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GoI: Left Wing Extremism has declined by 38% in last five years

On March 18, 2020, the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs replied in Rajya Sabha about the decline in Left Wing Extremism in the last five years....

March 18, 2020

Agricultural & Processed food products Export Development Authority signs MoU with SFAC

On March 18, 2020, the Agricultural and Processed food product Export Development Authority (APEDA) signed Memorandum of Understanding with Small Farmers Agriculture-Business Consortium. The agreement aims to link...

March 18, 2020

Panda Committee

The newly constituted Hrusikesh Panda committee met for the first time and decided to visit 4 states and UT (J&K). Hrusikesh Panda Committee The Panda committee was constituted...

March 18, 2020

Danube-Oder-Elbe Canal

Environmental organisations from Central and Eastern Europe wrote to the European Union calling for the halting of the Danube Oder Elbe Canal project. About the Project The Danube...

March 18, 2020

Jasmonic Acid in Plants

Scientists in the US have discovered a network through which plants communicate in times of pest attack. Jasmonic acid was found to be an important component in this...

March 18, 2020

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

2020 marks the 100th birth anniversary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Yet the celebrations in Bangladesh were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. About Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is considered...

March 18, 2020

Saudi Arabia to hold virtual G20 Summit as that of India’s SAARC

On March 17, 2020, PM Modi interacted with the Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. Prime Minister shared about India’s preparedness to fight against Corona Virus. He...

March 18, 2020

Wildlife Consumption in China

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is believed to have originated in China’s wet markets which sell wildlife for consumption. This has raised questions about the safety and hygiene of...

March 18, 2020

Radioactive Pollution

In light of the debate surrounding the proper method for disposing radioactive water from Fukushima site, the effect of atomic bomb testing and radioactive wastes’ dumping on the...

March 18, 2020

Fukushima Radioactive Wastes

Japan is to release 1.2 million litres of cooling water contaminated with radioactive wastes into the ocean off the coast of Fukushima. Fukushima Accident The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear...

March 18, 2020

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