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September 28, 2012

Green Responsibility Guidelines for Indian Companies

In 2012, Ministry of Environment & Forests released a circular that makes it mandatory for companies to incorporate an environmental responsibility policy document in their applications while seeking...

September 28, 2012

Oil Shale

Oil shale is a fine-grained sedimentary rock containing significant amounts of organic material known as kerogen, from which liquid hydrocarbons can be produced through thermal decomposition. It serves...

September 28, 2012

Tight Oil

Tight oil is a light hydrocarbon contained in petroleum-bearing shale formations that have relatively low porosity and permeability. Tight oil is extracted at depths of 2 to 3...

September 28, 2012

Fracking

Fracking, formally known as hydraulic fracturing, is a modern technique used in the extraction of oil and natural gas from deep underground rock formations. By injecting high-pressure fluid...

September 28, 2012

Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, autoimmune, and neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system (CNS), primarily affecting the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves. It leads to...

September 28, 2012

CryoSat

CryoSat is a European Space Agency (ESA) satellite mission dedicated to monitoring changes in the thickness of polar ice sheets and sea ice. Launched on 8 April 2010...

September 28, 2012

JUICE (spacecraft)

JUICE—an acronym for Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer—is a European Space Agency (ESA) interplanetary mission designed to study Jupiter and its three largest icy moons: Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa....

September 28, 2012

Snowball Earth

The term Snowball Earth refers to a remarkable geological hypothesis proposing that, during certain periods of Earth’s history, the planet was almost or completely covered by ice from...

September 28, 2012

Biochrome (C-DAC)

Biochrome is a high-performance computing (HPC) cluster developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) in India. It was designed specifically to meet the computational requirements...

September 28, 2012

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