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21/08/2021

08/08/2021

https://iasmate.in/resources/short-notes/string-of-pearls

STRING OF PEARLS The phrase seems to have been in use even before but publication ofEnergy Futures in Asia: Final Reportin 2004 made it popular.The report said that China was working on a strategy to expand its influence in the Indian Ocean to extract maximum benefit from it and contain Indian hold in the region. Ch...

31/07/2021

https://iasmate.in/resources/short-notes/international-north-south-transport-corridor

International North-South Transport Corridor It is aimed to promote transportation cooperation among the members, which are India, Afghanistan, Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, and Europe. It links Indian Ocean and Caspian Sea and helps to reduce carriage costs between India and Russia.

31/07/2021

https://iasmate.in/resources/short-notes/pyrasol

Pyrasol The Indo-German project ‘Pyrasol’, launched to transform urban organic waste into biochar and energy in smart cities. It was awarded to CSIR-CLRI by the Indo-German Science & Technology Centre. The project will ultimately lead to technology development for the joint processing of Fibrous Organic...

31/07/2021

https://iasmate.in/resources/short-notes/covid-19-technology-access-pool-c-tap

COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) World Health Organization has launched COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) that aims at making tests, vaccines, treatments, and other health technologies to fight COVID-19 as well as to make them accessible to all the countries. More than 30 countries have signed up to support this initiative. C...

31/07/2021

https://iasmate.in/resources/short-notes/indrajaal

Indrajaal Hyderabad-based technology R&D firm Grene Robotics has designed and developed India’s first indigenous drone defence dome called “Indrajaal”. • The drone defence dome has the capability to autonomously protect an area of 1000-2000 sq km against aerial threats by assessing and acting on aeria...

31/07/2021

https://iasmate.in/resources/short-notes/coking-coal

Coking coal Coking coal, also known as metallurgical coal, is used to create coke, one of the key irreplaceable inputs for the production of steel. There are many varieties of coal in the world, ranging from brown coal or lignite to anthracite. The property that really sets coking coals apart from other coals i...