Daily Archives: November 29, 2022

MILITARY EXERCISE HARIMAU SHAKTI – 2022

India – Malaysia joint military Exercise “Harimau Shakti -2022” commenced at Pulai, Kluang, Malaysia on 28th November and will culminate on 12th December 22. Exercise HARIMAU SHAKTI is an annual training event between the Indian and Malaysian Army which is being conducted since 2012. Combat-experienced troops of the GARHWAL RIFLES Regiment …

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LOCATION TRACKING PRACTICES OF GOOGLE

Background: On November 14, Google reached an agreement with the Attorney-Generals of 40 U.S. States to pay a historic $391.5 million settlement, over its location tracking practices, Associated Press reported. The multi-million dollar settlement, which was led by Oregon AG Ellen Rosenblum and Nebraska AG Doug Peterson, is the largest attorney general-led …

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“RE-DOCUMENTATION” OF THE CULTURES AND SOCIAL PRACTICES

The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST), along with the Union government, is now pushing for the “re-documentation” of the cultures and social practices of indigenous and tribal societies in India, existing scholarly literature on which, it says, is heavily reliant on the body of knowledge created by colonising governments. …

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ELECTORAL BONDS

While Mumbai, Kolkata and Hyderabad saw the sale of most electoral bonds since they came into existence in 2018, a significant majority of these were encashed in New Delhi followed by Hyderabad and Kolkata out of 20 Indian cities over the entire sale period of their 22 tranches, according to …

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INDIA, FRANCE DISCUSS DEFENCE INDUSTRIAL TIES, ‘MAKE IN INDIA’

India and France on Monday discussed defence industrial cooperation with a focus on ‘Make in India’ and means to strengthen maritime cooperation and increase the scope and complexity of bilateral exercises. This was discussed during the fourth India-France annual defence dialogue chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his French …

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INDIA’S FIRST PRIVATE SPACE LAUNCHPAD

Agnikul, the Chennai-headquartered space tech start-up, has established India’s first-ever launchpad for a private launch vehicle at Sriharikota. It was inaugurated recently by S. Somanath, Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Secretary of the Department of Space. “The first exclusive launchpad for a private launch vehicle has come …

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RADIO TELESCOPE SARAS 3

SARAS 3, a radio telescope designed and built at the Raman Research Institute (RRI) here, has provided clues to the nature of the universe’s first stars and galaxies. Using data from the telescope which has been deployed over the Dandiganahalli Lake and Sharavati backwaters since 2020, astronomers and researchers have …

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NJAC (NATIONAL JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS COMMISSION)

The Supreme Court on Monday linked the bitter failure of the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) to the government’s willingness to “cross some Rubicons” and take on the judiciary by delaying Collegium recommendations. The top court had struck down the NJAC, which gave the government an equal say in judicial …

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