march & may Flashcards
(183 cards)
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Who released the Global Unicorn Index 2023
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Hurun Research Institute
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Maldives Defence Min
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Mariya Didi
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Ekatha Harbour Foundation laid
At
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Sifavaru, Uthuru Thila Falhu atoll
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When did Maldives gain Independence
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1965
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Who signed the contract for Greater Male Connectivity project
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Afcons
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National College for Policing and Law Enforcement (NCPLE) was inaugurated by Jaishankar- which year
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2022
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CREDIT-SUISSE
HQ:
CEO:
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HQ: Zurich, Switzerland
CEO: Ulrich Körner
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official language of Papua New Guinea
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Tok Pisin
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India is UAE’s _ largest trading partner
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3rd
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India is the UAE’s __ largest trading partner
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2nd
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US ____ ended the restrictions on gay and bisexual men from donating blood
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US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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IN INDIA
Transgenders, gay people, and female sex workers aren’t allowed to donate blood according to
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‘Guidelines for Blood Donor Selection & Blood Donor Referral, 2017’ (Clause 12-51)
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In which case did SC read down IPC’s Section 377, which criminalizes consensual homosexual acts of adults in private (violative of Articles 14, 15, 19, and 21 of the Constitution)
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‘Navtej Singh Johar v Union of India’ (2018)
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National Security Council Secretariat (NSC) formed in which year
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1988
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Voice of Global South Summit zaw participation of how many countries
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125 countries
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When was G-77 created
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1964
During the first session of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva
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UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC)
established in
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1974
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6th Indian Ocean conference
held in
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Dhaka, Bangladesh
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first edition of the Indian Ocean conference was held in which country in which year
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Singapore 2016
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Indian Army commemorated the 75th International Day of United Nations (UN) Peacekeepers on
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29 May
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First UN Peacekeeping mission-
Established in
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May 1948,
UNSC authorised the deployment of UN military observers to the Middle East to form the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) to monitor the Armistice Agreement between Israel and its Arab neighbours.
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India contribution- approximately how many troops to peacekeeping missions so far.
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2,75,000
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Expand CITES
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Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
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When was CITES signed
How many parties have singed it
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1973
entered into force on July 1, 1975
183 parties
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When is UN World Wildlife Day ? When was it proclaimed by UNGA?
2013: UNGA proclaimed March 3 as the UN World Wildlife Day
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European Commission President
Ursula von der Leyen
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Windsor Framework
B/w
UK and EU
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WIndsor Framework will replace which other protocol
Northern Ireland Protocol
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Which mechanism allows the democratically elected Northern Ireland Assembly to oppose new/amended EU goods rules that would have significant and lasting effects on everyday lives in Northern Ireland
Stormont Brake
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Indian Ambassador to UK:
Vikram Doraiswami
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Indian ambassador to EU:
Santhosh Jha
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IRA killed Mountbatten in which year
1979
27 August
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Britain’s intelligence agency
MI5
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Capital of Norhtern Ireland
Belfast
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WHen was Northern Ireland created
1921
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Ind-Bangladesh border length
4096 km
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Which company discovered a flying balloon in the US airspace
Pentagon
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Over which city was the Chinese Spy balloon discovered
Montana
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Montana houses 150 ICBM's - which ICBM
Minuteman 3
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The US shot the Chinese spy balloon over which ocean
Atlantic
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Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF)
- launched by which countries and where
Launched jointly by US and other partner countries in Indo-Pacific
Launch at: Tokyo, Japan ; on 23rd May 2022
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When was FIPIC launched
Nov 2014
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Which session of UNFF18 was held in 2023, and where
18th session of UNFF18
Held in NY
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Forests have the potential for reducing X gigatonnes of emissions.
5
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UN Conference on Environment and Development adopts the “Forest Principles” and Agenda 21.
- which year
1992
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UNFF adopts the UN Non-Legally Binding Instrument on All Types of Forests (Forest Instrument).
- year
2007
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Intl year of Forests
2011
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Bharat Gourav tourist train connects India WITH nepal - SPECIFIC places
India's Ayodhya ad Nepal's Janakpur
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India revoked Pakistan's Most Favoured Nation following which attacj
Pulwama- 2019
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India-UAE CEPA entered into force on
May 1 2022
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Paris Club grew from which meeting
1956 meeting in which Argentina agreed to meet its public creditors in Paris.
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National Security Council Secretariat (NSC)
- when was it formed and who are its members?
Operates within the executive office of the PM
Members- Min of Home Affairs, Defence, External Affairs and Finance
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Voice of Global South Summit- theme
Unity of Voice Unity of Purpose
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G-77
Created in:
1964
during the first session of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva
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UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC)
established in
1974
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6th Indian Ocean conference
held in
Dhaka, Bangladesh
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first edition of the Indian Ocean conference was held in
Singapore 2016
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International Day of United Nations (UN) Peacekeepers
29 May
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India is a signatory and has ratified CITES convention in
1976
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Bangladesh independence day
26 March 1971
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Who assassinated Sheikh Mujib Ur Rahman
Captain Bazlul Huda and Major Noor
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The India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline connects
Siliguri in West Bengal and Parbatipur in Dinajpur district of Bangladesh
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When and where was Chagai I conducted
On 28 May 1998
At Ras Koh Hills in Chagai District of Balochistan Province
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When was Chagai II conducted
30 May 1998
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Pokhran 2 resulted in which UNSC resolution
UNSC 1172
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CTBT-Adopted on
10 Sep 1996
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How many countries possess nuclear weapons
9
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How many countries have publicly tested nuclear weapons
8
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Which nuclear plant signed in 2013, became a flagship energy project as part of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
KANUPP-3
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Kunming Biodiversity
Adopted in
COP 15
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Which article of the Convention on Biological Diversity establishes an open-ended intergovernmental scientific advisory body known as the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA).
