What’s in the news? The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has launched the ‘Samajik Adhikarita Shivir’ initiative for distribution of aids and assistive devices to ‘Divyangjan’. A total of 5286 aids and assistive devices valued at Rs. 2.33 crore …
Why in News: ISRO plans to place, into orbit, an Earth Observation Satellite (EOS – 04) on board the PSLV C-52 Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is the third generation launch vehicle of India. It is a four-staged launch vehicle …
What are they? Solar storms/wind are magnetic plasma ejected at great speed from the solar surface. They occur during the release of magnetic energy associated with sunspots (‘dark’ regions on the Sun that are cooler than the surrounding photosphere), and …
Why in News: Scientists in the United Kingdom said they have achieved a new milestone in producing nuclear fusion energy, or imitating the way energy is produced in the Sun. A team generated 59 megajoules of sustained energy. 1 Joule …
Monocropping is the agricultural practice of growing a single crop year after year on the same land, in the absence of rotation through other crops or growing multiple crops on the same land, which is known as polyculture. When it …