The Australia Group
The Australia Group The Australia Group is an informal forum of countries that seeks to ensure that exports do not […]
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FarmerZone Platform
It is a platform being developed by Union Ministry of Science and Technology This platform aims for smart agriculture by
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Parliamentary Secretaries
Secretaries is ultra vires the 91st Amendment of the Indian Constitution which introduced Article 164 (1A) to the Constitution. Article 164 (1A) provides for
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Cloud Seeding – UPSC Prelims
Cloud seeding: Cloud seeding is a form of weather modification It is a way of changing the amount or type
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Geo-fencing
Geo-fencing is a feature in a software program that uses the global positioning system (GPS) or radio frequency identification (RFID) to define geographical boundaries. Geo-fencing
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Gobindobhog rice
It is a special variety of rice from Burdwan district of West Bengal It has been granted geographical indication (GI)
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Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) Bank
Opened in Oskemen, Kazakhstan Opened by UN global nuclear watchdog, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) The bank is owned
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
The UNHCR, also known as the UN Refugee Agency, is a UN programme mandated to protect and support refugees at the request of a government or
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Sodium Nitrite
Sodium Nitrite is a white crystalline powder. It is an oxidising and also a reducing agent. It is mostly used
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Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS): INCOIS is an autonomous organization of the Union Government. It comes under