Largest companies by market cap: 🇺🇸 Apple: $2.71 trillion 🇺🇸 Microsoft: $2.3 trillion 🇸🇦 Saudi Aramco: $2.1 trillion 🇺🇸 Alphabet: $1.35 trillion 🇺🇸 Amazon: $1.14 trillion 🇺🇸 NVIDIA: $711 billion 🇺🇸 Berkshire: $7…
Read moreMost spoken languages in the world: 1. English- 1,500m speakers 2. Chinese (Mandarin)- 1,100m 3. Hindi- 602.2m 4. Spanish - 548.3m 5. French- 274.1m 6. Arabic - 274m 7 Bengali- 272.2m 8. Russian- 258.2m 9. Portuguese- 257.7m…
Read moreThickly knitted fishing gill nets have caused the death of yet another river dolphin today leaving the state fishery and the forest officials in jeopardy. ✅Gill nets used indiscriminately in the Bhagirathi river by the fisherm…
Read morediv> The Commerce Ministry is exploring various options to cope with the European Union’s decision to introduce a Carbon Tax ✅It includes retaliatory tariff measures, a challenge at the World Trade Organisation and measur…
Read moreAdapting to climate change to cost India ₹85.6 lakh crore by 2030- ✅The cumulative total expenditure for adapting to climate change in India is estimated to reach ₹85.6 lakh crore (at 2011-12 prices) by 2030. ✅It is being sai…
Read morediv> The Ministry of Jal Shakti has released the report of India’s first water bodies census ✅It is a comprehensive database of ponds, tanks, lakes, and reservoirs in the country. ✅The census was conducted in 2018-19, and …
Read moreRecently, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Synthesis Report for the Sixth Assessment Cycle. ✅The report emphasised the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to human-caused clima…
Read moreRecently, the Brahmapuram plant landfill located in Kochi caught fire and toxic fumes were seen spreading from the site. ● Why do landfills catch fire during summer? ✅Solid wastes collected and accumulated at landfill sites …
Read moreClose to 4,000 painted storks nesting in two A.P. villages- ✅One of the largest flocks of painted storks (Mycteria leucocephala) have made tall trees in Veerapuram and Venkatapuram villages of Andhra Pradesh their breeding gr…
Read moreRecently, the Centre through the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) conducted a webinar on “Export Promotion of Tissue Culture Plants’’ such as Foliage, Live Plants, Cut Flowers, an…
Read moreListeria infection is a foodborne bacterial illness. ✅It is typically caused by foods infected with the Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. ✅The bacteria exist in the environment. ✅It is found in water, soil and some animals’ in…
Read moreThe researchers have said that India’s first indigenously developed Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR)-T Cell T therapy for specific types of cancer patients has shown promising results and could be the safest therapy in this ca…
Read moreGreen ammonia refers to ammonia, which has been produced through a process that is 100% renewable and carbon-free. ✅It uses renewable energy instead of natural gas or coal for producing hydrogen; hence, is an effective way to…
Read moreThere are four criteria for declaring a public health emergency of international concern. World Health Organization declares a PHEIC if it meets 2 of 4 conditions i.e. ✅ seriousness of the public health impact of the event; ✅…
Read moreRecently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the Bharat 6G Vision Document, a starting point for policymakers and the industry to gear up for the next generation of telecommunications. ◼️About 6G Technology: ✅Technically, …
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Read moreCountries to achieve one trillion $ GDP: 1969: 🇺🇸USA 1978: 🇯🇵Japan 1986: 🇩🇪Germany 1988: 🇫🇷France 1990: 🇮🇹Italy 🇬🇧UK 1998: 🇨🇳China 2004: 🇨🇦Canada 🇪🇸Spain 2006: 🇰🇷South Korea 🇧🇷Brazil 2007: 🇮🇳India 🇲…
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