Strategic Petroleum Reserves
The government is planning to increase its oil reserves. It has sought investments to build additional emergency crude reserves in Odisha and Karnataka to act as a buffer against volatility in oil prices... Read more
The government is planning to increase its oil reserves. It has sought investments to build additional emergency crude reserves in Odisha and Karnataka to act as a buffer against volatility in oil prices... Read more
The Centre for Fourth Industrial Revolution, an initiative of the World Economic Forum was launched in India. It is the fourth center after the USA, China, and Japan. The center will work in collaboration with NITI Aayog to codesign policies and protocols for emerging technologies... Read more
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in its recent report has stated the benefits in keeping the Earth's temperature rise to only 1.5 degrees Celsius rather than the 2 degrees Celsius target agreed to at the Paris Agreement talks in 2015. This report will act as a scientific guide for government policymakers on how to implement the 2015 Paris Agreement during the Climate Change Conference in Poland in December... Read more
China is developing illumination satellites or artificial moon, which will shine along with the real moon but will be eight times brighter than the real one. These satellites will reflect the sun’s light at night... Read more