#health25 Murine Typhus

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#report25 Published this week by Irish humanitarian organisation Concern Worldwide and German aid agency Welthungerhilfe to highlight that hunger levels will remain high in many of the world’s poorest countries for several decades in the absence of more progress in measures to tackle the issue.

Source: The Hindu

#global25 By awarding the Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 to Nihon Hidankyo or the Japan Confederation of Atomic and Hydrogen Bomb Sufferers Organizations, a group formed by hibakusha in 1956, the Norwegian Nobel Committee finally recognised the yeoman efforts taken by the group to improve health and provide medical support to the hibakusha and to strive for the abolition of nuclear weapons, emphasised in their slogan, ‘No more hibakusha’.

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#environment25 A grim picture of the state of global biodiversity has been painted by a new paper released October 10, 2024. The Living Planet Report 2024, a biennial assessment by conservation organisation the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), revealed that the average size of monitored wildlife populations has decreased by 73 per cent since 1970.

Source: DTE

#environment25 Seaweed farming is not limited to native or naturally occurring species. The cultivation of non-native varieties, such as Kappaphycus alvarezii, has increased in recent years. However, a quick study reveals that this species is not native to Indian waters and is listed among the world's 100 most invasive species (according to the IUCN).

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#global25 A highly advanced American missile defence system, along with US troops to operate it, will now be present in Israel. What can this mean for the violence in West Asia?

Source: The Indian Express

#global25 Levadne

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#science25 How did the Haber-Bosch process change the world?

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#science25 In Wayanad, the new radar is expected to be able to monitor the movements of particles, such as soil, to inform landslide warnings. The device will also perform high temporal sampling, that is, rapidly sample its environs, allowing it to spot particle movements happening in shorter spans of time.

Source: The Hindu

#science25 X-Band Radar

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#global25 Nile nations agree on water-sharing without Egypt’s nod

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#global25 Nile nations agree on water-sharing without Egypt’s nod

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#global25 City of Nogales

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#defence25 MQ-9B

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#health25 Bone Ossification Test

Source: The Indian Express

#global25 Warning of a ‘lost generation’

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#global25 Hsipaw

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#global25 Keyword: Chinese Anaconda Strategy

Source: The Indian Express

#technology25 Europa Clipper: NASA + Europa (Moon of Jupiter)

Source: The Indian Express

#science25 Hopfield Network and Boltzmann Machine

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#history25 Battle of Walong

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