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UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : International Relations MCQs on Drohobych, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Caroline test and more (Week 116)
The Indian Express
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June 29, 2025
UPSC Essentials brings to you its initiative of subject-wise quizzes. These quizzes are designed to help you revise some of the most important topics from the static part of the syllabus. Attempt today’s subject quiz on International Relations to...
How 50,000 years of ancestry shaped India’s unique disease patterns
Medical News
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June 30, 2025
A new study reveals how ancient population mixing, unique founder events, and centuries of endogamy have shaped India’s distinct genetic landscape, influencing everything from ancestry to risk of rare diseases. Study: 50,000 years of evolutionary...
UPSC Current Affairs Pointers of the past week | June 23 to June 29, 2025
The Indian Express
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June 30, 2025
Every Monday, we bring you UPSC Current Affairs Pointers—a concise, exam-focused guide to help you stay ahead in your Prelims and Mains preparation. Reports (FYI: The data provided in these reports can be used to substantiate your Mains answer and...
The Belt and Road Initiative injects strong momentum into building a community with a shared future with neighboring countries
Eurasia Magazine
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Since its inception 12 years ago, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has seen more than three-quarters of the world’s countries join its cooperative efforts. In November 2015, President Xi Jinping emphasized during a speech at the National...
Trump is showing his big talk isn’t just hollow rhetoric
Orange County Register - California
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June 27, 2025
Even now, six months into President Trump’s second term, there’s a tendency to disregard President Trump’s sometimes fiery rhetoric as mere big talk. Americans ought to know better by now. Iranians certainly do, after Trump sent bunker bombs into...
Over 65,000 premature deaths in CA were attributed to ambient air pollution in 2021, says WB report
Asia Plus
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Air pollution has become a silent killer across Central Asia, with more than 65,000 premature deaths recorded in 2021 alone due to diseases linked to fine particulate matter (PM2.5), according to a new World Bank report titled “Air Quality...
UPSC Key: Cloudburst, Special Intensive Revision and World Bank’s poverty line
The Indian Express
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June 27, 2025
Pahalgam terror attack kept out, Rajnath doesn’t sign SCO draft Syllabus: Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance. Mains Examination: General Studies II: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and...
Terrorism Means Something Different Now
Foreign Policy
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June 25, 2025
The recent conflict between Iran and Israel, which included numerous powerful airstrikes by the United States against Tehran’s nuclear infrastructure, has once again raised the specter of Iran-backed terrorism in the West. FBI Director Kash Patel...
Uzbekistan dispatch: is this country what Afghanistan might have been, or still could be?
JURIST
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June 27, 2025
I recently returned to the US from Uzbekistan. This was my second visit to that Central Asian country, and I must say that as an Afghan, it was a bittersweet experience. Uzbekistan is a beautiful, peaceful place with a rich history and a modern,...
UPSC Key: Roadmap on de-escalation, GLP-1 drugs, and Coastline paradox
The Indian Express
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June 28, 2025
Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance Mains Examination: General Studies-II: India and its neighbourhood- relations What’s the ongoing story: Eight months after the disengagement of troops at the Line of...
ECO Prepares for the 17th ECO Summit in Azerbaijan
News Central Asia
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June 28, 2025
The Republic of Azerbaijan will host the 17th Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Summit on July 3–4, 2025, in Khankendi, reaffirming its leadership in promoting regional cooperation and sustainable development. The Summit will convene ECO...
KALW Almanac - Friday June 27, 2025
KALW - California
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Today is Friday, the 27th of June of 2025, June 27 is the 178th day of the year 187 days remain until the end of the year. 87 days until autumn begins Sunrise at 5:50:07 am and sunset will be at 8:36:03 pm We will have 14 hours and 45 minutes of...
America’s most unwanted and the urgent cable that reveals where Trump wants them to go
The Age
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June 27, 2025
Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size United States diplomats in several overseas missions received an urgent cable from Washington...
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The Hindu
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June 28, 2025
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UN: Afghans face highest global resettlement needs for 2026 as deportations surge ahead of regional deadlines
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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June 27, 2025
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 27 (ANI): The United Nations has reported that 2.5 million refugees globally will require resettlement in 2026, with Afghan nationals comprising the largest group in need, according to a report cited by TOLO News. UN...
Kazakhstan Moves to Ban Face-Coverings in Public
Times of Central Asia
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June 27, 2025
On June 25, Kazakhstan’s Mazhilis, the lower house of parliament, approved amendments to the law “On the Prevention of Offenses,” introducing a new provision that prohibits wearing clothing that obscures the face in public places. While the...
Caro: Trump Must Prepare to Face ‘Cleric Decoupling’ in Iran
KKOB News Radio - New Mexico
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June 24, 2025
President Trump is right to insist that Iran must never obtain a nuclear weapon. At the same time, many people are equally right to be skeptical of new entanglements, after two decades of costly and misguided wars. In this case, both instincts —...
Terrorism and drug trade
Business Recorder
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June 26, 2025
“The black market, the informal financial system, porous borders, a permissive security environment, and under-resourced Pakistani law enforcement, investigative, and prosecutorial agencies all contribute to the substantial demand for and...
Kyrgyzstan’s Parliament Advances Restrictive Version of Media Law
Times of Central Asia
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June 26, 2025
Kyrgyzstan’s parliament has ignored more than two years of work by a special commission and adopted a new media law that preserves restrictions on the registration of media outlets. The version parliament passed in its second and third readings on...
Rajnath Singh Calls For Permanent Border Solution in Crucial Meeting With Chinese Defence Minister
Bharat Shakti
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June 27, 2025
In an important meeting with Chinese Defence Minister Admiral Dong Jun on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh called for a structured and permanent roadmap to resolve the...