GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Conservation related issues. Context: Power and New and Renewable Energy Minister RK Singh has urged US companies to participate in the bids for green hydrogen and electrolysers in the upcoming months. Challenges: The path for green hydrogen in the country is not clear and at the moment, production of …
GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Conservation related issues. Context: According to a new study (published in the journal Nature), global fossil fuel extraction needs to go down to keep global warming to below 1.5 degrees Celsius, which is the target set by the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. Key findings: The global oil and gas …
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GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Conservation and pollution related issues. Context: In an effort to check stubble burning menace during the paddy season, Punjab Government has announced a slew of measures. Highlights: Certain categories of industries have been permitted to install paddy-straw-fired boilers to claim fiscal incentives. Cumulative fiscal incentives of ₹25 crore have …
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GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Conservation related issues. Context: It is a document published recently by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI). It reveals that 557 new species have been added to India’s fauna in 2020, which includes 407 new species and 150 new records. The number of faunal species in India has climbed to …
GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment. Context: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the eco-sensitive zone of the Deepar Beel Wildlife Sanctuary on the south-western edge of Guwahati. The notification specified an area “to an extent varying from 294 metres to 16.32 km” as the …
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GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Conservation and pollution related issues. Context: The smog towers are being installed in Delhi on the lines of China, which has experimented with this technology in its capital Beijing and other cities. The Delhi government will study the impact of smog towers on pollution and could add more such structures …
GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Conservation and pollution related issues. 1989 Montreal Protocol Context: India has decided to ratify Kigali Amendment, a key amendment to the Montreal Protocol. What is Kigali Amendment? Negotiated in the Rwandan capital in October 2016. The amendment has already come into force from the start of 2019. It …
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GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Conservation related issues. Context: Four more Indian sites have been recognised as wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar Convention taking the number of such sites in the country to 46. The new sites include: Sultanpur National Park, Haryana: More than 10 globally threatened, including the critically endangered sociable lapwing, …
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