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China has recently tested a nuclear capable hypersonic missile.About HSTDVHSTDV is an unmanned scramjet vehicle with a capability to travel at six times the speed of sound.The scramjets are a variant of a category of jet engines called the air-breathing engines.The

It was signed in 2002.It provides for specific measures to ensure security standards for safeguarding critical information shared by the US with India.Logistics Exchange Memorandum of AgreementThe two countries inked LEMOA in 2016.It allows their militaries to use each other

What is BECA?The Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement largely pertains to geospatial intelligence, and sharing information on maps and satellite images for defence.BECA will provide Indian military systems with a high-quality GPS to navigate and missiles with real-

About ItThe Standing Committee on Labour has invited suggestions from the public on the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSH) Code, 2019.The OSH Code was introduced in the Lok Sabha in July, 2019.It aims to regulate the employment of workers, inclu

About ICIJThe International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), legally International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Inc., is an independent global network of 280 investigative journalists and over 100 media organizations span

Why in News?At a ceremony held between the French and Indian governments, India officially joined the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People.Key points:India is the first of the BRICS bloc of major emerging economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China and

Why in News?       Center for Global Development analyzed state budgets to examine whether ecological fiscal transfers (EFTs) have impacted state forestry expenditures in a recent study.EFTs is meant to reward states that protected their forest

GS Paper IITopics Covered: Conservation and Pollution related issues.Context:Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) has released a report on the status of coral reefs across the world.The report, the first of its kind in 13 years, underlined the catastrophic

G.S. IITopics Covered: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.Context:New Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said that he received a “strong” message from President Joe B

Why in News?Enhanced PINAKA rocket, developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has been successfully flight tested from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha today, 04 November 2020.About Pinaka MissileThe Pinaka MK-II Rock