Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA)
Posted on21 Apr 2020
Context: Government in the Budget 2020 removed an anti-dumping duty that was levied on imports of a chemical called PTA Properties Excellent... Read More
Swarna Jayanti Fellowships
Posted on21 Apr 2020
TagsAWARDS
Context: Swarna Jayanti Fellowships have been awarded to 14 Indian Scientists To commemorate India’s fiftieth year of Independence the fellowships were awarded... Read More
Annular Solar Eclipse
Posted on21 Apr 2020
Context: Parts of Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu witnessed an annular solar eclipse on 26th Dec 2019 The Moon’s orbit around the... Read More
Bayesian Inversion
Posted on21 Apr 2020
TagsTECHNOLOGY
Context Scientists at ISRO have used a novel mathematical technique called Bayesian inversion and analysed satellite images to estimate the strength of... Read More
Hydrothermal carbonization
Posted on21 Apr 2020
TagsTECHNOLOGY
Why in news? The method of hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) has been tailored by IIT Kharagpur research team to the Indian environment and... Read More
Indigenous fuel cells
Posted on21 Apr 2020
TagsTECHNOLOGY
Why in news? The President of India launched the first Indian High-Temperature Fuel Cell System developed by CSIR. What is this? It... Read More
Radiative cooling and electricity generation
Posted on21 Apr 2020
Why in news? A scientist of Indian-origin has demonstrated a new way to generate electricity at night. What is this method? The... Read More
Coal gasification plant for Urea
Posted on21 Apr 2020
Why in news? Chemicals & Fertilizers Ministry recently concluded a coal gasification plant contract in Talcher, Odisha for the urea sector. About... Read More
Fly Ash
Posted on21 Apr 2020
Why in news? IIT Hyderabad scientists have converted fly ash into waterproofing material. Fly Ash Fly ash is a fine powder that... Read More
Coal Bed Methane
Posted on21 Apr 2020
Why in news? Coal’s Ministry has asked Coal India Limited (CIL) to produce 2 MMSCBs per day of coalbed methane (CBM) gas... Read More