The Scientists have predicted for the first time when, where and how polar bears are likely to disappear and warning that if greenhouse gas emissions stay on their current trajectory all but a few polar bear populations in the Arctic will probably disappeared by 2100. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points By as early as […]
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Scientists from the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG) have tracked Climate change by following the Paleomonsoonal pattern of the subcontinent by harnessing magnetic mineralogy, a technique that is faster and more accurate than existing methods. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Magnetic mineralogy is sensitive to changes in ambient chemical and physical processes that result
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India has emerged as the most attractive global market for clean energy on 10 July, 2020 through launching a 750 MW solar project in Rewa in Madhya Pradesh through video-conferencing by Prime Minister. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Solar energy is sure, pure and secure and the country is now among the top five
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Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) has signed an MoU with Breathe Applied Sciences, a company incubated at JNCASR for transfer of technology based on lab-scale research on reducing CO2 to methanol and other useful chemicals and fuels. The MOU aims for a smooth translation of the research in the area of CO2
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Road Transport and Highways Ministry has mandated a strip of green colour for BS-VI vehicles of any fuel type. Centre has previously mandate BS-VI emission standards with effect from 1 April 2020. Centre has mandated colour band for number plate sticker for BS-6 four-wheel vehicles. Green strip of 1cm thickness for BS-VI vehicles for the
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The government has notified BS-VI emission norms for quadricycles, paving the way for higher production of the new category of vehicle that was introduced less than two years ago. The move aims to encourage the production of quadricycles, which was introduced less than two years ago. Government of India had introduced the quadricycle segment in
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On the occasion of International Day for Biological Diversity 2020, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India launched five key initiatives towards conservation of biodiversity. One of the initiatives is the Biodiversity Samrakshan Internship Programme. It was launched by the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The
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Scientists have confirmed that the largest hole in the ozone layer which was 1 million square kilometers wide over the Arctic has now healed. The information has been confirmed by Copernicus ECMWF — A European satellite system which has found that the largest ozone layer hole over the Arctic has closed. Daily Current Affairs Quiz
Thailand has found the largest number of nests of rare leatherback sea turtles in two decades on beaches bereft of tourists because of the coronavirus pandemic. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The highest recorded turtle nests the authorities have found since last November was 11 in the past two decades. Phuket Marine Biological Center
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