What Is Ethanol Blending? The level of ethanol blending in petrol in India has reached 9.99%. Ethanol is one of the principal biofuels, which is naturally produced by the fermentation of sugars by yeasts or via petrochemical processes such as ethylene hydration. Ethanol Blending Programme (EBP) is aimed at reducing the country’s dependence on crude […]
Category: Current Affairs
Low Wheat Procurement In The Current Marketing Season
Low Wheat Procurement: Wheat procurement by government agencies is set to dip to a 15-year low in the current marketing season, from an all-time high scale last year. Likely procurement this time: The 18.5 million tonnes (mt). This would be the first time that wheat procured from the new crop (18.5 mt) is less than […]
Lunar Eclipse Blood moon
Lunar Eclipse Blood moon: On 16 May 2022, a total lunar eclipse or Chandra Grahan will occur over South America, most of North America and parts of Europe and Africa. This will be the second eclipse of the year, after the April 30/May 1 partial solar eclipse that was visible in parts of the southern […]
Concession In Revenue Share To Promote Coal Gasification
Concession In Revenue Share To Promote Coal Gasification: To help India become energy independent, the Ministry of Coal has proposed 50% concession in revenue share to promote coal gasification. If the successful bidder consumes the coal produced either in its own plant(s) or plant of its holding, subsidiary, affiliate, associate for coal gasification or liquefaction […]
What Is Khalistan Movement?
What Is Khalistan Movement? Khalistan flags were found tied on the main entrance gates and walls of Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly recently. Slogans were also written on the walls of the assembly complex. The flags have now been removed by the administration. It is the fight for a separate Sikh state and owes its origins […]
State Of World’s Birds Report: Highlights
State Of World’s Birds Report: Highlights The State of World’s Birds report was recently published. It is a peer-reviewed journal. It is BirdLife International’s flagship science publication, using birds to assess the condition of our ecosystems as a whole. Highlights of the 2022 report: Around 48% of bird species worldwide are known or suspected to […]
Shigella : Important Points
Shigella: The recent food poisoning event in Kerala that claimed the life of a 16-year-old girl who ate chicken shawarma at a restaurant was caused by Shigella germs. Shigella is a bacterial infection produced by the enterobacter family of bacteria and is one of the most common causes of diarrhoea worldwide. Shigellosis is the infection […]
Monkeypox Case In U.K
Monkeypox Virus : The U.K. health authorities have confirmed a case of monkeypox. The first-ever recorded occurrence of the monkeypox virus in the U.K. was in 2018, and since then a handful of cases have been confirmed by health authorities. The monkeypox virus is an orthopoxvirus, which is a genus of viruses that also includes […]
Webinar On “Export Promotion Of Tissue Culture Plants’’
Webinar On “Export Promotion Of Tissue Culture Plants’’: The Centre through the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) conducted a webinar on “Export Promotion of Tissue Culture Plants’’ such as Foliage, Live Plants, Cut Flowers, and Planting Material” with Department of Biotechnology (DBT) accredited tissue culture laboratories spread across India. The aim […]
Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore Birth Anniversary
Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore Birth Anniversary: The Prime Minister on 9th May, 2022 paid tribute to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore on his birth anniversary. According to the Bengali calendar, the Tagore Jayanti falls on the 25th day of the Boishakh month. He was born in Calcutta on 7th May 1861. He was also referred to as ‘Gurudev’, […]
