Project Sky Canvas: A Tokyo-based space company, ALE, recently announced that it will create the world’s first artificial meteor shower in 2025 under the project Sky Canvas. Sky Canvas Project is the world’s first artificial meteor shower project. The aim of the project will be to collect atmospheric data in the mesosphere. Under this project, […]
Tag: 1st Apr 2023
Evidence Of The Piezoelectric Effect In Liquids
Evidence Of The Piezoelectric Effect In Liquids: Scientists have reported evidence of the piezoelectric effect in liquids, for the first time. Piezoelectric effect is a phenomenon where specific types of material produce an electric charge proportional to the mechanical stress applied to them. It was first time discovered in 1880, in quartz. Quartz is the […]
EOS-06 Satellite : Released Images Of Earth
EOS-06 Satellite : Released Images Of Earth The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has recently released a Global False Colour Composite (FCC) mosaic of images captured by the Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) payload on board the EOS-06 satellite. The OCM senses the Earth in 13 distinct wavelengths to provide information about global vegetation cover on […]
Falling Long-Term Growth Prospects: World Bank
Falling Long-Term Growth Prospects: World Bank The World Bank (WB) has released a report titled “Falling Long-Term Growth Prospects: Trends, Expectations, and Policies”, stating that the current decade (2020-2030) could be a lost decade for the whole world. The report uses a comprehensive database of multiple measures of potential growth. It examines trends in potential […]
Corporate Debt Market Development Fund
Corporate Debt Market Development Fund: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has introduced the ‘Corporate Debt Market Development Fund’ to prevent financial crisis. The ‘Corporate Debt Market Development Fund (CDMDF) is a backstop facility for specified debt funds during market dislocations. The fund is intended to provide liquidity support in the event of […]
Power Generating From Defunct Gold Mines
Power Generating From Defunct Gold Mines: An Australian renewable-energy company Green Gravity has proposed a scheme to generate electricity from the defunct Kolar Gold Fields (KGF), in Karnataka, using Low-Tech Gravity Technology. The plan is to find defunct mines, which often go hundreds or thousands of meters deep, and haul a Weighted Block, that may […]
National Contribution To Warming : India Ranking
National Contribution To Warming : India Ranking The research published in the journal “Scientific Data’ ranked India fifth among the top 10 contributors to global warming. Key Highlights of the Report: Top Contributor: The United States topped the list with its emissions causing 0.28°C (17.3%) of rise in temperature. China stood second and Russia took […]
Salt Marshes : Recent Study
Salt Marshes : Recent Study Recent studies show that more than 90% of the world’s salt marshes may soon succumb to sea level rise. Salt marshes are coastal wetlands that are flooded and drained by salt water brought in by the tides. They are marshy because the soil may be composed of deep mud and […]
New India Literacy Programme : Written Reply In The Rajya Sabha
New India Literacy Programme : Written Reply In The Rajya Sabha The Minister of State for Education provided information about the New India Literacy Programme (NILP) in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha. The Government has launched the Centrally Sponsored Scheme “New India Literacy Programme” (NILP) for implementation during five years from the FYs […]