Article 25
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Where was the Chinese Balloon first seen flying
Alaska's Aleutian Islands through Canada before appearing over city of Billings, Montana
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US President Biden co-hosted the second Summit for Democracy with the governments of which other countries?
Costa Rica, the Netherlands, Korea, and Zambia.
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First Summit for Democracy
On December 9-10, 2021
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ICC issues arrest warrant against Vladmir Putin + Russia’s Commissioner for Child Rights- who is it
Maria Lvova-Belova
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Which statute est International Criminal Court
Rome Statute
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Ukraine has twice exercised its options to accept ICC’s jurisdiction over alleged crimes under the Rome Statute occurring on its territory under which article of the Rome Statute
Article 12 (3)
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Raisina Dialogue 2023
inception year
2016
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Raisina Dialogue 2023 hosted by?
Observer Research Foundation +MeA
independent think tank based in New Delhi
founded 1999
Current chairman Sunjoy Joshi
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Jharkhand Governor
C.P. Radhakrishnan
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Jharkhand HC Chief Justice
Sanjay Kumar Mishra
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Oldest HC
Calcutta HC - 1862
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Kerala announced that Internet connection would be a basic right in the State, becoming the first State in the country to do so
- in which year
2019
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UN passed a resolution recognising Internet access as a basic human right- in which year
2016
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India’s first International Multi Modal Logistics Park
Assam Multimodal Logistics Park
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Assam Multimodal Logistics Park- being made by who and under which scheme
Park being developed under- Bharatmala Pariyojana of Govt
Being made by- Ntnl Highways & Infrastructure Development Corp Ltd (NHIDCL)
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Project 75 has a total of how many submarines
6
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Green Hydrogen mission cost
19, 744 crore
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Aug 2023: India’s total renewable energy capacity=
131 GW
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India’s first 99.999% pure green hydrogen plant:
commissioned by Oil India in Jorhat, Assam
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Chandra X Ray Observatory launched by NASA in which year
1999
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Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO)
- was earlier called what
Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF).
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Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO)
is in a _ hour orbit
64 hour orbit
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Chandrasekhar Limit is the maximum mass theoretically possible for a stable _ star
White dwarf star
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OSIRIS-REX was renamed what
OSIRIS Aphphis Explorer
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first U.S. spacecraft to collect a sample from an asteroid
Osiris REX
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WHEN WAS OSIRIS REX launched
Sep 8, 2016
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ASTEROID BENNU
was discoved by which team in which year
discovered by a team from the NASA-funded “Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research team” in 1999
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Which type of Asteroid is Asteroid Bennu
B type
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OSIRIS-REx spacecraft Has been in space for how many years
7years
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Osiris REX collected sample from which asteroid
Bennu (formerly 1999 RQ36)
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Jovian/ Gas Giant Planets
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
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First solar powered spacecraft to venture so far from the Sun-
NASA's Space probe - Lucy Mission
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Lucy mission launched from which place, on which rocket and which year?
Launched from Cape Canaveral SLC-41 in 2021.
Launched on Atlas V 401 rocket
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Lucy's first encounter will be in whcih year and with which asteroid
2025
Donaldjohnson
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Lucy the fossil was discovered in- which country and place
Ethiopia
1974
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‘Lucy’, a 3.2 million-year-old ancestor who belonged to a species of
Hominis
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Paleoanthropologist who discovered the fossilised remains of ‘Lucy’
Donald Johnson
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Which country is the first to send a civilian to space
Gui Haichao (civilian)
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Shenzhou 16 mission
launched from ?
Jiuquan Satellite launch centre, Gansu province
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Tiangong 1
Launched in
Nov 2011
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When was Hayabusa 2 launched
December 2014
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When did Hayabusa 2 arrive at asteroid Ryugu
June 2018
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Which mission returned asteroid samples from asteroid 25143 Itokawa to Earth on June 13 for the first time in June 2010.
Hayabusa 1
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Hayabusa2 was launched on 3 December 2014 and rendezvoused in space with near-Earth asteroid ___ in 2018
162173 Ryugu
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Ryugu was discovered in which year
1999
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Ryugu is also classified as a PHA and was discovered in 1999 and was given the name by the
Minor Planet Center in 2015.
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Who set up India’s first private space vehicle launch pad
Agnikul Cosmos
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When was IPCC set up
1988
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Which org set up IPCC
WMO & UNEP
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CAMPA Policy- expand
Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority
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CAMPA Policy- created on the SC order in which year
2002
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All states except which one has set up state CAMPA's following notification as of Nov 2019
Nagaland
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Where was MISHTI launched
COP 27
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