India’s Green Finance Plan: India is turning to Contracts for Difference (CfD) as a central mechanism to mobilize nearly USD 1 trillion in green finance for its 500 GW renewable energy target by 2030. CfD is a financial agreement between renewable energy producers and the government to stabilize revenues. If market prices fall below an […]
Category: Current Affairs
Global Plastic Pollution Crisis
Global Plastic Pollution Crisis: Global plastic pollution is reaching alarming levels, with waste projected to triple by 2060 to 1.2 billion tonnes, posing a grave ecological threat.Global plastic production doubled between 2000–2019, touching 460 MT; this growth is driven by packaging and fast consumption.Only 9% of plastic is recycled, leading to massive leakage into landfills, […]
Eustoma
Eustoma: Exotic Eustoma has bloomed for the first time in Odisha in a polyhouse at Sanatanpali, Sambalpur district, developed by CSIR–NBRI. Until NBRI’s breakthrough, Eustoma (Lisianthus) was mostly imported from countries like the Netherlands and Kenya for premium events, weddings, and luxury décor.Eustoma, also known as Lisianthus or Prairie Gentian, is a herbaceous annual flower […]
India’s First Bamboo-Based Ethanol Plant in Assam
India’s First Bamboo-Based Ethanol Plant in Assam: Prime Minister of India inaugurated India’s first bamboo-based ethanol plant at Numaligarh Refinery, Golaghat, Assam, and laid the foundation stone of a polypropylene plant. India’s First Bamboo-Based Ethanol Plant in Assam is a bioethanol plant that converts bamboo biomass into 2G ethanol, a renewable alternative to fossil fuels. […]
Defence Procurement Manual (DPM) 2025
Defence Procurement Manual (DPM) 2025: Ministry of Defence approved Defence Procurement Manual (DPM) 2025, replacing the 2009 manual to accelerate revenue procurement and promote Aatmanirbharta. A policy document guiding all revenue procurement of goods/services for Armed Forces & MoD organisations, worth ~₹1 lakh crore annually. Updated after 16 years to align with public procurement norms, […]
Grey Rhino Event
Grey Rhino Event: Kerala’s Wayanad landslide (July 2024) has been described as a “grey rhino event” by scientists in the report Sliding Earth, Scattered Lives (Sept 2025), highlighting how policymakers ignored years of warnings about ecological fragility and rainfall risks. A “grey rhino” is a highly probable, high-impact event that is visible and foreseeable but […]
Australia approved the world’s first vaccine to save koalas from Chlamydia
Australia approved the world’s first vaccine to save koalas from Chlamydia: Koala bear (Phascolarctos cinereus) is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia.It is the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae and its closest living relatives are the wombats.Koalas are asocial animals, congregating only during the breeding season.They spend most of their time eating […]
Salamis Bay
Salamis Bay: INS Trikand, a stealth frigate of the Indian Navy, reached Salamis Bay, Greece. It will participate in the first-ever bilateral maritime exercise between India and Greece to boost interoperability and naval cooperation.Salamis Bay is natural bay on the west coast of Salamis Island, Greece, connected to the Saronic Gulf.It is Situated in the […]
Certificate of Deposit
Certificate of Deposit: Issuance of certificates of deposit (CDs) by banks has fallen sharply in the last few months, pushing mutual funds to explore alternative money market instruments such as treasury bills and commercial papers to park funds. Certificate of Deposit (CD) is a fixed-income financial tool that is governed by the Reserve Bank of […]
Bairabi-Sairang Rail Line
Bairabi-Sairang Rail Line: The Prime Minister recently inaugurated Mizoram’s first-ever railway line, the Bairabi–Sairang broad-gauge project, marking a historic moment in the state’s connectivity journey. Bairabi-Sairang Rail Line extends connectivity from Bairabi on the Assam–Mizoram border to Sairang, just 20 km from Aizawl (capital of Mizoram), directly linking the state capital with India’s railway network […]
