{"id":256119,"date":"2023-08-14T20:02:19","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T14:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=256119"},"modified":"2023-08-29T13:06:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T07:36:37","slug":"small-with-smarts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/small-with-smarts\/","title":{"rendered":"Small With Smarts &#8211; On Air Pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>&#8211; The post is based on the article <strong>\u201cSmall With Smarts\u201d <\/strong>published in <strong>\u201cThe Times of India\u201d <\/strong>on <strong>14th August 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus: <\/strong>GS3- Science and Technology<\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance:<\/strong> Issues related to research and innovation<\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>&#8211; The article explains the recent developments regarding reducing the air pollution in Delhi.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are some recent developments regarding the tackling of air pollution in NCR?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Around half of Punjab\u2019s paddy cultivation area has been sown with the <strong>short-duration variety, PR-126<\/strong>. Punjab Agricultural University released it in 2017. It <strong>matures early and produces less stubble.<\/strong> This paddy variety will <strong>lower air pollution. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A <strong>startup mentored by IIT-Delhi<\/strong> has tested a device that reduced <strong>PM2. 5 and PM10 <\/strong>in its reach area by up to 86% within two hours in the pilot project.<\/p>\n<p>This device has been validated by the atmospheric science department of IIT-Delhi. It<strong> ionises the air <\/strong>to make particle pollutants heavier and removes them from the air. It holds a<strong> low-cost promise <\/strong>for traffic junctions and other hotspots.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What can be inferred by these developments on air pollutants?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There exists a vast world beyond <strong>prominent research and development initiatives.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Startups, equipped with proper access to funding and guidance, can provide <strong>cost-effective solutions <\/strong>across diverse sectors.<\/p>\n<p>Recognizing that not every <strong>entrepreneurial idea<\/strong> proves successful in <strong>practical applications<\/strong> is crucial. Such outcomes are inherent to the <strong>process of innovation<\/strong>. They are entirely acceptable as long as <strong>peer review procedures<\/strong> continue to be <strong>efficient and rigorous.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source&#8211; The post is based on the article \u201cSmall With Smarts\u201d published in \u201cThe Times of India\u201d on 14th August 2023. Syllabus: GS3- Science and Technology Relevance: Issues related to research and innovation News&#8211; The article explains the recent developments regarding reducing the air pollution in Delhi. What are some recent developments regarding the tackling&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/small-with-smarts\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Small With Smarts &#8211; On Air Pollution<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[59,216],"class_list":["post-256119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-environment","tag-gs-paper-3","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256119\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}