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By EXAM JOB EXPERT Published: October 15, 2024
Day of the Year
National Mushroom Day
- Not only do mushrooms offer a delicious flavor when eaten on their own or added to various dishes, they are also one of the most sustainably produced foods on the planet. So no one needs to feel guilty about filling up on them!
- Plus, mushrooms are low in calories and contain a wide variety of nutritious substances that are part of a healthy and balanced diet for humans. So eat a lot of mushrooms and eat them often!
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India, Canada ‘expel’ diplomats as Nijjar case row intensifies
- In a dramatic turn of events, India on Monday decided to withdraw its High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma and other senior diplomats stationed in Canada. Soon thereafter, India expelled six Canadian diplomats, including the chargé d’affaires Stewart Ross Wheeler.
- Meanwhile, news agency AP reported that Canada had expelled six Indian diplomats, including the High Commissioner.
- The developments came hours after the Canadian government declared the six Indian officials as “persons of interest” for their alleged role in the killing of pro-Khalistan figure Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia in 2023.
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Delhi coaching centre deaths: CBI chargesheet names six accused, gives clean chit to SUV driver
- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday filed a chargesheet in the case involving the drowning of three Civil Services aspirants in the basement of a coaching centre in Old Rajinder Nagar on July 27 this year.
- According to sources, the agency has named six persons as the accused, including Rau’s IAS Study Circle owner Abhishek Gupta and coordinator Deshpal Singh.
- The four other accused are basement owners Tejinder Singh, Parvinder Singh, Harvinder Singh, and Sarabjit Singh.
- The CBI has excluded from any charges Manuj Kathuria, who was accused by the police of driving his SUV.
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Failing U.K. universities rely on Indian student fees to cut deficit
- Last academic year, about one third of the universities in the U.K. ran deficits. A major reason behind the financial crisis is that there is a fee cap for local students, which has barely increased in the last decade. Thus, the colleges are forced to increasingly rely on fees paid by foreign students, which have no cap.
- Students from India form the largest share of such foreigners. The fees they pay helps subsidise the education of the local students in the U.K. This arrangement is acceptable as long as it is mutually beneficial for foreign students, that is, if foreign students secure well-paying jobs in the U.K. and are able to repay their loans. However, data show that many Indians are getting admission in lower-ranked universities. Last year, the then U.K.
How did the Haber-Bosch process change the world?
- Nitrates are molecules of oxygen and nitrogen, abundant in the earth’s atmosphere. Nearly eight metric tonnes of nitrogen lie on every square metre of the earth’s surface, yet it can’t feed a single blade of grass. Nitrogen in the air is mostly in the form of N2. When two nitrogen atoms join together, they share three pairs of electrons to form a triple bond, rendering the molecule nearly unbreakable.
- The energy required to break the nitrogen triple bond is so high (946 kJ/mol) that molecular nitrogen is nearly inert. But if the bond is broken, atomic nitrogen can form ionic nitrides such as ammonia (NH3), ammonium (NH4+), or nitrates (NO3–).
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Most ICCs in entertainment industry not legal: panel to HC
- The Kerala Women’s Commission on Monday informed a Special Bench of the High Court that most of the Internal Complaints Committees (ICC) hastily formed by various associations in the entertainment industry are not legally constituted in accordance with Section 4 of the the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) (POSH) Act, 2013.
- When the public interest litigations filed in the wake of the Hema Committee report came up for hearing before the Bench, Parvathy Menon, counsel for the women’s commission, submitted that Section 26(1)(a) of the Act specifically states that the failure to constitute an ICC, as required under subsection (1) of Section 4, constituted an offence.
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