Category: Human Geography
Poverty rate below 5%: SBI Report
According to an SBI Report, India’s poverty rate fell below 5% in 2024, with extreme poverty nearly eradicated, based on inflation-adjusted estimates from the 2011-12 poverty line by the Suresh Tendulkar committee.
Thorium
NTPC Limited partners with CCTE to explore thorium-based nuclear energy solutions.
Manganese (Mn)
Manganese (Mn) contamination of water is causing cancer in the Gangetic plains of Bihar, a study by a team of scientists from Patna-based Mahavir Cancer Sansthan has claimed.
Shale Gas
Study indicates shale gas generation potential in eastern South Karanpura coalfield, Jharkhand.
Arecanut
Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI), issued an advisory to control ‘kole roga’ (fruit rot disease) in Arecanut plantations.
Oilfields (Regulation and Development) Amendment Bill, 2024
Oilfields (Regulation and Development) Amendment Bill, 2024 introduced in Rajya Sabha.
Bimetallic NiFe systems
A new study claims that a bimetallic Nickel-Iron layered double hydroxide system is the most efficient for oxygen production through water splitting.
World Population Prospects 2024
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) released the World Population Prospects
Scientific Deep Drilling at Koyna-Warna Region
India is on a mission to drill a 6-km deep hole in Koyna, Maharashtra
Chenab Rail Bridge
First trial train run has been conducted on Chenab Rail Bridge in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir.