DTR Bill referred to PSC
The DNA Technology Regulation (DTR) Bill, which seeks to control the use of DNA technology for establishing the identity of a person, has been referred to a parliamentary standing committee (PSC) for examination, the Lok Sabha secretariat has said.
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#DTRBill #PSC #deoxyribonucleicacid #MVenkaiahNaidu


DRDO signs pacts on ToT
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) signed 30 licensing agreements for Transfer of Technology (ToT) with 16 Indian companies, including three start-ups.
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#DRDO #ToT #Indiancompanies #GoaUniversity #DRDOsigns


Interpol to hold General Assembly in India
The Interpol will hold its General Assembly in India in 2022 to coincide with the 75th year of the country’s independence.
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#Interpol #GeneralAssembly #AmitShah #GeneralJürgenStock


World's first female spacewalking team
The world’s first female spacewalking team made history high above Earth on 18 October 2019, floating out of the International Space Station to fix a broken part of the power network.
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#femalespacewalking #Earth #JessicaMeir #NASAastronauts


Mars had salt lakes similar to Earth
Mars once had salt lakes that went through wet and dry phases similar to those on the Earth, according to a study which indicates that the red planet’s climate ‘dried out’ over a long time.
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#Mars #Earth #driedout #GaleCrater #saltlakes

UN draft treaty to combat cybercrime
The UN General Assembly approved a resolution on 27 December 2019 that will start the process of drafting a new international treaty to combat cybercrime over objections from the European Union, the United States and other countries.
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#UN #cybercrime #Russian #CherithNormanChalet #resolution

UN ups 2020 budget
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a USD 3.07-billion operating budget which for the first time includes funding for the investigation of war crimes in Syria and Myanmar.
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#budget #UN #Muslim #GeneralAssembly #Myanmar

U.N. condemns human rights abuses against Rohingya
The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution on 27 December 2019 strongly condemning human rights abuses against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, including arbitrary arrests, torture, rape and deaths in detention.
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#Rohingya #RohingyaMuslims #Myanmar #humanrights

Mars 2020 rover to seek ancient life
The Mars 2020 rover, which sets off for the Red Planet next year, will not only search for traces of ancient life, but pave the way for future human missions, NASA scientists said as they unveiled the vehicle.
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#Mars2020 #NASA #RedPlanet #Earth #JPL