It was launched by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and 6 countries — Bangladesh, Canada, Ghana, Mexico, Sweden, and the United States. The CCAC aims to catalyze rapid reductions in short-lived climate pollutants to protect human health, agriculture and the environment. Short-lived climate pollutants are powerful climate forcers that remain in the atmosphere …
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The notes are being printed after a gap of 20 years under The Coinage Act 2011. The cost of one rupee note is Rs 1.14 (provisionally and unaudited) as determined in accordance with the principle of costing and costing module. Why Printing of 1 Rupee, 2 Ruppe & 5 Rupee Notes discontinued? In November 1994, …
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Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) technologies use mirrors to concentrate (focus) the sun’s light energy and convert it into heat to create steam to drive a turbine that generates electrical power. The plants consist of two parts: one that collects solar energy and converts it to heat, and another that converts the heat energy to electricity. …
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Quantum Computing – Our demand for processing power continues to increase as more people connect to the internet and the integration of computing into our lives increases. Moore’s law is the observation that the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years- postulated by Moore( Co founder of Intel Corp.) There …
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Spread by Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes. Zika virus is related to dengue, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, and West Nile viruses. The infection, known as Zika fever, often causes no or only mild symptoms, similar to a mild form of dengue fever. As of April 2016 sexual transmission of Zika has been documented in six countries – …
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