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Centre asks States to promote heat tolerant wheat seeds in the rabi season Subject :Geography Section: Economic geography Context: The Centre has asked States to promote heat resilient and high yielding varieties of wheat among farmers in the background of 5% drop in monsoon this year. Details: National Conference on Agriculture for Rabi […]
India is running out of phosphorus. Does the solution lie in our sewage? Subject :Geography Section: Economic geography Phosphorus fertilizer: Phosphorus is scarce fertilizer and exists only in limited quantities, in certain geological formations. Rock phosphate is the raw material used to manufacture most commercial phosphate fertilizers on the market. It also pollutes […]
FAO report outlines sustainable ways to deal with livestock methane emissions Subject: Environment Section: Climate change Context: According to a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations about 32 per cent of global anthropogenic methane emissions result from microbial processes that occur during the enteric fermentation of […]
Daily Prelims Notes 26 September 2023 Table Of Contents Withdrawal of Monsoon Patkar appeals to Mamatato ink Teesta water treaty COP 28 fossil fuel fight Understanding the fall in household savings SC set up seven-member bench to review 1998 verdict NGOs told to declare assets acquired with foreign funds Phillipines remove Chinese barrier […]
International Coffee Organization (ICO) and World Coffee Conference (WCC) Subject : IR Section: International organisation Context: Mr. Goyal was speaking at the opening session of 5th World Coffee Conference (WCC) held for the first time in Asia in Bengaluru on Monday. Details: The four-day global coffee exposition, being organised by London-based International Coffee […]
From abundance to endangerment to revival, Kachchh’s guggal comes a full circle Subject : Geography Section: Economic Geography Guggal plant: Guggal (Commiphorawightii), a native plant in Gujarat’s Kachchh district, has high medicinal value. However, its overexploitation has led it to be declared critically endangered by the IUCN. MithoGuggal (Commiphorastocksiana): C. stocksiana is found […]
IISER Bhopal scientists develop novel molecule that can hinder viral transcription of HIV-1 virus Subject :Science and tech Section: Biotechnology Context: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) in Bhopal have identified a Circular RNA virus, ciTRAN, whose role in HIV-1 virus replication has remained unclear for a long […]
Tortoise & hard-shell turtle smuggling network wider, more organised than that for soft-shell turtle: Report Subject: Environment Section: species in news Context: Tortoise or hard-shell turtles from India are traded to more places globally and through a wider trafficking network than soft-shell turtles, according to a new report. The former is mostly traded […]
Humans have built with wood for 4.7L years Subject: Science and Technology Section: msc Context: Along the banks of the Kalambo River in Zambia near Africa’s second-highest waterfall, archaeologists have excavated two logs of the large-fruited bushwillow tree that were notched, shaped and joined nearly half a million years ago. Wooden structures built […]
ISRO tests engine for gaganyaan mission Subject: Science and Technology Section: Space technology Gaganyaan mission: Gaganyaan project envisages demonstration of human spaceflight capability by launching a crew of 3 members to an orbit of 400 km for a 3 days mission and bring them back safely to earth, by landing in Indian sea […]