Page-10 of Current Affairs - May, 2024

Government sets up Committee to tackle Southeast Asian Cybercrimes

May 24, 2024

On May 16, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) set up an inter-ministerial committee in reaction to a big rise in transnational organized cybercrime coming from Southeast Asian countries like Cambodia, Myanmar, and Laos Philippines. There have been a lot ..

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India’s Market Capitalization Crosses $5 Trillion Milestone

May 24, 2024

The market value of all companies traded on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in India recently passed the $5 trillion mark, which is a big deal for the market. India is now the fifth country in the world, after the ..

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IIT Guwahati, Columbia University Developed an Optical Nanopatterning Process

May 24, 2024

Nanopatterning has come a long way thanks to scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) and Columbia University in the United States. An Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at IIT Guwahati named Dr. Rishi Maiti ..

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Maldives To Launch India’s Rupay Service Amid Bilateral Tensions

May 24, 2024

The Maldives wants to make its own currency, the Maldivian Rufiyaa (MVR), stronger, so it has announced plans to accept India’s RuPay payment service. This is a step forward in working together financially, even though there have been political problems ..

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UN Body Withholds Accreditation To India’s Human Rights Commission

May 24, 2024

There is a lot of attention on India’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) because it needs to follow the Paris Principles to keep its accreditation standing with the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI). This kind of approval ..

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Indian Armed Forces To Shift To Integrated Theatre Commands

May 24, 2024

Since 2019, the Indian government has taken big steps to reorganize its military to make operations run more smoothly by suggesting the creation of integrated theatre commands. The goal of this plan is to bring the Indian Army, Navy, and ..

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La Nina Expected Later This Year, Impacting Global Weather

May 24, 2024

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) recently said that the upcoming monsoon season in India would have above-normal rainfall. They said this was because “favourable” La Nina conditions were expected by August and September. The IMD also said that El Niño ..

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Canadian Colleges Relax Education Requirements For Master’s Admission

May 24, 2024

Recently, Canadian universities and colleges changed the requirements for admission. One big change was that you don’t have to have completed 16 years of schooling to take postgraduate classes. This move is especially good for Indian kids who want to ..

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