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Why in news? Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change inaugurated the Aravali Green Wall Project on the occasion of International day of Forests and unveiled the National Action Plan to Combat Dese...
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Why in news? Union Home Minister said the government would move forward to open a corridor to the Sharda Peeth in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) on the lines of the Kartarpur corridor. About Shardha Peeth: ...
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Why in news? Great African Rift Valley may lead to the birth of a new ocean. According to the study, the division of the continent is connected to the East African Rift, a crack that stretches 56 kilometres and a...
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Why in news? Australia announced plans to triple the size of the Macquarie Island Marine Park to protect the entire Exclusive Economic Zone around the island. This proposed expansion would bring marine parks to 4...
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Why in news? Two United States Senators have introduced a resolution in the upper chamber of Congress reiterating that the US recognises the McMahon Line as the international boundary between China and India in Aru...
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Why in news? On the tiny, remote island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean - Easter Island-, archaeologists have discovered moai statue. The enormous stone figure was hidden beneath a dry lake bed. What is Moa...
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Why in news? The Union Cabinet gave its nod for the construction of the 4.1-km Shinkun La tunnel on the Nimu-Padam-Darcha road link to provide all-weather connectivity to the border areas of Ladakh About Shink...
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Why in news? Recently, Burkina Faso announced an official end to the operations led by France in the country. France had signed a military agreement with Burkina Faso in 2018 to achieve stability against th...
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Why in news? For the first time, the road to Sinthan Top has been opened in the month of February 2023 with an aim to promote tourism to this off-beat destination in Jammu and Kashmir. About Sintan Top: ...
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Why in news? After a case of wild polio was discovered in a child, Malawi announced a wild polio outbreak, the first of its kind in Africa in more than five years. In the year 2020, the continent was declared fr...