According to the India wind energy market outlook released by Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), India will install 20 GW of wind energy capacity over 2021-25. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Wind power generation capacity in India has increased in recent times. India’s total installed wind power capacity was 38 GW, as of February 2021. […]
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Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL) and the Administration of Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to make it a clean and green UT. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Under the MoU, various clean energy and energy efficiency programmes will be implemented such as solar mini and micro grid solutions,
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The “State of India’s Environment 2021,” report released by the Centre for Science and Environment, said 2,03,000 kg of COVID-19 biomedical waste was produced daily in May this year and it was roughly 33% of India’s non-COVID biomedical waste. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 As per Bio-medical Waste Management Rules, 2016, Bio-medical waste is required
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International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) red listed of endangered species, Blue-Finned Mahseer has now moved to the ‘least concern’ status. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The group is involved in conservation of the blue-finned and golden mahseer for 50 years in Lonavala. However, the golden mahseer is still in danger of going extinct.
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About 23 countries’ governments have collectively launched bold new plans to catalyze action and spearhead a decade of innovation to drive global investment in clean energy research, development and demonstrations. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The goal is to make clean energy affordable, attractive and accessible for all this decade, to accelerate action towards the
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The study identified the declining forest bird species in Western Himalayas and found that while the forest interior harbors a large number of endemic bird species, all landscapes showed a drastic loss of bird species diversity. With the loss of natural habitats in the region, dispersal corridors between those habitats need to be restored to
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Cheetah, the world’s fastest land animal which was declared extinct in India in 1952, to be re-introduced into the country in November this year at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The country’s last spotted cheetah died in Chhattisgarh in 1947 and it was declared extinct in the country
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Recently 18 elephants died on a hilltop in Assam. The preliminary post-mortem report indicates they had been struck by lightning. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Lightning may injure or kill animals in a number of ways such as: Direct Flash: An animal in an open field may be struck directly by lightning if part of
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For elephant seals – one of the most distinctive of the 33 species that comprise the world’s seal family – it is hard work to stay fat. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Scientists have conducted the most thorough study to date of the unique feeding behavior of northern elephant seals, focusing on the females of
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A ‘cute’ American turtle popular as a pet is threatening to invade the natural water bodies across the Northeast, home to 21 of the 29 vulnerable native Indian species of freshwater turtles and tortoises. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Between August 2018 and June 2019, a team of herpetologists from the NGO ‘Help Earth’ found
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