NITI Aayog recently hosted the Zero Campaign Forum in New Delhi on the first anniversary of the “Shoonya Campaign” (Zero Initiative). The event was attended by G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant, NITI Aayog CEO Mr Parameswaran Iyer, MyGov CEO Abhishek Singh, Delhi Government Principal Secretary Ashish Kundra, Mahindra Electric Mobility CEO Suman Mishra and others. What is Shoonya Campaign? NITI Aayog … Read More
Why, When and How Names are Ascribed to Cyclones?
Recently a hurricane named Nate has popped up in news. This hurricane is building up in the Mexico Gulf and is expected to eventually landfall in the US Gulf Cost early in the second week of October, 2017. One may be curious to know why, when and how the storms or cyclones are assigned particular names. Below is provided answers … Read More
Rare Earth Elements and their Uses, Distribution, Hazards
Rare earth elements are a set of 17 chemical elements. These elements are not exactly rare, but are relatively plentiful in Earth’s crust. In fact cerium, one of such elements, is the 25th most abundant element. But these elements are called rare because they tend to occur together in nature and hence are difficult to separate. History The first rare … Read More
Things to know about International Solar Alliance (ISA)
International Solar Alliance (ISA) is an important initiative taken by Govt. of India to create platform to address issues related to production of solar energy. It was formally launched on 30 November, 2015 by Prime Minister Modi and then French President Francois Holland during the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris. This Alliance is expected to have in its fold as many … Read More
B4 – Know about Brahmaputra Biodiversity & Biology Boat
Majuli Island is located in Assam and is called Asia’s largest river island and considered as a major ecology hotspot. It is the first island district of India and is famous for its Vaishnaw monasteries. It was once 1200 square kms. in area. But because of erosion its area has shrunk to less than 500 square kms. In other words, the … Read More