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International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to Victims of Terrorism 2025
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India has become world’s 5th largest aviation market in 2024. Handled 211 million passengers, surpassing Japan (205 million). The dats is from source: International Air
Kavach 4.0 Commissioned on Mathura–Kota Rail Section
Indian Railways commissioned Kavach 4.0, the indigenous railway safety system, on the Mathura–Kota section of the high-density Delhi–Mumbai route. Approved by Research Designs & Standards
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ICAR-SBI Scientists Awarded National Agriculture Science Award
Scientists from ICAR – Sugarcane Breeding Institute (SBI), Coimbatore – K. Hari, D. Puthira Prathap, P. Murali, A. Rameshsundar and B. Singaravelu – were awarded
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One State–One RRB Policy: Rural Banking Reform
Government of India has consolidated Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) under the One State–One RRB (OS-OR) Policy, reducing their number from 196 (2005) to just 28