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To address the environmental crisis caused by the marine oil spill, the researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, have developed a certain type of cotton. It is highly porous in nature and water repellent. The cotton composite material can selectively absorb oil from the oil-water mixture.
The curriculum of education in engineering colleges will now include more topics on green energy and skills required for green jobs. The current syllabus focuses only on coal mining,and other courses on petroleum engineering etc. This will pave a way for creation of green jobs and further development of the clean energy industry.
As of today, India entered the High Ambition Coalition (HAC) for Nature and People. It is a collaboration of more than 70 member countries pushing for the adoption of a goal to protect at least 30 percent of the world’s land and ocean by the year 2030. The MoEFCC Secretary, Rameshwar Prasad Gupta forwarded the agreement to French Ambassador Emmanuel Lenain.
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India will be starting the Green day ahead market( GDAM) and trading of Energy saving certificates on power purchases. The green certificates will ensure more growth of the green market, invite more people in it and offer a price competition.
The Central Government has planned to secure the unpredictability of power supply contracts of Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat governments, by laying down rules of recovery of costs due to change in the law.
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Researchers at Shiv Nadar university in Delhi-NCR have developed a new high performance, organic field-effect transistor (OEFT). They claim the transistor to be a revolution in the field of agriculture, with a touch of sustainability. India is a largely agricultural nation, and this biocompatible technology can be a great asset to the farming industry.
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To tackle the rising number of human-elephant incidents, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has taken up the crucial task of identifying and securing the elephant corridors in the country. The hotspots are nothing but the safe passage facilitated for the species to freely cross between from one of their habitats to another.
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Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav started off tiger rallies in 18 tiger range States in 51 reserves of India on 2nd October. The demonstrations were part of 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav' and celebration of Wildlife Week . The rallies will cover a distance of over 7,500 km in a period of seven days (2 October to 8 October) covering the diverse landscapes spread across India.
2021 was supposed to be the year of recovery for the whole world, after the disastrous first wave of COVID-19. However, individual challenges and the common global issue of sky-high fuel prices is making it impossible to recover economically for any country.
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A lesser Florican, related to the endangered species of bustard, was saved by the forest department in Solapur Maharashtra. The species is endemic to India and less than 270 of it are estimated to be alive in the wild.
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