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India and Germany signed the Triangular Development Partner agreement in 2022. It is a joint declaration on agroecology and sustainable management of natural resources These projects aim to support sustainable development goals (SDGs) in third world countries in Asia, Africa and the Indo-Pacific. So far, New Delhi and Berlin have started work …

The government is set to introduce a second production-linked industry aimed at bolstering the local capital goods industry. The expansion of the PLI scheme for steel industry aims to support the manufacture of capital goods and critical consumables such as refractories, low carbon and low loss of ignition fluxes, rollers, …

India’s edible oil imports set for a record high. The Global prices of edible oils, which hit an all-time high after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have crashed. Sunflower has seen the greatest volatility in the prices in the last one year. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s global vegetable oils price index soared to an …

When someone artificially affects the supply or demand for a security (for e.g.  causing stock prices to rise or to fall dramatically), it is known as Market manipulation. Market manipulation may involve techniques including: Spreading false or misleading information about a company; Engaging in a series of transactions to make a security appear more actively traded. Rigging …

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) describes algorithms that can be used to create new content, including audio, code, images, text, simulations, and videos. Recent breakthroughs in the field of Generative AI have the potential to drastically change the way people approach content creation. Generative AI and transformers (that help predict the next word or a sentence) …

Centre pushes vaccination as lumpy skin ravages cattle More than 10,000 cattle have been infected with the Lumpy Skin disease in this wave of the epidemic. Uttarakhand has reported the bulk of the cases in this wave. While the Kutch region of Gujarat emerged as the epicenter of the Lumpy Skin disease outbreak last …

The Chandrayaan-3 Mission is aimed at demonstrating critical technologies to land the spacecraft on the south pole of the moon. It is a follow-on mission to Chandrayaan-2 to demonstrate end-to-end capability in safe landing and roving on the lunar surface. Chandrayaan-3 is a composite of three modules i.e., propulsion, lander and rover. The mission …

The Andhra Pradesh government has started removing “dotted lands” in the state from the prohibited list. The Andhra government has started to remove the “dotted lands” in the state from the prohibited list. This will lead to restoration of full rights of selling or pledging these lands to the farmers who own them. Over …

The World Health Organization has recommended against using artificial sweeteners WHO in a recent report has recommended against using artificial sweeteners to achieve weight loss and prevent lifestyle diseases such as diabetes. The report emphasized that while there was a need to cut intake of sugar, it should not be replaced by artificial …

The Central Government approved Rs. 17,000cr PLI scheme For IT hardware Government approved the second phase of the Production Linked Incentive or PLI scheme for IT hardware The move is aimed to accelerate domestic manufacturing of hi-tech electronics, building on efforts that catapulted India to become the second-largest mobile phone manufacturer in the …