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Statement 1 (S1):
The Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) plays a significant role in curbing money laundering by enabling global cooperation and facilitating the exchange of financial data between countries.
Statement 2 (S2):
By ensuring that countries exchange financial records of individuals and entities, DTAA reduces the anonymity that facilitates illicit financial activities, making it harder for money laundering to go undetected across borders.
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Explanation:
DTAA aims to ensure that financial transactions are properly monitored across borders, which reduces the chances of money laundering. By exchanging critical financial data, DTAA promotes transparency and enables the authorities to track illicit funds, making it harder for such activities to remain hidden.
Explanation:
DTAA aims to ensure that financial transactions are properly monitored across borders, which reduces the chances of money laundering. By exchanging critical financial data, DTAA promotes transparency and enables the authorities to track illicit funds, making it harder for such activities to remain hidden.
Necropolitics, as a concept, primarily deals with:
Explanation:
Necropolitics, coined by Achille Mbembe, refers to how political powers decide which lives are deemed expendable and who may be subjected to violence, neglect, or structural abandonment.
Explanation:
Necropolitics, coined by Achille Mbembe, refers to how political powers decide which lives are deemed expendable and who may be subjected to violence, neglect, or structural abandonment.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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Statement 3: The accumulation of microplastics can reduce the efficacy of the blood-brain barrier, which makes the brain more vulnerable to other environmental toxins. Hence the statement is correct
Explanation:
Statement 3: The accumulation of microplastics can reduce the efficacy of the blood-brain barrier, which makes the brain more vulnerable to other environmental toxins. Hence the statement is correct
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Explanation:
Statement 2: While microRNA (miRNA) therapies are being explored as potential treatments, their primary aim is to modulate gene expression and biomarkers rather than directly reverse amyloid-β plaque accumulation or restore cognitive function. Hence the statement is incorrect
Explanation:
Statement 2: While microRNA (miRNA) therapies are being explored as potential treatments, their primary aim is to modulate gene expression and biomarkers rather than directly reverse amyloid-β plaque accumulation or restore cognitive function. Hence the statement is incorrect
AGNISHODH, which was recently in the news, is related to:
Explanation:
AGNISHODH is a research cell set up at IIT Madras, aiming to foster innovation in defense technologies and promote collaboration between the Indian Army and academic institutions.
Explanation:
AGNISHODH is a research cell set up at IIT Madras, aiming to foster innovation in defense technologies and promote collaboration between the Indian Army and academic institutions.
