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Disease X could prove to be more than seven times as deadly as COVID-19 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has created a list of priority diseases that can cause the next global pandemic. What is Disease X? According to the WHO website,...

The G20 Summit 2023 just concluded in New Delhi under the Indian Presidency. The PM of India passed the gavel to Brazil, the next G20 President. The 18th meeting of the Group of Twenty was the first G20 summit to...

The G20 Summit 2023 just concluded in New Delhi under the Indian Presidency. The PM of India passed the gavel to Brazil, the next G20 President. The 18th meeting of the Group of Twenty was the first G20 summit to...

The G20 Summit 2023 just concluded in New Delhi under the Indian Presidency. The PM of India passed the gavel to Brazil, the next G20 President. The 18th meeting of the Group of Twenty was the first G20 summit to...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose a wall depicting the historic Konark Wheel of Odisha’s Sun Temple as the backdrop for his welcome handshake with world leaders at the G20 Summit venue. The 18th G20 Summit was held in New Delhi, for the first...

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said that the East Asia Summit (EAS) must be committed to a free, open, inclusive, and rules-based Indo-Pacific, with respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity. Members The EAS has 18 members – the ten ASEAN countries (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,...

Prime Minister attended the 20th ASEAN-India Summit and the 18th East Asia Summit (EAS) in Jakarta on 7 September 2023. The two summits were an opportunity for India to strengthen its relationships with ASEAN countries and reaffirm its commitment to a free,...

Primatologists have proposed a solution to address the division caused by a 1.65-km long railway track within the Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary in eastern Assam, dedicated to the western hoolock gibbon. The sanctuary, home to about 125 hoolock gibbons, is facing habitat fragmentation due to the track’s presence,...

The governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) addressed concerns regarding Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs) and emphasized the need to bolster their governance. While the UCB sector has shown overall financial improvement, individual entities face vulnerabilities that must be addressed to ensure the sector’s stability. What are...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch its first space-based solar mission Aditya L1 on September 2. Aditya L1 Mission ISRO Updates Science Objectives The major science objectives of Aditya-L1 mission are: Study of Solar upper atmospheric (chromosphere and...