⦁ A rare inscription dating back to the Renati Chola era has been unearthed in a remote village of Kadapa district that has kindled interest among the fraternity of archaeology and history.⦁ Found engraved on a dolomite slab and shale.⦁ The inscription was written in archaic Telugu which was readable in 25 lines — the …
⦁ The High Commission of India gifted books on the life of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the liberation war of Bangladesh to 100 universities and colleges in the country in places like Dhaka, Chattogram, Khulna, Rajshahi and Sylhet among others. ⦁ The High Commission organised the online book gifting session as part of Mujib …
⦁ The Reserve Bank announced a host of steps, including term repo operations totalling Rs 1 lakh crore in mid-September to ease pressure on the liquidity and maintain congenial financial conditions with a view to ensuring sustainable recovery of economic growth.⦁ As part of the measures to ‘foster orderly market conditions’, the RBI will conduct …
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⦁ The trade ministers of Japan, India and Australia agreed to work toward achieving supply chain resilience in the Indo-Pacific region, following reports that the three nations are looking to work together to counter China’s dominance on trade.⦁ They also called on other countries in the region with shared views to participate in the initiative.⦁ …
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⦁ CSIR-CMERI (Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute) has developed the World’s Largest Solar Tree, which is installed at CSIR-CMERI Residential Colony, Durgapur. ⦁ The installed capacity of the Solar Tree is above 11.5 kWp. It has the annual capacity to generate 12,000-14,000 units of Clean and Green Power”. ⦁ The Solar Tree has been designed …
⦁ The Assam government said that it sticks to its demand of 10-20% re-verification of names included in the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) published last year, even as it continued its criticism of former NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela.⦁ Around 19 lakh applicants were left out of the NRC. The NRC process has hit …
⦁ Recently Chadwick Boseman’s dead from colon cancer at age 43. Doesn’t colon cancer mostly affect older people?⦁ Although the majority of cases are found in older people, there has been an increase in cases in younger people in recent years.⦁ Among people over 65, rates of colorectal cancer, which includes tumours in the rectum …
⦁ There have been reports that a Special Frontier Force (SFF) unit, referred to as Vikas Battalion, has been instrumental in occupying some key heights on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China in Ladakh to thwart any occupation by the Chinese troops. What is the Special Frontier Force (SFF)?⦁ SFF was raised in …
Recently the Indian Army thwarted an attempt by China to change the status quo near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) by deploying its troops to a previously un-deployed area on the southern bank of the Pangong Tso Lake in eastern Ladakh.What is Pangong Lake?⦁ Made popular by the Hindi film 3 Idiots, Pangong Tso …