India bans exports of some rice varieties
Context This year, India banned the export of non-basmati white rice amid depleting public stock in the Central pool, elevated cereal prices, and looming threat of the uneven monsoon. How…
Artificial Intelligence Safety Summit
Context Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire near London was chosen to host the world’s first ever Artificial Intelligence Safety Summit. Twenty-eight major countries including the United States, China, Japan, the United…
NexCAR19 India’s first CAR-T cell therapy
Context The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) this month granted market authorisation for NexCAR19, India’s first indigenously-developed CAR-T cell therapy, to ImmunoACT, a company incubated by IIT Bombay. This paves…
UNESCO names Kozhikode city of literature
Context The city of Kozhikode in Kerala was added in UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network (UCCN). Key Details Gwalior from Madhya Pradesh was also among the 55 new cities to join…
India hosts UNCITRAL South Asia Conference
India hosts UNCITRAL South Asia Conference Context India recently hosted the inaugural United Nations Commission on International Trade Law. Key Details The conference aimed to strengthen India’s engagement with UNCITRAL…
Dholpur-Karauli Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan
Context The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) recently granted approval for the establishment of the 54th tiger reserve in Rajasthan’s Karauli and Dholpur districts. This decision marks a significant stride…
Special Session of Parliament
Context A special session of Parliament finally putting an end to prolonged suspense by unveiling the legislative agenda. When is Parliament convened as per the Constitution? Article 85 of the…
Global Biofuels Alliance
Context On the sidelines of the annual G-20 summit in New Delhi, an India-led grouping came together to give impetus to the production and use of biofuels, an alternative to…
India has become an OIML certificate-issuing authority
Context India has become an OIML certificate-issuing authority. The Legal Metrology Division, Department of Consumer Affairs, is now authorised to issue OIML certificates. What is the OIML? The OIML stands…
National Judicial Data Grid
Context The Supreme Court recently onboarded its case data on the National Judicial Data Grid. The NJDG portal is a national repository of data relating to cases instituted, pending and…
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