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China: Giant pandas are vulnerable, not endangered now

Chinese conservation officials have announced that, Chinese giant Panda is no longer an endangered species. Key Facts Status of giant panda has been updated to “vulnerable”. There are...

July 10, 2021

India & Russia to hold 2+2 dialogue

External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar recently held productive talks with the Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov. Both sides reviewed the progress on broad-ranging cooperation between both the nations on...

July 10, 2021

WWF-UNEP report on Human-wildlife coexistence

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) recently released its report titled “A future for all – the need for human-wildlife coexistence”. Key findings...

July 10, 2021

India-UK First Financial Markets Dialogue

UK-India Financial Markets Dialogue (FMD) held first virtual meeting on July 8, 2021 in order to strengthen bilateral financial connections. UK-India Financial Markets Dialogue ·Government-to-government conversations took place during...

July 10, 2021

Himalayan yaks set to be insured

National Research Centre on Yak (NRCY) at Dirang in Arunachal Pradesh has partnered with National Insurance Company Ltd. to insure high-altitude yak. What are the concerns? High-altitude yaks...

July 10, 2021

RBI asks banks to stop Libor soon

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued an advisory to banks and other financial institutions to be prepared for year-end transition from London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor). Transition from...

July 10, 2021

UP to launch new policy on population control for 2021-30

Uttar Pradesh government is set to release its new policy on population control for 2021-30. It will be released on July 11, on the occasion of World Population...

July 10, 2021

DBT-NIBMG creates world’s 1st database of Oral Cancer variants

Department of Biotechnology (DBT) & National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (NIBMG) has created a first of its king database of genomic variation in oral cancer. NIBMG made this...

July 10, 2021

Jewish state law upheld by Israeli court

Supreme Court of Israel upheld a controversial law on July 8, 2021. This law defines the country as ‘nation state of Jewish people’. Highlights This law also rejects...

July 10, 2021

Current Affairs – Today’s Headlines: July 10, 2021

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for July 10, 2021 INDIA – Defence Minister Rajnath Singh holds telephonic conversation with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Gantz –...

July 10, 2021

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