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5th World Coffee Conference was inaugurated in India by ICO, in association with Coffee Board of India which is being held for the first time in an Asian coffee-producing country.

Cabomba furcuta, popularly called as Pink Bloom due its massive flowering, has been a new threat to the kole fields, in addition to water hyacinth and Salvinia molesta.

Finance Ministry has notified final rules outlining valuation methods for non-resident and resident investors under the new angel tax mechanism in the Finance Act 2023.

Exercise in news, Galactic tides, Mushkoh Valley & Gurez Valley, National Building Code of India, 2016, Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve

A new U.N. treaty to protect the world’s oceans was signed by 67 countries to reverse the damage done to fragile marine environments by overfishing and other human activities.

RBI has asked Regulated Entities (REs) to display information regarding borrowers whose secured assets have been taken into possession under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (SARFAESI) Act, 2002.

Tamil Nadu and Kerala will join hands to count endangered Nilgiri tahr, as the animal is only found in select habitats in the two States.

NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex capsule carrying first asteroid samples landed on Earth into the Utah desert.

Recently, the International Rhino Foundation (IRF) published the report, State of the Rhino, 2023 which documents current population estimates and trends for the five surviving rhino species in Africa and Asia.

Perovskite, Pterygotrigla intermedica, IEEE 1028 standard, Maharashtra’s ephemerals

Exercising power under Section 45L of the RBI Act 1934 RBI has mandated All India Financial Institutions (AIFIs) to maintain a capital adequacy ratio (CAR) of 9% by April 2024 (July 2024 for NHB).

E-sports has been included at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, as a medal event. E-sports and Breaking (Breakdance) are scheduled to make their inaugural appearances.