Europe’s Dependence on LNG Context: The EU is weaning itself off piped Russian gas by rapidly expanding imports of liquified natural gas, As liquified natural gas tankers carrying fracked US gas start to land in northern Germany, climate activists are calling it a major setback […]
Impact of Lockdown on Indoor Pollution Context: The lockdown had resulted into improvements in ambient air quality around the world but contrastingly PM2.5 exposures increased for 65% of Indians. Who is affected the most? Women from the rural parts of the country have the highest […]
Installing Pollution Control Technologies to Thermal Plants Context: Recently, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) extended the deadline for installing pollution control technologies in the country’s thermal power plants (TPPs). This was the third time that the Ministry has extended the deadline […]
Tapping Technology to Check Minor Mineral Plunder For Mains The need to monitor Mining industry The demand for minor minerals such as sand and gravel has crossed 60 million metric tons in India. It has become the second largest extractive industry on the planet, after […]
India’s Climate Imperative The current issue The rise in number of climate related calamities such as heatwaves that scorched Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, and New Delhi this year; torrential downpours in south India have again shifted the focus towards Climate Change from pandemic. The warning […]
Microplastics in Human Blood Context: • A study by researchers from The Netherlands has examined blood samples of 22 persons, all anonymous donors and healthy adults, and found plastic particles in 17 of them. What are micro plastics? • Microplastics are fragments of any type […]