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Australian technology may help generate power from defunct gold mines in Kolar Gold Fields in Karnataka. Need for such technology: A drawback that makes renewable energy unreliable, from solar or wind power, is that there is no power during nights or windless days. The idea is to address this challenge by relying on low-tech gravity. How power will be generated? …

The Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he intends to deploy tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus What are tactical nuclear weapons? Nuclear weapons can be categorised into two types — strategic and tactical. Strategic weapons refer to weapons that have bigger objectives, such as destroying cities or larger targets with larger war-waging objectives in mind. Strategic …

India emerged as world’s second largest crude steel producer since 2018 and second largest consumer of finished steel since 2019. A Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Specialty Steel was approved by the Government on 22.07.2021, with a financial outlay of ₹ 6,322 crores. The PLI scheme aims to extend an incentive of 4% to …

The Defence Minister informed the  Parliament about IDEX scheme. The iDEX initiative was launched in 2018. iDEX aims to achieve self – reliance and foster innovation and technology development in Defence and Aerospace by engaging Industries including MSMEs, start-ups, individual innovators, R&D institutes and academia. iDEX has launched challenges on frontier technologies/ domains to ensure that the Services enjoy a technological edge over their adversaries. SOURCE: THE HINDU, …

UP man booked under Wildlife Protection Act for keeping injured Sarus crane. The Wildlife Protection Act came into force in 1972. To provide for the protection of wild animals, birds and plants to ensure the ecological and environmental security of the country. To conserve protected species in two main ways: firstly, by prohibiting their hunting and secondly by protecting their habitat through the creation …

National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Eco-systems (NPCA) scheme implemented for conservation and management of wetlands (includes lakes) in the country on cost sharing basis between Central Government and respective State Governments Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) provided financial assistance to the States/Union Territories under the National Wetlands Conservation Programme (NWCP) and National Lake …

PARIVESH Portal provides a “single window” solution for an expeditious, transparent and effective decision making without compromising on  environmental safeguards PARIVESH is a web based, role-based workflow application which has been developed for online submission and monitoring of the proposals submitted by the proponents seeking for Environmental (EC), Forest (FC), Wildlife (WL) and Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearances. It automates the entire tracking of proposals at each stage …

Shri Bhupender Yadav launches Aravalli Green Wall Project, a major initiative to green 5 km buffer area around the Aravalli Hill Range in four states The Aravalli Green Wall Project is part of the Union Environment Ministry’s vision to create green corridors across the country to combat land degradation and desertification. The project covers states of Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Delhi – where …

A U.K.-based startup claims to have developed biotransformation technology that can alter the state of plastics and make them biodegradable without leaving behind any microplastics. What is biotransformation technology? Biotransformation technology is a novel approach to ensure plastics that escape refuse streams are processed efficiently and broken down. Plastics made using this technology are given …

India’s first cable-stayed bridge and the first-of-its-kind in the country, is currently under construction and will soon be completed. The Anji Khad bridge is being constructed in the Reasi district of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. This is a 80 km long bridge. The idea was first conceived in 2002 and was declared a …