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Indian Railways has commissioned the country’s first government waste to energy plant at Bhubaneswar. Polycrack Plant can be fed with all types of plastic, petroleum sludge, un-segregated MSW (Municipal Solid Waste) with moisture up to 50%, e–waste, automobile fluff, organic waste including bamboo, garden waste. The process is a closed loop system and does not emit any hazardous pollutants into the atmosphere. This process will produce energy in the form of Light Diesel Oil which is used to light furnaces.

Under the Act, once prospective adoptive parents living in India or abroad accept a child, an adoption agency files an application in a civil court to obtain the adoption order. The adoption order issued by the court establishes that the child belongs to the adoptive parents. In order to expedite adoption proceedings, the Bill transfers the power to issue adoption orders to the district magistrate.
However empowering district magistrates to issue adoption orders may lead to further delay as they are already burdened with several responsibilities. Further, they may not have the competence to issue adoption orders since they lack judicial training to determine the best interests of the child.

For the first time, most of the regions in India were united politically and administratively under a single power (the British rule).
The introduction of railways, telegraphs and postal services and the construction of roads brought Indians nearer to each other and provided the facility to organise the national movement.
A good deal of anti-British feeling was created by the economic policy pursued by the British government, which systematically ruined the Indian trade and native industries.
Lord Lytton arranged the Delhi Durbar at a time when the larger part of India was in the grip of famine and also passed the Vernacular Press Act which created discontent among the masses.

Pet coke contains 90% carbon and 3-6% sulphur.
The Central Government had banned the import of pet coke for use as fuel. It is allowed only for cement, lime kiln, calcium carbide and gasification industries, when used as the feedstock or in the manufacturing process on actual user condition. It is a dirtier alternative to coal and emits 11% more greenhouse gases than coal and nearly 17 times more sulphur than coal. However, a favorable tax regime and clean energy cess on coal had prompted industries to rely on pet coke.

Ujjawala is a comprehensive scheme for prevention of trafficking, with five specific components:
Prevention, which consists of formation of community vigilance groups, awareness and sensitization.
Rescue and safe withdrawal.
Rehabilitation, which includes providing safe shelter, food, clothing, medical care.
Reintegration.
Repatriation, which includes repatriation of the victim to their country of origin.

Ravanachhaya-Orissa
Putul Nautch-West Bengal
Bommalattam-Tamil Nadu
Pavakoothu-Kerala

The period from 1905 was known as the era of extremism in the Indian National Movement. The extremists or the aggressive nationalists believed that success could be achieved through bold means. The important extremist leaders were Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal and Aurobindo Ghosh.
The failure of the Moderates to win any notable success other than the expansion of the legislative councils by the Indian Councils Act (1892) was one of the major reasons for the rise of extremism. The Extremists had no faith in the British sense of justice and fair play. They pointed out the forceful means by which the British had taken control of India. They believed that political rights would have to be fought for.

SO2 is also emitted by trains, large ships, and some diesel equipment that burns high sulphur fuel and also by volcanic eruptions. Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides affect the environment when they react with substances in the atmosphere to form acid rain.
India has over 15 percent of all anthropogenic sulphur dioxide (SO2) hotspots in the world.The main SO2 hotspots in India are Singrauli in Madhya Pradesh (5th position in the world), Korba in Chhattisgarh, Talcher and Jharsuguda in Odisha, Neyveli and Chennai in Tamil Nadu, Kutch in Gujarat, Ramagundam in Telangana and Chandrapur and Koradi in Maharashtra.

Mica is a very good insulator that has a wide range of applications in the electrical and electronics industry. It can withstand high voltage and has low power loss factor.Andhra Pradesh has the highest reserves in India followed by Rajasthan and Odisha. India has a near monopoly in the production of mica [60 % of world’s total]. Major exports are carried out through Kolkata and Visakhapatnam ports. Important imports of Indian mica are Japan, the USA, U.K.