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🔆India's Family Planning Journey: Mapping our defining Moments and Challenges ahead #gs1 #Essay #pib

🔆Researchers at IIT Madras have demonstrated a novel method to create mineral nanoparticles using microdroplets of water The research reveals that microdroplets of water can break down minerals into nanoparticles, a process that is not possible with bulk water. Due to their small size and closely packed water molecules, microdroplets are more reactive and capable of engaging in chemical reactions at a much faster rate, sometimes up to a million times faster than bulk water. #gs3 #scienceandtech

https://indianexpress.com/article/when-is/world-population-day-2024-date-history-theme-significance-9445960/ #WORLD POPULATION DAY

Today's Practice Questions on Important Topics from Current Affairs: (11.07.2024) 1. Explain the formation of heat domes weather phenomenon with suitable examples. (150w,10m) #GS1 - #geography Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-climate/high-temperatures-us-heat-domes-9445137 2. Explain the significance of the Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker's role in the Indian parliament.(150w,10m) #GS2 - #indianpolity Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/video-explained-what-is-the-significance-of-the-lok-sabha-deputy-speakers-role/article68388719.ece

🔆What are IPCC Assessment reports The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has produced six assessment reports and other documents since 1988, focusing on the consequences, adaptation, and vulnerability, as well as the mitigation aspects of climate change, establishing that humans are primarily responsible for the planet's warming. The Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) alerts that the opportunity to limit global surface temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius as per the Paris Agreement is diminishing, with adaptation limits being approached. Initiation of the seventh assessment cycle (AR7) involves discussions on budgeting issues, report timelines, the need for special reports, and ensuring adequate input for the 2028 global stocktake. The 'global stocktake' (GST) is a UNFCCC mechanism conducted every five years to measure progress towards the Paris Agreement goals, identifying gaps in climate action. #gs3 #environment #scienceandtech

✅Great Indian Bustard: It is one of the heaviest flying birds (weighing up to 15kgs). They inhabit dry grasslands and scrublands on the Indian subcontinent. ✅Habitat: It is endemic to the Indian subcontinent. It is found in Rajasthan (Desert National park), Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh in India and parts of Pakistan. ✅Threats: Death by collision with infrastructure, particularly power lines and wind turbines 🔸Depletion of grasslands 🔸hunting ✅Conservation Status 🔸IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered species ✅CITES: Appendix I ✅Wildlife (Protection) Act,1972: Schedule I #pre_revision #species #environment #scienceandtech

🔆Yaya Tso Lake ✅Recently, Yaya Tso Lake was declared Ladakh’s first biodiversity heritage site under the Biological Diversity Act. ✅Lake Yaya Tso is known as a bird's paradise for its beautiful lake located at an altitude of 4,820 metres in Ladakh. ✅It is a nesting habitat for a large number of birds and animals, such as the bar-headed goose, black-necked crane and brahminy duck ✅It is also one of the highest breeding sites of the black-necked crane in India. #environment #scienceandtech

🔆Special officer to mitigate human wildlife conflict #gs3 #environment #scienceandtech

☝️☝️☝️ Optical Properties ✅ One of the most notable features of QDs is their tunable emission properties. ✅ By controlling the size of the QD, researchers can precisely tune the wavelength of light emitted or absorbed. ✅ They can be engineered to emit light across the entire visible spectrum and into the infrared and ultraviolet ranges, offering a wide palette of colors for various applications. ✅ The smallest quantum dots emit higher energy waves and produce blue light, and the biggest dots release lower energy waves, creating red light, with the middle sizes creating the colours in between. ▪️Applications: ✅ Displays: They are used in display technology to enhance the color and efficiency of displays for TVs, monitors, and other electronic devices. ✅ Photovoltaics: QDs can be used in solar cells to enhance light absorption and energy conversion efficiency. ✅ Bio-medical applications: The small size of QDs allows them to go anywhere in the body, making them suitable for different bio-medical applications like medical imaging, biosensors, targeted drug delivery, etc. ✅ Quantum Computing #prelims #scienceandtech