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Sand Mining

About Sand Mining Sand mining is the extraction of sand from various sources, such as rivers, beaches, and seabeds, for use in construction, manufacturing, and other industries. It is a minor mineral under Section 3(e) of the MMDR Act. Minor...

Coal India Limited (CIL)

About Coal India Limited (CIL) It is an Indian public sector undertaking and the largest government-owned coal producer in the world. (Established - 1975) Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Coal. (HQ-Kolkata) It accounts for around 82% of the total Coal production...

SIMBEX

About SIMBEX It is an annual naval exercise between the Indian Navy and the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN). It started in 1994. Exercise Countries Involved Types of Exercise Malabar India, US, Japan, Australia Naval Yudh Abhyas India - United...

Coastal Regulation Zones (CRZ)

What are Coastal Regulation Zones ? The coastal stretches of seas, bays, estuaries, creeks, rivers and back waters which are influenced by tidal action are declared as Coastal Regulation Zone. CRZ are divided in 4 Categories: CRZ (I-A): Ecologically Sensitive...

Why is RBI bringing back its Gold Assets?

Why RBI shipping back its Gold? Improved Capacity: RBI’s capacity to keep its gold has improved in the recent years. Hence, it is now feasible for RBI to store more Gold in the country. Strategic Reserve Management: The RBI aims...

Uranium

About Uranium It is a heavy metal used as fuel in nuclear reactors for energy generation and also for military applications in nuclear weapons. Global Uranium Reserves: (1) Australia, (2) Kazakhstan, (3) Canada, (4) Russia. Kazakhstan is the world’s top...

NICeMail service

Context The Union government recently issued the 2024 Email Policy, mandating government departments and agencies to use the National Informatics Centre's (NIC) NICeMail service. The policy establishes job-specific email addresses for government roles, along with a name-based email address that...

Asset Recovery Inter-agency Network-Asia Pacific (ARIN-AP, CARIN)

Context India, represented by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED), has joined the steering committee of the Asset Recovery Inter-agency Network-Asia Pacific (ARIN-AP). About ARIN-AP ARIN-AP was founded in 2013 to support the tracing, freezing and confiscation of criminal assets across...

Global Nature Conservation Index

About Nature Conservation Index (NCI) It is developed by the Goldman Sonnenfeldt School of Sustainability and Climate Change at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Israel) in collaboration with BioDB.com (a non profit website dedicated to maintaining biodiversity data). It evaluates...

Methanol Production

Context NTPC has developed Indigenous Catalyst for Methanol production from Flue Gas CO2. About Methanol Methanol, also known as wood alcohol, is a colourless, volatile liquid with a chemical formula of CH₃OH. It is the simplest alcohol and is produced...