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Gwadar Port and its strategic importance

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Gwadar Port is a warm-water, deep-sea port situated on the Arabian Sea at Gwadar in Baluchistan province of Pakistan. It is located at the mouth of the Persian Gulf just outside the strategically important Strait of Hormuz. It features as the southern Pakistan hub if the $57 billion China-Pakistan economic Corridor plans. It is considered as a vital link between the Chinese One Belt, One3 Road initiative and the Maritime Silk road Project. ·          Pakistan has leased the operations of its strategic Gwadar port to a State-run Chinese firm, the China Overseas Port Holding company (COPHC) for a period of 40 years. ·          COPHC is slated to carry out all the developmental work on the port situated in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. ·          COPHC took over the operations of the port in 2013. Previously, the control of the Gwadar port was with Singapo...
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Cauvery Water Dispute

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    Cauvery Water dispute Delivering its verdict on the longstanding Cauvery Water dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu the Supreme court ruled that Karnataka would have to release 177.25 thousand million cubic feet of water ot Tamil Nadu as against and earlier quantum of 192 thousand million cubic feet(tmcft) ·          The court also allocated an additional 4.75 tmcft to Bengaluru to meet the drinking water and domestic requirements of the global city. Thus Karnataka wil now receive 284.75 tmcft as against the 270 tmcft it gets at present. ·          The states of Kerala and Puducherry would continue to receive 30 tmcft and 7tmcft respectively. ·          Tamil Nadu receives 414.25 tmcft of water annually which include 10 tmcft an account of availability of groundwater. ·          The new wate...
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Genetically Modified Crops in India

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