New Vehicle Scrapping Policy –Highlights.

18 March 2021. Introduction: The the Vehicle Scrapping Policy has been announced by The Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, on March 18, 2021 in the Lok Sabha .It will  come into effect from April 1, 2021. It was first announced by Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Union Budget Speech 2021-2022 on February […]

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CSIR-NIO Launches Project to map Genetic Diversity in Indian Ocean.

18 March 2021. Introduction: A project for mapping the genetic diversity of organisms and the effect of micronutrients and trace metals on them in the Indian Ocean has been initiated by  The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO), Goa supported by the CSIR, under one of its flagship projects TraceBioMe. About […]

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World’s Largest Floating Solar Farms being built in Singapore.

17 March 2021. Introduction: Singapore is set to have the largest floating solar farm of the world. The country endeavours to set up energy plants off the coasts and reservoirs across it.. Highlights Singapore despite being one of the smallest countries across the world, is the biggest per capita carbon dioxide emitters in Asia. This […]

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