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19th century painting of Raja Serfoji, son stolen from Thanjavur Saraswathi Mahal traced to U.S. museum

Source: The post is based on the article “19th-century painting of Raja Serfoji, son stolen from Thanjavur Saraswathi Mahal traced to U.S. museum” published in The Hindu on 23rd July 2022. What is the News? A rare 19th-century painting of Raja Serfoji and his son Sivaji, which was stolen from Saraswathi Mahal, Thanjavur has been… Continue reading 19th century painting of Raja Serfoji, son stolen from Thanjavur Saraswathi Mahal traced to U.S. museum

Explained: The Kali Bein and its significance for Sikhs

Source: The post is based on the article “Explained: The Kali Bein and its significance for Sikhs” published in Indian Express on 22nd July 2022. What is the News? Punjab Chief Minister has been admitted to Delhi’s Apollo Hospital days after he had drunk a glass of water directly from the Kali Bein. What is… Continue reading Explained: The Kali Bein and its significance for Sikhs

Karnataka, Manipur and Chandigarh Top NITI Aayog’s India Innovation Index 2021

Source: The post is based on the article “Karnataka, Manipur and Chandigarh Top NITI Aayog’s India Innovation Index 2021” published in PIB on 21st July 2022. What is the News? NITI Aayog has released the India Innovation Index 2021. What is the India Innovation Index? Prepared by: NITI Aayog and the Institute for Competitiveness. Purpose:… Continue reading Karnataka, Manipur and Chandigarh Top NITI Aayog’s India Innovation Index 2021

Shortage of administrative capacity leading to underspending by states

Source: The post is based on the article “Shortage of administrative capacity leading to underspending by states” published in Business Standard on 20th July 2022. What is the News? According to the Comptroller and Auditor General(CAG) audit report, States often spend far less money on health and education for lack of departmental capacity rather than… Continue reading Shortage of administrative capacity leading to underspending by states

Pythagorean geometry in Vedic-era texts, centuries before Pythagoras

Source: The post is based on the article “Pythagorean geometry in Vedic-era texts, centuries before Pythagoras” published in Indian Express on 19th July 2022. What is the News? A position paper by the Karnataka government on the National Education Policy(NEP) 2020 has described Pythagoras’s theorem as “fake news”. It has referred to a text called… Continue reading Pythagorean geometry in Vedic-era texts, centuries before Pythagoras

The NEET conundrum and Tamil Nadu’s steadfast opposition

Source: This post is based on the article “The NEET conundrum and Tamil Nadu’s steadfast opposition” published in The Hindu on 21st July 2022. What is the News? The Tamil Nadu government has opposed NEET-based admission to undergraduate and postgraduate medical courses from the beginning. Though it got exceptions earlier, in 2017 the Supreme Court refused to… Continue reading The NEET conundrum and Tamil Nadu’s steadfast opposition

National Culture Fund: National Culture Fund has completed 52 projects with various donors since its inception

Source: The post is based on the article “National Culture Fund has completed 52 projects with various donors since its inception” published in PIB on 19th July 2022. What is the News? The Minister of Culture has informed Lok Sabha about the National Culture Fund. What is the National Culture Fund? National Culture Fund(NCF) was… Continue reading National Culture Fund: National Culture Fund has completed 52 projects with various donors since its inception

Snakebites in India: Be specially chary of green pit vipers

Source: The post is based on the article “Be specially chary of green pit vipers” published in The Hindu on 17th July 2022. What is the News? According to a study, the antivenom available in India cannot counter the venom of the green pit viper. Note: Green pit viper is behind most snakebite cases in… Continue reading Snakebites in India: Be specially chary of green pit vipers

Centre amends the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules 2011 for ease of doing business and reducing the compliance burden for the electronic industries

Source: The post is based on the article “Centre amends the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules 2011 for ease of doing business and reducing the compliance burden for the electronic industries” published in PIB on 17th July 2022. What is the News? The Department of Consumer Affairs has released the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities), (Second… Continue reading Centre amends the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules 2011 for ease of doing business and reducing the compliance burden for the electronic industries

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