E20 Fuel
Context Recently, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has published a draft notification, seeking comments from the public for adoption of E20 Fuel. Key Details E20 fuel is a…
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Mandarin Duck Floating in the Maguri-Motapung beel
Context Floating in the Maguri-Motapung beel (or wetland) in Assam’s Tinsukia district for over a week is the spectacular and rare Mandarin duck. The bird was also spotted by a…
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Novel Open Reading Frames (NORF)
Context Recently, a team from the University of Cambridge set out to find whether new genes emerge in the genome of living organisms and if they do, how they do so.…
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Giant Leatherback Turtle
Context Proposals for tourism and port development in the Andaman and Nicobar (A&N) Islands have conservationists worried over the fate of some of the most important nesting populations of the…
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Geo Spatial Data Policy
Context The Ministry of Science and Technology released new guidelines for the Geo Spatial Data in India. To realise India's vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat and the goal of a 5 trillion-dollar economy,…
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TROPEX 21: Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise
Context Indian Navy’s largest war game – the biennial TROPEX 21: Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise, - which commenced in early January, is currently underway with participation of all operational…
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MITRA Scheme: Mega Investment Textiles Parks
Context Recently, Finance minister has proposed MITRA Scheme i.e. Mega Investment Textiles Parks (MITRA) for Textile sector in her budget speech of 2021. Key Details about MITRA Scheme The scheme…
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Who are the Bargis?
Context As the Assembly elections in West Bengal draw closer, the ‘insider-outsider’ theme has grown to become one of the topics of political debate. Bengali politicians have been terming outsider…
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Social Stock Exchanges (SSEs)
Context Recently, the Economic Survey released by the Union Ministry of Finance on January 29, 2021 highlighted the concept of setting up a Social Stock Exchange (SSE) in India for…
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Corruption Perception Index 2020
Context The Transparency International (TI)’s Corruption Perception Index 2020 (CPI) was recently released. Key Findings Indian Scenario The CPI score for India is constant this year as well as the…
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