Hindalco Tops Global Sustainability Rankings for 5th Year: Hindalco Industries Ltd., the metals arm of the Aditya Birla Group, has secured the top position as the world’s most sustainable aluminium company for the fifth consecutive year, according to the 2024 S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) rankings. The company earned a total score of 87 […]
Month: November 2024
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 9th November 2024
Today’s Current Affairs: 9th November 2024 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Airships : Scope
Airships : Scope A few companies have attempted to control the buoyancy of airships — a longstanding challenge that has prevented their use for cargo transportation. Airships are lighter-than-air, vertical-lift vehicles that achieve flight by using buoyant gasses that are less dense than surrounding air. There are three main types of airships: non-rigid (or blimps), […]
Bran : Recent Study
Bran : Recent Study A recent study highlights that keeping bran on millet improves the health benefits and should be promoted in Indian diets to improve diet quality. Bran is the edible broken seed coat, or protective outer layer, of wheat, rye, or other cereal grains, separated from the kernel. In flour processing, the coarse […]
Allulose : Sweetener
Allulose : Sweetener South Korea has become a top testing ground for the sweetener allulose. Allulose is also known as D-allulose and d-psicose and is naturally present in only certain foods like wheat, raisins, figs and molasses. It is also commercially produced from beet sugar or corn using specific enzymes. It’s also available as a […]
Millimeter Wave : For 5G rural connectivity
Millimeter Wave : For 5G rural connectivity The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) and the Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee (IIT-Roorkee) have signed an agreement under the Telecom Technology Development Fund (TTDF) scheme of the DoT with the development of a “millimeter wave transceiver for 5G rural connectivity”. Millimeter Wave refers to electromagnetic waves with […]
India And CARICOM : Second Joint Commission Meeting
India And CARICOM : Second Joint Commission Meeting India and CARICOM held their second Joint Commission meeting, an important event that reviewed and charted the future of their multifaceted relationship. CARICOM, which stands for Caribbean Community, is the oldest surviving integration movement in the developing world. It is an organization of Caribbean countries and dependencies […]
Black-Footed Ferret : New Offspring Produced
Black-Footed Ferret : New Offspring Produced Antonia, a cloned black-footed ferret at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, has produced two healthy offspring that will help build genetic diversity in their recovering population Black-Footed Ferret belongs to the weasel family and is the only ferret that is native to North America. These are […]
Corporate Social Responsibility : In News
Corporate Social Responsibility : In News India, the first country to mandate Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), has seen over ₹1.84 lakh crore invested through CSR from 2014 to 2023. With agriculture employing nearly half of the workforce and contributing 16.73% to GDP, interest in directing CSR funds toward agricultural sustainability is rising. CSR involves corporate […]
Urad And Tur Imports : Increased
Urad And Tur Imports : Increased The Indian government reported a significant increase in Urad imports from Brazil, reaching over 22,000 metric tonnes. The Ministry of Consumer Affairs highlighted Brazil’s potential as a major supplier of Urad and Tur for India, benefiting from different cropping seasons that align with India’s crop demands. Urad: Scientific name: […]
