Source: The Hindu What is the News? India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative has published in Lancet the first-ever comprehensive estimates of disease burden due to neurological disorders in India from 1990 to 2019. Note: India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative is a collaborative effort between the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Public Health Foundation of… Continue reading India’s neurological disease burden rising
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The benefits and hazards of liquid oxygen
Source: Down to Earth About Liquid oxygen: Liquid oxygen has a pale blue colour and is a cryogenic liquid. Cryogenic liquids are liquefied gases that have a normal boiling point below -238 degrees Fahrenheit (-150 degrees Celsius). Benefits of Liquid Oxygen: In commerce, liquid oxygen is classified as an industrial gas and is widely used for industrial… Continue reading The benefits and hazards of liquid oxygen
Rising fuel prices eating into health spends: SBI report
Source: Times of India Contents1 What is the news?2 Background:3 Findings of SBI report:4 Way Ahead: What is the news? A recent report by SBI shows that expenditure on non-discretionary items (including health) is reducing due to rising fuel prices. This calls for urgent lowering of prices through tax rationalisation. Background: SBI has released a… Continue reading Rising fuel prices eating into health spends: SBI report
What is Kongu nadu?
Source: Indian Express What is the news? A list of new Union Cabinet ministers issued in Tamil Nadu has triggered a debate in political circles, by referring to ‘Kongu Nadu’, the informal name for a region in the western part of the state. Kongu Nadu ‘Kongu Nadu’ is neither a place with a PIN code… Continue reading What is Kongu nadu?
State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021 report
Source: Down to Earth Contents1 What is the news?2 Findings of other studies3 What is a healthy diet as per WHO?4 Why a healthy diet is necessary? What is the news? Key findings of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)’s latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021 report The FAO report has… Continue reading State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021 report
India’s first cryptogamic garden opens in Dehradun
Source: Indian Express Contents1 What is the News?2 Why was this Chakran Town chosen?3 What is Cryptogam?4 Other Types of Cryptogams: What is the News? India’s first cryptogamic garden housing nearly 50 species of lichens, ferns, and fungi was inaugurated in the Chakran Town of Uttarakhand’s Dehradun district. Why was this Chakran Town chosen? The… Continue reading India’s first cryptogamic garden opens in Dehradun
NTPC renewable arm to set up India’s first green hydrogen mobility project in Leh
Source: PIB What is the News? NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd has signed a MoU with the Union Territory of Ladakh to set up India’s First Green Hydrogen Mobility Project in Ladakh Region. Note: Green Hydrogen is clean hydrogen generated by using renewable energy such as solar power and wind energy. The by-products are water and… Continue reading NTPC renewable arm to set up India’s first green hydrogen mobility project in Leh
MoEFCC issues SOP: Violations may lead to closing, demolition of projects
Source: Indian Express Contents1 What is the News?2 Categories of Green Violations:3 Expansion of Project:4 Permissibility of a Project: What is the News? The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has issued the Standard Operating Procedure(SOP) to deal with cases of environmental violations. Background: The SOP is a result of orders from the National… Continue reading MoEFCC issues SOP: Violations may lead to closing, demolition of projects
Finance Minister of India and Bhutan jointly launches BHIM–UPI in Bhutan
Source: PIB What is the News? The Union Minister of Finance of India along with the Finance Minister of Bhutan has jointly launched BHIM–UPI in Bhutan. Contents1 Significance of this launch:2 What is BHIM?3 What is UPI?4 About NPCI: Significance of this launch: Bhutan is now the first country to adopt UPI standards for its… Continue reading Finance Minister of India and Bhutan jointly launches BHIM–UPI in Bhutan
Suborbital flight: Fast enough to reach space, not stay there
Source: Indian Express Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Suborbital Flight?3 How does Suborbital Flight work?4 Analogy of Suborbital Flight: What is the News? Virgin Group founder Richard Branson and five others undertook a trip to the “edge of space”, and reached an altitude of 85 km from Earth before returning. Such a trip… Continue reading Suborbital flight: Fast enough to reach space, not stay there
