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Integrated Coal Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) plant and green hydrogen Subject: Environment Section: Climate Change Context: Emphasising that green hydrogen will play a crucial role in India’s energy transition, noted scientist and NITI Aayog Member VK Saraswat said it is the future fuel. Green hydrogen is not economical, but with technologies such as […]
External Commercial Borrowing Subject: Economy Section: External sector Context: The rise in global interest rates and the depreciation of the rupee is likely to reduce the appetite of India Inc to mobilise funds through external commercial borrowings (ECBs) in the coming months. ECBs play an important role in India by supplementing the funding needs […]
ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) Subject : Governance Section : Health Context: The World Health Organisation has recognised the country’s 10.4 lakh ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) workers as ‘Global Health Leaders’ for their efforts in connecting the community to the government’s health programmes. Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) ASHA is a trained female community […]
Mission Parivar Vikas (MPV) Subject : Governance Section : Health Context : Unmet contraceptive needs Concept : The Government of India launched Mission Parivar Vikas (MPV) in 2016 for substantially increasing access to contraceptives and family planning services in 146 high fertility districts with Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of 3 and above in […]
Primitive forest at the bottom of a giant sinkhole in China Subject : Geography Section : Geomorphology Context: A cave exploration team has discovered an ancient forest at the bottom of a giant karst sinkhole in Leye County in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Giant sinkhole in China The sinkhole measures 306 […]
Citizenship in India Subject : Polity Section : Citizenship Context Citizenship is listed in the Union List under the Constitution and thus is under the exclusive jurisdiction of Parliament. The Constitution does not define the term ‘citizen’ but details of various categories of persons who are entitled to citizenship are given in Part […]
Behind the unprecedented pre-monsoon devastation in Assam Subject : Geography Section : Climatology Context : unprecedented pre-monsoon devastation in Assam Concept: While the monsoons are yet to arrive, Assam has already been beset by floods and landslides that have left 15 people dead and more than 7 lakh affected. The hill district of […]
Battery-like device that captures carbon dioxide while charging Subject : Science and tech Section : Technology Context : The supercapacitor device, which is similar to a rechargeable battery, is the size of a coin, and is made in part from sustainable materials including coconut shells and seawater. Researchers have developed a low-cost device […]
Engineering tomatoes to produce vitamin D Subject: Science & Technology Section: Biotechnology Context: ‘A novel way to genetically modifying tomato plants to have fruits rich in a precursor to vitamin D’ Content: FlavrSavr (also known as CGN-89564-2; pronounced “flavor saver”), a genetically modified tomato, was the first commercially grown genetically engineered food to be […]
How scientists plan to use plants to remove toxic metals from soil Subject: Science & Technology Section: Science Context: ‘Heavy metal pollution of the soil’ Content: Heavy metals are elements that exhibit metallic properties such as ductility, malleability, conductivity, cation stability, and ligand specificity. Some heavy metals such as Co, Cu, Fe, Mn, […]