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Explained: What makes the IAF’s new Apache helicopters so lethal
Among the Apache's modern capabilities are the ability to shoot fire-and-forget anti-tank missiles, air-to-air missiles, rockets, and other ammunition.
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Romila Thapar-JNU row explained: Who is a Professor Emeritus?
On the JNU row, historian Romila Thapar said the university is only trying to "dishonour someone who has been critical of the changes that have been introduced by the present administration".
Explained: What is behind the continuing slide of the rupee, crash of the Sensex
While China witnessed a decline in its currency by around 0.6 per cent, the Indian currency that opened on Tuesday after three days, witnessed a sharp decline of 90 paise or 1.2 per cent.
Telling Numbers: The food we waste, and what it costs the global economy
The uneaten food is responsible for emitting about 8 per cent of planet-warming greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, said the report, “Reducing Food Loss and Waste”.
Explained: What is a Category 5 hurricane?
Hurricane Dorian is one. Powerful winds are what define a hurricane, so they are named and classified based on how hard their winds are blowing.
Explained: Why a probe has been ordered against Ajit Pawar, others
The FIR comes at a time when the state gears up to elect a new Assembly. For the NCP, the order is yet another blow as Pawar is one of its senior-most leaders.
Explained: Was Enid Blyton racist and sexist? Royal Mint thinks so, scholars debate
The UK Royal Mint believed that featuring author Enid Blyton on the coin would result in a backlash due to the author’s “racist, sexist and homophobic views”.
Explained: What is Kerala’s Champions Boat League?
The snake boat, or 'chundam vallam' is essentially a long canoe that can seat up to 100 rowers and can have a length between 100 and 138 feet in length.
Explained: The Interpol General Assembly, which India wants to host in 2022
India has proposed to Interpol that the General Assembly of the organization be held in New Delhi in 2022 as part of the nation's 75th Independence Day celebrations. What is the Interpol General Assembly?
Explained: Tibetan Democracy Day, its meaning and significance
September 2 marks the anniversary of the establishment of the democratic system of the Tibetan people living in exile in India.
Explained: When India’s interim government was formed in 1946
On September 2, 1946, the Congress party formed the government. On September 23, the All-India Congress Committee (AICC) ratified the Congress Working Committee’s decision.
Explained: What bank mergers can mean, the potential downsides
The plan is to merge 10 state-owned banks into four larger ones. What led to the move, how is it intended to help the banks and the government, and what are the potential downsides?
International Day for Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Abolition: how it tells stories of Indian indentured labourers
Indentured servitude from India started in 1834 and lasted up till 1922, despite having been officially banned in 1917 by British India’s Imperial Legislative Council after pressure from freedom fighters like Mahatma Gandhi.
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