Daily Archives: September 11, 2021

INDIAN NATIONAL SPACE PROMOTION AND AUTHORIZATION CENTRE (IN-SPACE)

Recently, NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) in collaboration with ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) and CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) has launched ‘ATL Space Challenge 2021’. Earlier, the Union cabinet in June 2020 decided to open up the space sector for private sector participation, and cleared the creation of a new entity, Indian National Space Promotion and …

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THAMIRABARANI CIVILISATION

The Thamirabarani civilisation in Tamil Nadu is at least 3,200 years old, reveals carbon dating done on organic material retrieved from archeological excavations in Sivakalai, Thoothukudi district. The determination of the age or date of organic matter from the relative proportions of the carbon isotopes carbon-12 and carbon-14 that it contains. Important points: The shortest river in …

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TMA SCHEME FOR SPECIFIED AGRICULTURE PRODUCTS

Recently, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has revised the Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) scheme for specified agriculture products. It will be effected on or after 1st April, 2021, up to 31st March, 2022. Important points: It was launched in 2019, for providing financial assistance for the transport and marketing of agricultural products to boost exports of such …

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HIGH ASH COAL GASIFICATION

Recently, the first Indigenously Designed High Ash Coal Gasification Based Methanol Production Plant has been opened in Hyderabad. With this, Government owned engineering firm BHEL (Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited) has successfully demonstrated a facility to create methanol from high ash Indian coal. Important points: Methanol is utilized as a motor fuel, to power …

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CHANDRAYAAN-2

Recently, the Lunar Science Workshop 2021, was conducted by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to commemorate the completion of two years of operation of Chandrayaan-2 orbiter in lunar orbit. According to the ISRO, the observations of the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter payloads have yielded discovery-class findings . The Chandrayaan-3 mission is likely to be launched late next year. Important points: It …

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