalum, a rare metal, in the Sutlej river sand in Punjab.' The discovery has been made by a t Read More...

Hamas as a ‘terrorist’ organisation
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Hamas as a ‘terrorist’ organisation

Science & Tech 22/11/23 11:15 AM IST
by Mahesh

'Ahead of the 15th anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, Israel has listed Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba as a “terror organization”.' While Israel only lists terror or Read More...

Ministry of Education asks States to encourage use of online coaching platform SATHEE
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Ministry of Education asks States to encourage use of online coaching platform SATHEE

Science & Tech 22/11/23 11:00 AM IST
by Mahesh

'SATHEE is an open learning platform available to students at no cost.' A barrier for students who could not pay to access any such training programme has been bridged now. SATHEE has launched a 4 Read More...

A NASA experiment will study ‘air glow’ to understand Space weather
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A NASA experiment will study ‘air glow’ to understand Space weather

Science & Tech 22/11/23 10:50 AM IST
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'With an exponential rise in satellite-based services used for navigation and communications, obtaining forecasts and data on the health of Space weather is of supreme importance.' National Aeron Read More...