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Why in News? A study by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) evaluated 400 cities globally in 2018 with focus…
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on January, 2019 set up an expert committee under former SEBI chairman U.K.…
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Demonetisation, coupled with increased digital transactions and the reduced cash usage in the informal economy, led to a Reduction…
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Projects worth 11 lakh crore remain stalled or have issues under consideration. Railways, roads and Power sector accounting to…
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The Generalized System of Preference (GSP) is the largest and oldest US trade preference programme and is designed to…
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India and the US are planning to revive the Defense Policy Group (DPG) between the two countries after a…
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Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement BECA will allow India to use US geospatial maps to get pinpoint military accuracy of…
Read MoreDNA TECHNOLOGY (USE AND…
The Bill seeks to create a Regulatory Framework for Obtaining, storing and testing of DNA samples of human beings,…
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Litchi is being most commonly blamed for the Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) outbreak in Bihar. Research paper By Jacob states:…
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Prepared by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation & The UN World Food Programme. 31.4% of Indian children…
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Is a Report on Health published by NITI Aayog Report on Rank of States and UTs’ has ranked…
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It is a Statutory Body under Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. It grants certificate to regulate the…
Read MorePRELIM SNIPPETS – June26,2019
IMPRESSIVE TORTOISE (MANOURIA IMPRESSA) It is considered beautiful enough to be named ‘Impressed’ has been Discovered in Arunachal Pradesh. The…
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