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SMALL MODULAR REACTORS

Union Finance Minister announced a dedicated Nuclear Energy Mission; one of the biggest moves to expand nuclear energy sector with an allocation of a 20,000 crore in the Union Budget 2025-26. Nuclear Energy Mission To achieve 100 GW of nuclear power

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FRAM2 MISSION

Launch & Orbital Path Launch Date & Time: March 31, 2025, at 9:46 PM (ET). Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida (Launch Complex 39A). Vehicle: SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience atop a Falcon 9 rocket. Orbit: 90-degree polar orbit at 430

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INDIA’S BATTLE AGAINST POVERTY

India lifted 171 million people out of extreme poverty between 2011-12 and 2022-23. As per the World Bank’s Spring 2025 Poverty and Equity Brief, this marks a major success in poverty alleviation through targeted policies and inclusive growth. World Bank’s

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CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA

Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai was on Tuesday appointed the next Chief Justice of India. He would enter the office of the CJI on May 14, a day after incumbent CJI Justice Sanjiv Khanna retires. Appointment Appointed by the President under

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SIPRI 2024 Report

India’s military spending in 2024 reached $86.1 billion, nearly 9 times that of Pakistan ($10.2 billion), as per the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) report titled “Trends in World Military Expenditure 2024”. The report was released amid heightened India-Pakistan

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WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

In the recently released IMF World Economic Outlook April 2025, the global growth forecast has been marked downwards by 0.5 percentage points to 2.8 per cent for 2025 and by 0.3 percentage points to 3 per cent for 2026 compared

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CLIMATE CHANGE AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

A UN Spotlight Initiative report highlights rising gender-based violence (GBV) against women due to climate change. Prediction: By 2100, 1 in 10 intimate partner violence (IPV) cases may be climate-related without urgent interventions. UN Spotlight Initiative A global, multi-year partnership

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WAVES (World Audio-Visual Entertainment Summit)

Context & Significance Amid global trade tariffs and market instability, India demonstrates economic resilience driven by demographic strength, technological innovation, and cultural richness. The vision of ‘Create in India, Create for the World’ positions India as a rising global creative

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