India to become world’s third largest ethanol market by 2026: IEA
According to recent research by the International Energy Agency (IEA), India is on track to become the world’s third largest ethanol market by 2026. By 2026, India will be left behind only the US and Brazil, as it has accelerated the transition towards a clean energy environment to become carbon neutral by 2070. India’s use of ethanol has tripled to an estimated 3 billion liters between 2017-2021. With this, India will surpass China as the world’s third largest ethanol user by 2026. According to the IEA, India has made “massive progress” in the expansion of ethanol blending. The blending was
Madhya Pradesh To Host Khelo India Games 2023
The Khelo India Games were started to revive the sports culture in India. The 2021 Khelo India Games were postponed due to the COVID crisis. Now it will be organized in Haryana in January 2022. Khelo India Youth Games 2022-23 will be organized in Madhya Pradesh. The Madhya Pradesh cabinet has recently approved to host the games from Bhopal. The cabinet also approved the allotment of 50-acre land for the establishment of the International Sports Complex. The Madhya Pradesh government allocated Rs 176.59 crore for the first phase. Rs 15.56 crore will be spent on the operation and maintenance of
ICMR approves OmiSure kit for Covid
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recently approved a kit named ‘OMISURE’. Omisure is an RT-PCR kit. It is used to detect Omicron, a COVID-19 variant. It is manufactured by Tata Medical & Diagnostics. This kit has been designed and developed by Thermo Fisher, a US based company. It is manufactured by Tata. This kit uses S Gene Target Failure to detect Omicron. At present it is the only kit in India that uses this method for Omicron detection. The cost of this kit is Rs 240. The price of RT-PCR kits sold by government agencies ranges from
AYUSH Aahar pilot project launched
This project was started by the Ministry of AYUSH. AYUSH diet is a healthy diet. The ministry will make this diet available in its canteen. It was launched at the Ayush Bhawan canteen of the ministry. The objective of this project is to promote healthy living through nutritious diet. Healthy diet which includes kokum drink, gajar ka halwa, bhajani vada and vegetable poha. These dishes are full of nutrition and are very popular among the masses. Also they are easily digestible. AYUSH diet is being launched as a trial. Forms will be issued to people taking utensils. Feedback will be
China’s construction activities on Pangong Tso
In the last two months, it has been observed that China is building a bridge connecting the northern and southern banks of Pangong Lake. The construction of this bridge is being done on the Chinese side. However, it is 25-30 km away from India’s claim of the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The bridge connects the north and south shores of Pangong Lake, giving the Chinese military quick access to both sides. In August 2020, India had captured major heights on the Kailash Range on the southern coast. This provided a strategic advantage to the troops. India had retreated from
First magnetic field discovered on an exoplanet
Recently, a team of astronomers used data from the Hubble Space Telescope to search for signs of a magnetic field on an exoplanet. Its findings were described in the journal Nature Astronomy. A magnetic field around the planet explains the observation of an extended field of charged carbon particles. Magnetic fields play an important role in protecting the planet’s atmosphere. Researchers used Hubble to observe the exoplanet HAT-P-11b. It is a Neptune-sized planet, located at a distance of 123 light years from Earth. The outer planets are the planets outside our solar system. The first possible evidence of an outhouse
India Defeat Sri Lanka To Win U-19 Asia Cup
India beat Sri Lanka by 9 wickets to lift the under-19 Asia Cup in Dubai on December 31, 2021 in a rain-interrupted final. India under the leadership of Yash Dhull won through the Duckworth Lewis method (DLS) as the match was reduced to 38 overs due to rain interruption. Indian bowlers put up a great display of talent led by the spin duo of Vicky Ostwal and Kaushal Tambe by picking up early wickets and restricting South Africa to 74/7. While Ostwal picked up 3 wickets, Tambe picked up 2 and Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravi Kumar and Raj Bawa picked up
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Saryu Canal National Project
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Saryu Canal National Project worth Rs 9,802 crore in Balrampur district of Uttar Pradesh on 11 December 2021. PM Modi first inspected the model related to the Saryu canal project along with the Governor and CM. After that, by pressing the button, the country’s largest irrigation project was launched. It is being told that due to the Saryu Canal National Project, more than 14 lakh hectares of land will be irrigated. Nine districts connecting Bahraich to Gorakhpur will benefit from this project. With this, about 14 and a half lakh hectares can be irrigated.
Google Trends 2021 Top Searches Report
Google has released the Google Year in Search (Google YIS 2021) report for 2021. A list of Google Trends in India has revealed what Indians searched for in the year 2021 across categories including sports, news, entertainment, personality among others. The Google Year in Search report includes top search results for people, topic events, and receipts. This Google report tells what people around the world searched the most throughout the year. This year’s list was topped by cricket, with the Indian Premier League and the ICC T20 World Cup at the top of the exhaustive search list. With the start
Big decision of DGCA, ban on international flights till 31 January
India’s civil aviation regulator DGCA has extended the ban on international commercial flights scheduled on 09 December 2021 till 31 January. Earlier, India had announced plans to resume scheduled commercial international passenger services from December 15 with certain conditions. The Central Directorate General of Aviation (DGCA) on December 01 said that it is ‘closely monitoring’ the situation emerging out of the Omicron form of COVID-19 and is in final consultation with stakeholders on resumption of near-normal international flight operations. Decision will be taken. The DGCA said that India will suspend its scheduled international passenger flights till January 31 next year.