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Ban by coastal States on purse seine fishing not justified
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Ban by coastal States on purse seine fishing not justified

Science & Tech 27/12/22 07:47 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The Centre has told the Supreme Court that a ban imposed by certain coastal States on purse seine fishing, which is known to disadvantage endangered species, is not justified.' This mode of fish Read More...

66 monuments of Lucknow circle under encroachment
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66 monuments of Lucknow circle under encroachment

Science & Tech 27/12/22 07:31 AM IST
by Mahesh

'Uttar Pradesh accounts for 79 out of 249 centrally protected monuments that have been encroached across the country.' While 13 such encroached monuments are in the Agra circle of the Archaeologic Read More...

AVGC Task Force Report
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AVGC Task Force Report

Science & Tech 27/12/22 07:25 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comic (AVGC) Task Force has called for a National AVGC-XR Mission with a budget outlay to be created for integrated promotion & growth of the AVGC sector Read More...

Project Vaani scales decibels as it maps language landscape of India
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Project Vaani scales decibels as it maps language landscape of India

Science & Tech 27/12/22 06:07 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), ARTPARK (AI and Robotics Technology Park) and Google have come together for an unusual digital project – mapping the language diversity of India by coll Read More...

Good Governance Day
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Good Governance Day

Science & Tech 26/12/22 21:04 PM IST
by Mahesh

'In 2014, the then newly-elected Narendra Modi government announced that December 25 would be celebrated as “Good Governance Day.”' Marking the birth anniversary of former Prime Ministe Read More...

Indian scientist Prof. Thalappil Pradeep receives VinFuture special prize 2022
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Indian scientist Prof. Thalappil Pradeep receives VinFuture special prize 2022

Science & Tech 26/12/22 08:18 AM IST
by Mahesh

'Indian scientist, Prof. Thalappil Pradeep, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras received VinFuture special prize recently in Hanoi for innovation of a low-cost filtration system to remove arsenic a Read More...

The Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2021-22 jointly won by Sudeep Sen and Shobhana Kumar
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The Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2021-22 jointly won by Sudeep Sen and Shobhana Kumar

Science & Tech 26/12/22 08:04 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize has been jointly won by Sudeep Sen for his genre and formbender Anthropocene: Climate Change, Contagion, Consolation (Pippa Rann Books & Media, 2021) And ' Read More...

India-Japan to conduct 1st bilateral air combat exercise “Veer Guardian 23” in 2023
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India-Japan to conduct 1st bilateral air combat exercise “Veer Guardian 23” in 2023

Science & Tech 26/12/22 07:58 AM IST
by Mahesh

'India and Japan are set to conduct their first-ever bilateral combat air exercise for 10 days in Japan next month.' The exercise named “Veer Guardian 23” will be held from January 16-2 Read More...

India approves 120 Pralay missiles for armed forces along China border
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India approves 120 Pralay missiles for armed forces along China border

Science & Tech 26/12/22 07:53 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The Defence Ministry has cleared a project to buy 120 Pralay tactical ballistic missiles for the armed forces, which will be deployed along the China border.' This is the first time in the history Read More...

Consumer Affairs Minister Goyal unveils ‘right to repair’ portal
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Consumer Affairs Minister Goyal unveils ‘right to repair’ portal

Science & Tech 26/12/22 06:26 AM IST
by Mahesh

'Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal unveiled the ‘right to repair’ portal on National Consumer Day.' The theme of National Consumer Day 2022 was “Effective disp Read More...