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DRDO Conducts Successful Flight-Test of Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LRLACM)

November 13, 2024

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has achieved an important milestone. On November 12, 2024, it conducted the first flight-test of the Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LRLACM). This missile has a range of 1,000 km and was ..

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NITI Aayog Launches ASSET Platform Boosts Green Energy Transition

November 13, 2024

NITI Aayog, along with the Ministry of Power and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, has launched the ASSET platform. This initiative aims to accelerate India’s green energy transition. It supports states in creating energy transition blueprints. This platform ..

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New Water Pollution Penalty Rules Implemented

November 13, 2024

The Union Environment Ministry has introduced new rules for addressing water pollution violations. These rules will take effect immediately. They follow recent amendments to the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act. The amendments have shifted the focus from criminal ..

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Antariksha Abhyas: India’s First-Ever Space Exercise

November 12, 2024

India is hosting an important military exercise called Antariksha Abhyas from 11 to 13 November 2024. This event focuses on the security of space-based assets and services. It marks a pioneering effort by the Defence Space Agency to address the ..

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Bengaluru Unveils Digital Population Clock

November 11, 2024

Bengaluru is set to launch its first digital population clock. This event will take place at the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) on November 8, 2024. The clock will display real-time population estimates for Karnataka and India. This ..

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India Advances Cross-Border Electricity Initiatives

November 11, 2024

India is currently engaged in extensive discussions with several nations. These include Oman, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, the Maldives, and Singapore. The objective is to establish cross-border electricity transmission lines. This effort is part of the ‘One Sun One World ..

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Anil Pradhan wins Rohini Nayyar Prize for Rural STEM Education

November 9, 2024

Anil Pradhan, a 28-year-old engineer from Odisha, has recently received the Rohini Nayyar Prize. This award recognizes his important contributions to rural development through STEM education. Pradhan is the co-founder of the Young Tinker Foundation. His innovative project, ‘Tinker-on-Wheels’, has ..

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What do you understand by the term liquidity premium?

March 12, 2023

Liquidity premium Liquidity premium or the illiquidity premium stands for the extra return which can be bagged by the investor from an investment that cannot be turned into cash immediately. All the risk-averse investors mostly avoid investment in such illiquid ..

August 14: Partition Horrors Remembrance Day

August 16, 2022

India commemorated “Partition Horrors Remembrance Day” on August 14. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced to observe this day in 2021.  August 14 also marks Independence Day in Pakistan. India was partitioned into India and Pakistan on August 14, 1947. ..

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India-Israel Vision Statement on Defence Cooperation

June 3, 2022

India and Israel have signed a ‘vision Statement’ with the aim of further deepening the long-standing defence cooperation between both nations. This statement was signed at a meeting held between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Benny Gantz, defence minister of ..

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