Indian Institute of Petroleum sets up plant to turn plastic waste into diesel

Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) has set up a waste plastic to diesel plant in Dehradun (capital of Uttarakhand) as a step towards ensuring freedom from plastic. It was inaugurated by Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Science and Technology and Trivendra Singh Rawat, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. Key Highlights Process: In the waste plastic ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019

Category: Environment Current Affairs

Topics: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research • Fuel • Indian Institute of Petroleum • Plastic pollution • waste plastic to diesel plant

Shaheen VIII: Pakistan-China aerial exercise held in China’s Hotan City

Pakistan and China are conducting joint bilateral aerial exercise Shaheen VIII (Eagle VIII) in Chinese city of Holton, close to the Indian border near Ladakh. It was eight edition of this aerial exercise, which is conducted annually by India’s two neighbours since 2011. About Shaheen VIII The air to air war games as part of ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019

Category: Defence Current Affairs

Topics: aerial exercise • air to air war games • Defence • International • Military Exercises • Pakistan-China • Shaheen VIII

India, Nepal launch Kathmandu-Siliguri bus service

India and Nepal have launched Nepal’s capital Kathmandu and Siliguri in West Bengal. The first bus service on this route was flagged off by Nepal’s Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation Raghubir Mahaseth and Indian Ambassador Manjeev Singh Puri rom Kathmandu. It is overall 11th route for bus service between Nepal and India, of the ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019

Topics: Connectivity • India-Nepal • International Releations • Kathmandu-Siliguri bus service • Trade

CoP18 of CITES held in Geneva

The 18th Conference of the Parties (CoP18) of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was recently held in Geneva, Switzerland. Highlights of COP18 CITES Smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) was moved from CITES Appendix II to CITES Appendix I, giving it highest level of international protection from commercial trade. ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019

Category: Environment Current Affairs

Topics: 18th Conference of the Parties • Biodiversity • CITES • CoP18 • Environment • Geneva • India • Indian star tortoise • smooth-coated otter • Switzerland • Tokay Gecko • Wildlife Protection

Kalvi Tholaikkatchi: Tamil Nadu Govt launches education TV channel for school students

Tamil Nadu Government launched its exclusive education TV channel named Kalvi Tholaikkatchi (Education TV). It is an initiative of the School Education Department aimed at benefiting students of classes I to XII. Kalvi Tholaikkatchi TV channel It will telecast programmes from 6 am to 9.30 pm every day. Its programmes will be based on board ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs

Topics: Education • Educational TV channel • Government Schemes • Kalvi Tholaikkatchi • Online education • Tamil Nadu

MoU signed for enhanced outreach on HIV/AIDS Prevention

Department of Social Justice (DSJE), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for enhanced outreach On HIV/AIDS Prevention. Key Highlights of MoU Inclusion of target groups of NACO and National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR) in the ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019

Topics: AIDS • Department of Social Justice • Diseases • HIV • NACO • national action plan for drug demand reduction • National AIDS Control Organization • Public Heath • Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare