News Snippets

Here we have presented those contemporary developments which do not require detailed study; rather it is sufficient to read them in brief while preparing for the examination. Instead of including such developments in the initial regular columns of the magazine, we have presented them separately in this section.

1 Khanij Bidesh India Limited (KABIL)

2 D-voters

3 National Savings Certificate (NSC) Scheme

4 ECI’s Guidelines for Ethical Social Media Use in Campaigns

5 NTIPRIT

6 Cost Inflation Index (CII)

7 HD 3386

8 Pig Butchering Scams

9 Drip Pricing

10 SBI becomes First Trading-Clearing Member of IIBX

11 Co-lending

12 POWERGRID Accorded ATD BEST Awards

13 Nifty Non-Cyclical Consumer Index Fund

14 Telecom Design Collaboration Sprint

15 Indian Tea Association (ITA)

16 Child in Conflict with Law (CCL)

17 Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY)

18 National Archives of India (NAI)

19 Maasika Mahotsav

20 Fakir Lalon Shah

21 Vivekananda Rock Memorial

22 138th Birth Anniversary of Rash Behari Bose

23 Oedocladium sahyadricum

24 Glyptothorax punyabratai

25 United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF)

26 World Wildlife Crime Report

27 Baobab Tree Origins and Threats

28 Ghugwa National Fossil Park

29 Xenotransplantation

30 SMaRT-PCR Mask

31 Cryptosporidiosis

32 Second Dengue Vaccine

33 Biocontrol Agent for Foot Rot Disease

34 ETO (ethylene oxide)

35 Naegleria fowleri (Brain-eating Amoeba)

36 Cryonics

37 Japan-US Sign New Missile Defence System Deal

38 High-Level Mediation Talks in South Sudan

39 EU Nations Approve Migration Pact

40 US Removes Cuba from Terrorism Non-Cooperation List

41 Taiwan Confident Amid China's "Punishment" Drills

42 UN Counter-Terrorism Trust Fund

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