Context: The world is celebrating the World Sanskrit Day (Vishva-Samskrita-Dinam) on 19 August this year. More on the news Sanskrit language Also Read: RISE Accelerator program
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Context: Over 520 stakeholders, including farmers , environmental groups, industry associations, etc have urged the MoEFCC to start consultations for a national policy on genetically modified (GM) crops. Supreme Court
Context: Recently, ISRO successfully launched its latest earth observation satellite, EOS-08, on a Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV)-D3 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota . More on the News: The launch marks
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