E-waste refers to discarded electrical and electronic equipment such as computers, mobile phones, televisions and refrigerators. Rapid technological advancement, rising consumption and shorter product life cycles have made e-waste management a major environmental and public-health challenge in India. According to …
Sir M. Visvesvaraya was born on September 15, 1861, in Muddenahalli (present-day Karnataka). His ancestral roots trace back to Mokshagundam in Andhra Pradesh. He completed his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from the University of Madras and pursued civil engineering at …
Critical minerals are minerals essential for economic development and national security, whose supply is vulnerable because of geographical concentration, limited domestic availability or geopolitical risks. India identified 30 critical minerals in 2023, based on economic importance and supply risk. …
According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), a Glacial Lake Outburst Flood is “a flood created when water dammed by a glacier or moraine is suddenly released.”GLOFs are rapid-onset hazards that can release enormous quantities of water and sediment …
AI chips are built with specific architecture and have integrated AI acceleration to support deep learning-based applications. Deep learning, more commonly known as active neural network (ANN) or deep neural network (DNN), is a subset of machine learning and comes …
The community forest resource area is the common forest land that has been traditionally protected and conserved for sustainable use by a particular community. The community uses it to access resources available within the traditional and customary boundary of the …
Phytoremediation basically refers to the use of plants and associated soil microbes to reduce the concentrations or toxic effects of contaminants in the environment. Phytoremediation is widely accepted as a cost-effective environmental restoration technology. Phytoremediation refers to the usage of …
The Government of India (GoI) introduced the GST Council to modify, regulate and reconcile the goods and services tax in India. The Council replace all the existing multiple taxation process and introduce new taxation methods to ease the taxation process …
The traditional approach to federalism that sees competition and cooperation at loggerheads is no longer relevant in the post-1990s scenario. Indian federalism today enables the Centre and states to function with both exclusivity and mutualism. The new approach has shown …
India is 3rd largest producer of fertilizer after China & the US and India is 2nd largest consumer of fertilizer after china. Production of all fertilizers (NPK) increased from 1059 thousand tonnes in 1970-71 to 16092 thousand tonnes in 2013-14 …