Page-13 of Current Affairs - August, 2023

Army 2023: 9th International Military-Technical Forum

August 18, 2023

India, China, and Iran have established pavilions at the ongoing Army 2023, the 9th International Military-Technical Forum hosted by Russia. The Indian pavilion features stalls from the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and three Defense Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs). ..

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TamilNadu Startup Thiruvizha 2023

August 18, 2023

StartupTN, the State’s nodal agency for Startup and Innovation, is set to organize the ‘TamilNadu Startup Thiruvizha 2023’ event at the CODISSIA Trade Fair Complex in Coimbatore on August 19 and 20. This two-day celebration aims to highlight Tamil Nadu’s ..

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Breakthrough Method Converts Human Skin Cells into Pluripotent Stem Cells

August 18, 2023

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati and Christian Medical College, Vellore, have successfully developed a technique to transform regular human skin cells into pluripotent stem cells, known as Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs). Unlike conventional methods that ..

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Water Crisis in Afghanistan

August 18, 2023

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has reported that a staggering 79% of Afghans lack sufficient access to clean water for essential needs, exacerbated by the worst drought in 30 years, economic instability, and decades of conflict. The dire situation ..

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Deterioration of Eilat’s Red Sea Coral Reefs

August 18, 2023

The coral reefs in the Gulf of Eilat/Aqaba are facing a concerning decline, as revealed by the 2022 report of the Israel National Monitoring Program. The report attributes this deterioration to a combination of factors including rising temperatures in the ..

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Himachal Pradesh Relaxes VKVNY

August 18, 2023

The Himachal Pradesh Government has announced the relaxation of the ‘Vidhayak Ksetra Vikas Nidhi Yojana’ (VKVNY) for the fiscal year 2023–24. The relaxation encompasses the addition of safeguarding initiatives such as retaining walls and channelization of Nullahs (small streams) under ..

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New Genetic Insights from Ötzi

August 18, 2023

The latest research on Ötzi, the Neolithic Iceman, has yielded unexpected insights into his genetic heritage. A high-coverage genome was created for Ötzi, leading to a revised understanding of his characteristics. The study, published in the journal Cell Genomics, revealed ..

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Madan Lal Dhingra

August 18, 2023

On the 114th anniversary of his execution, a memorial is being formally inaugurated in Amritsar’s Golbagh area to honor the Indian revolutionary Madan Lal Dhingra. Hanged at the age of 24 for assassinating British official Curzon Wyllie, Dhingra’s unwavering patriotism ..

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