Crumbling hills Subject: Geography Section: Places in news Mineral resources in Meghalaya: Meghalaya, a state in the northeast region of India, is bound to the south by the Bangladeshi divisions of Mymensingh and Sylhet, to the west by the Bangladeshi division of Rangpur, and to the north and east by India’s State of […]
G7 move on Russian roughs rattles India’s diamond sector Subject: Geography Section: Economic geography Rough diamond: It is a diamond that has not been cut or processed. They come in a variety of naturally occurring shapes, including octahedral (eight-sided bipyramid), cubic, and triangular (most commonly macles). A raw diamond or rough diamond can […]
At 2826 kg, drug seizure at ports, in coastal waters at a new high Subject : Geography Section: Economic geography Context: At least 2826 kg of banned substances have been busted across Indian ports and coastal waters, so far in 2023, according to the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Water ways. Details: Methamphetamine […]
Government directs sugar mills to not use sugarcane juice for ethanol production to keep prices in check Subject : Geography Section: Economic geography Context: The Centre banned the use of ‘sugarcane juice and sugar syrup’ for ethanol production in the 2023-24 supply year, in order to maintain adequate sugar availability for domestic consumption […]
Electric- vehicle boom drives miner’s $100-m hunt for new palladium uses Subject : Geography Section: Economic geography Context: Russia’s MMC Norilsk Nickel is spending $100 Mn to find new uses for palladium as the electric-vehicle boom threatens the metal’s crucial catalytic converter market. Palladium: It is a rare and lustrous silvery-white metal. Nornickel […]