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18 Jun 2025

In Venezuela’s El Dorado, residents weigh gold to buy daily groceries

18 Jun 2025 GS 1 Geography

El Dorado, a mining town in Venezuela’s Bolívar state, sees gold being used as daily currency due to the collapse of Venezuela’s formal economy...

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Lake Lure Hurricane Impact

18 Jun 2025 GS 1 Geography

Location: Western North Carolina, USA Event: Hurricane Helene caused massive damage Impact: Over 1 million cubic yards of debris ...

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China, Central Asia sign ‘eternal’ friendship treaty in Kazakhstan

18 Jun 2025 GS 2 International Relations

What happened? Chinese President Xi Jinping and leaders of five Central Asian countries signed a treaty titled: “Treaty on Eternal Good Neig...

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Rice reveals surprise ability to adapt to cold faster than evolution

18 Jun 2025 GS 3 Science & Technology

Epigenetic Adaptation in Rice :Rice plants (Oryza sativa) exposed to cold stress developed cold tolerance by epigenetic modification (not DNA mu...

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New START Treaty – Explained

18 Jun 2025 GS 2 International Relations

What it is: The New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) is a nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia. Purp...

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India increased its nuclear warhead count to 180 in 2024: SIPRI report

18 Jun 2025 GS 2 International Relations

Global Nuclear Modernization TrendsAll 9 nuclear-armed nations (U.S., Russia, UK, France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea, Israel) continued mod...

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