Kochi-Mangaluru Natural Gas Pipeline

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to dedicate the Kochi-Mangaluru Natural Gas Pipeline to India on January 5, 2021. What are the Key Highlights of the Kochi-Mangaluru Natural Gas Pipeline? The pipeline is 444 kilometres long. The pipeline is to carry natural gas from the Liquefied Natural Gas regasification terminal at Kochi to Mangaluru. In ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021

Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs

Topics: GAIL • Kochi-Kootanad-Bengaluru-Mangalore Pipeline • Mangalore • Natural Gas

Central Electricity Authority proposed Universal Feeder Code

The Central Electricity Authority/ CEA has proposed the implementation of a standardised Universal Feeder Code. A feeder is a power line that is used to transmit the electricity generated at the generating station to the sub-station. The electricity is then distributed to the consumers. The Indian states each use a different feeder code ranging from ..

Topics: Central Electricity Authority • Electric power • Electrical engineering • Energy • Feeder • Mangalore • Ministry of Power

India’s Strategic Oil Reserves in focus after drone attacks on Saudi Aramco Facility

The policymakers are now deliberating on India’s strategic oil reserves at Mangaluru, Paddur (near Udupi) and Visakhapatnam after the drone strikes on Saudi Arabian Oil Co or Saudi Aramco’s facility over the weekend sent shock waves across global oil markets, hitting supplies. India’s Strategic Oil Reserves State-owned Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserve Ltd (ISPRL) which is ..

Topics: Energy • Energy in Saudi Arabia • Energy security • Mangalore • Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas • Oil reserves • Oil storage • Petroleum • Petroleum industry • Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Karnataka launchs an all-women police patrol unit ‘Rani Abbakka Force’

Mangaluru City Police has launched an all-women police patrol unit ‘Rani Abbakka Force’ for the protection of women and children. The force will cover the malls, beaches, educational institutions, places of religious importance, and public transport system in the city. It will handle issues related to eve-teasing and chain-snatching, among others. The all-women police patrol ..

Topics: Abbakka Chowta • Districts of India • Geography of Karnataka • Kanara • Karnataka • Mangalore • Tulu people • Ullal • Ullal beach • women • Women in law enforcement

GSI Sets Up 22 GPS Stations across Country

The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has launched 22 permanent global positioning system (GPS) stations across India to identify seismically hazardous zones and encourage mapping activities. These 22 stations are part of the 35 stations planned by GSI to establish and maintain a network of continuously operating 35 permanent GPS stations. Fact Box: Bhuvisamvad Bhuvisamvad is an app launched by the Ministry of Mines to facilitate ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: Agartala • Aizawl • Bhopal • Bhubaneswar • Bhuvisamvad • Chandigarh • Chennai • Chitradurga. • Cooch Behar • Dehradun • Faridabad • Gandhinagar Vishakhapatnam • Geological Survey of India • Global Positioning System • GPS • GSI • Imphal • Itanagar • Jabalpur • Jaipur • Jammu • Kolkata • Little Andaman • Lucknow • Mangalore • Mangan • Middle Andaman • Nagpur • North Andaman • Patna • Pithoragarh • Pune • Raipur • Ranchi • seismically hazardous zones • Shillong • South Andaman • Thiruvananthapuram • Uttarkashi • Zawar