In an investigation by International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and Finance has found that the catalogue of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, includes at least 77 items with links to Subhash Kapoor, who is serving a 10-year jail term in Tamil Nadu for smuggling antiquities.
UNESCO Convention:
What is an antiquity?
For manuscript, record or other document which is of scientific, historical, literary or aesthetic value, this duration is not less than ‘seventy-five years’. |
What do Indian laws say?
Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, 1972 (AATA):
What is ‘provenance’ of an antiquity? “Provenance includes the list of all owners from the time the object left its maker’s possession to the time it was acquired by the current owner.” |
How to check for fake antiquities?
Can India bring back antiquities?
The crafting of the country’s data governance must enable to ensure a secure, more egalitarian and trustworthy digital future for all.
What is Data sovereignty?
Data Empowerment and Protection Architecture (DEPA):
India Data Management Office (IDMO):
Concerns associated:
Suggestive measures:
According to the latest report by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), India remained the world’s largest arms importer from 2018 to 2022 followed by Saudi Arabia.
Key highlights of the report:
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India’s steps to reduce imports:
The current legal framework and regulators to support defence policies in India include:
Indigenously developed defence equipment’s in India are:
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According to the special report by the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food), at least 21 countries — including Afghanistan, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Haiti, Lebanon, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Zimbabwe were nearing catastrophic levels of both debt distress and rising hunger in 2022.
Key Points of the report:
India’s Hunger problem:
Reasons for increasing global hunger and related debt:
Initiatives to Eradicate Hunger/Malnutrition:
India’s petroleum product exports to the European Union (EU) have grown notably over the past few months as the region is suffering from no supplies of refined products from Russia, due to the war in Ukraine.
What are petroleum products?
The term does not include naphtha-type jet fuel, kerosene-type jet fuel, or a petroleum product destined for use in chemical manufacturing or feedstock of that manufacturing or fuel sold to vessels engaged in interstate or foreign commerce. |
India Petroleum products industry:
International Relations SCO Buddhist heritage meet
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Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO):
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Environment First-ever synchronised Vulture survey |
The two-day Synchronised vulture census by Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka Forest Departments which began on March 13, 2023 has recorded about 246 vultures. Key points:
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Environment IPCC Synthesis Report |
A global meeting to approve the Synthesis Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has begun in Switzerland from March 13 and will end March 17, 2023. About the report:
The physical groups:
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Miscellaous Oscars 2023 |
Indian cinema witnessed one of its biggest moments of glory on a global stage of Oscar 2023 organised in LA. Key highlights:
About the award:
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Towards growing economic sectors:
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