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CITY OF LITERATURE

Recently, Uesco published the list of 55 new creative cities on World Cities Day, in which Kozhikode has been given the tag of City of Literature, the first to hold the title in the country. MORE ABOUT THE NEWS: Kozhikode is one o…

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Why GST collections surged sharply in October

What do the latest GST numbers reveal? With the latest print, GST revenue collections have averaged at Rs 1.66 lakh crore per month during April-October 2023, up 11.4 per from the monthly average of Rs 1.49 lakh crore seen during…

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SPYWARES

Recently, government has asked Apple to join its investigation into allegations that the iPhones of some opposition leaders and journalists could have been compromised by “state-sponsored” hackers. State-sponsored cyberattacks typ…

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LEPTOSPIROSIS

CONTEXT: Recently, the city of mumbai witnessed its first suspected leptospirosis death. ABOUT LEPTOSPIROSIS: Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease that affects humans and animals. It is caused by bacteria of the genus Leptospira.

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Maratha Quota

Context: As Maratha quota protests intensify in Maharashtra, the state government has formed a panel of three former High Court judges to advise it on the legal battle over the issue in the Supreme Court. Besides Marathas, communi…

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Pegasus spyware

Context: A leading digital news platform reported that the cellphones of at least 300 Indians had been hacked with Pegasus. The victims, important members of India’s constitutional order, included cabinet Ministers, Opposition lea…

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What the rapid ice melt in West Antarctica means

An ice sheet is essentially a mass of glacial ice that covers more than 50,000 square kilometres of land — roughly large enough to blanket Uttarakhand in ice. There are two major ice sheets in the world today: Greenland ice sheet…

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Prisoner’s Dilemma

Context: Giving his keynote address at the Goa Maritime Conclave, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh referred to the concept of “Prisoner’s Dilemma” to underscore the need for countries to collaborate with each other instead of workin…

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Photocopying

Broadly, photocopying is a set of techniques used to duplicate content using, among other things, light. However, the contemporary colloquial use of the word ‘photocopying’ refers almost exclusively to xerography. Both the word ‘x…

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Andhra Pradesh’s capital conundrum

Why in news: Recently, the CM of the state of Andhra Pradesh in an investors summit at New Delhi declared that Visakhapatnam will shortly become the capital. Opposition parties pointed out that it was contempt of court, as the cas…

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Generative Artificial Intelligence

Context: Recently, Qualcomm made a series of announcements that highlights the chipmaker’s pivot to Generative Artificial Intelligence (gen AI). All the products it unveiled were aimed at supporting gen AI applications so mobile u…

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GLOBAL HUNGER INDEX

Recently, Union minister for women and child development, Smriti Irani, recently dismissed India’s abysmal ranking on the Global Hunger Index (GHI). MORE ABOUT THE NEWS: In the Global Hunger Index 2023, India ranked 111th out of 1…

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QR CODE

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has recommended the inclusion of a QR code on food products for accessibility by visually impaired individuals. A QR code (short for Quick Response code) is an array of blac…

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CLOUD SEEDING

Recently, a cloud seeding experiment carried out in Solapur city was able to achieve 18% relative enhancement in rainfall, which is approximately 8.67mm more rainfall. Cloud seeding is a weather modification technique that improve…

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Nano Urea

Context: IFFCO now started exporting world’s 1st Nano Urea invented & manufactured indigenously in India by IFFCO to USA. An agreement in regard of exporting IFFCO Nano Urea to USA is signed between IFFCO & Kapoor Enterprises Inc,…

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China­-Bhutan boundary talks

Context: China and Bhutan held their 25th round of boundary talks in Beijing and signed a Cooperation Agreement on the “Responsibilities and Functions of the Joint Technical Team (JTT) on the Delimitation and Demarcation of the Bh…

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AUTOMATED PERMANENT ACADEMIC ACCOUNT REGISTRY (APAAR)

Recently, several state governments requested schools to seek parental consent for the creation of a new student identity card known as the Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry (APAAR). The Automated Permanent Academic Ac…

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Understanding the Saudi-Iran Relations

Context: Saudi Arabia and Iran, two of West Asia’s major powers that have been at odds with each other for decades, agreed to restore diplomatic relations in March of this year in an agreement brokered by China. Historical Backgro…

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