Roadmap For Ethanol Blending In India By 2025: The central government has released an expert committee report on the Roadmap for Ethanol Blending in India by 2025. The roadmap proposes a gradual rollout of ethanol-blended fuel to achieve E10 fuel supply by April 2022 and a phased rollout of E20 from April 2023 to April […]
Day: June 11, 2021
What Are Fast Radio Bursts?
What Are Fast Radio Bursts?: Researchers from the Pune-based Tata Institute for Fundamental Research (TIFR) and the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA), have assembled the largest collection of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) catalogue. The data is from Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME). In 2020, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) spotted FRB […]
Gharials In Mahanadi River Basin
Odisha Announced A Cash Award Of Rs. 1,000 To Conserve Gharials In Mahanadi River Basin.: Gharials, sometimes called gavials, are a type of Asian crocodilian distinguished by their long, thin snouts. Crocodilians are a group of reptiles that includes crocodiles, alligators, caimans, and more. India has three species of Crocodilians namely: Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus): IUCN […]
Heritage Tree of Maharashtra
Heritage Tree: The Maharashtra Cabinet has passed an action plan to protect and preserve trees older than 50 years in urban areas by terming them heritage trees. Few important criteria for considering a tree as a “heritage tree” are: size, shape, rarity, aesthetical/historical values, association with historic person, place, or even myths. A certain species […]
Global Liveability Index 2021 : EIU
Global Liveability Index: EIU: Auckland (New Zealand) has topped the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) Global Liveability Index of 140 cities around the world. Austria’s Vienna, number one in both 2018 and 2019, has completely dropped out of the top 10 after being heavily affected by Covid-19, and now ranks 12. Auckland rose to the top […]
El Salvador First In The World To Adopt Bitcoin As Legal Tender
El Salvador First In The World To Adopt Bitcoin, As Legal Tender: El Salvador, a small coastal country in Central America has become the first in the world to adopt Bitcoin, as legal tender. Legal tender is the legally recognized money within a given political jurisdiction. Bitcoin: Introduced in 2009, it is a type of […]
