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College of Military Engineering Pune: The First Carbon Negative Garrison of India Subject : Environment Section: Climate change Context: The College of Military Engineering (CME), Pune has achieved the status of India’s first carbon-negative military unit by adding a 5 MW solar plant, increasing its total solar capacity to 7 MW. College of […]
BRICS expands from 5 to 11 Subject :International Relations Section: International Groupings Context: Leaders of the BRICS decided to expand the grouping and admit six new members. More about the news: BRICS member countries declared expansion of the grouping by welcoming six new countries into the fold. Saudi Arabia, Iran, UAE, Egypt, Ethiopia […]
What is anorthosite and what is so special about it? Subject: Geography Section: Physical geography Context: The lunar surface has ‘Anorthosite’ [a type of intrusive igneous rock] type of soil. What is anorthosite? The term anorthosite was introduced by T.S. Hunt (1863). Anorthosites are rocks dominated by plagioclase feldspars.. Feldspars, together with quartz, […]
UK’s first successful womb transplant Subject :Science and technology Section: Health Context: The first successful UK womb transplant has been performed at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford, United Kingdom. Details: The recipient is a 34-year-old woman born without a womb, and the donor is her elder sister, who already has children of her […]
Battling a deliberately-acquired infection to help find a cure Subject :Science and technology Section: Health Context: Researchers at the University of Maryland had conducted a “controlled human infection study” (CHIS), also called a human challenge study to test a new vaccine that one day may hopefully prevent Shigellosis. Details: A CHIS is a […]
The eyes and ears of Pragyan that help rover find its way on moon Subject :Science and technology Section: Space technology Context: With the Chandrayaan-3’s lander module Vikram successfully making a touchdown on the moon and the rover Pragyan ramping down, one camera developed by Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems (LEOS) in Bengaluru has […]
India and the Northern Sea Route Subject :Geography Section: Places in news Context: Murmansk, popularly called the capital of the Arctic region and the beginning point of the Northern Sea Route (NSR), is witnessing the rising trend of Indian involvement in cargo traffic. In the first seven months of 2023, India got the […]
Chandrayaan-3 | Not just sons of Tamil Nadu but State’s soil itself contributed to Moon mission Subject: Geography Section: Places in news Namakkal, Tamil Nadu: Since 2012, Namakkal, which is about 400 km from the State capital Chennai, has supplied soil to ISRO for testing for the Chandrayaan Mission capability, as the earth […]
Rich countries force poor nations to rely on fossil fuels: What a new report says Subject: Economy Section: Reports Context: Poor countries with heavy debts have been forced to continue to rely on fossil fuels for generating revenue to return the loans taken from richer countries and private lenders to meet various economic […]
Speedy uptake of five-star rated fans needs government push to make them affordable, say experts Subject : Environment Section: Conservation Context: Super energy efficient fans with better cooling are available in the market, but are prohibitively expensive, with only three percent of households reporting they owned one, according to a survey. Energy saving […]