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24 Aug 2025

Integrated Air Defence Weapon System (IADWS)

24 Aug 2025 GS 3 Defence

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully tested a new air defence system called the Integrated Air Defence Weapon Sys...

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Issue with the Map of Africa and the Mercator Projection

24 Aug 2025 GS 2 International Relations

Background The Mercator projection (1569, Gerardus Mercator) was designed for navigation, not accuracy of landmass sizes. It distorts scale ...

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ICMR’s Handheld Brain Scanner – CEREBO

24 Aug 2025 GS 3 Science & Technology

About the Device CEREBO: Portable, handheld, non-invasive diagnostic tool for traumatic brain injuries (TBI). Technology: Near-Infrared Spec...

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Delhi Assembly to Host First All India Speakers’ Conference

24 Aug 2025 GS 2 Polity

Occasion: First-ever All India Speakers’ Conference hosted by the Delhi Assembly. Date: August 23 (two-day event). Inauguration: By Union ...

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Census 2027: Retaining Urban Area Definition

24 Aug 2025 GS 2 Governance

Census 2027 will retain the same definition of an urban area as used in Census 2011 to ensure uniformity and comparability in analysing urbanisation t...

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23 Aug 2025

Gerrymandering

23 Aug 2025 GS 2 Polity

Context: Gerrymandering in us statesGerrymandering is the deliberate manipulation of electoral constituency boundaries by the ruling party or authori...

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