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India's clean energy transition is marked by ambitious targets and innovative technologies.


Renewable Energy Capacity:
India aims for 500 GW of renewable energy by 2030, with a potential increase to 1 TW by 2035. As of May 2024, installed capacity reached 191 GW, including 85 GW from solar power.

Green Hydrogen Initiative:
The National Green Hydrogen Mission targets 5 million metric tonnes of green hydrogen production by 2030, significantly reducing emissions in heavy industries, which contribute over 30% of India's carbon emissions.

Carbon Capture Technology:
Implementing CCUS can mitigate emissions from industrial processes, addressing India's status as the third-largest CO2 emitter with approximately 2.6 GT per annum.

Bioenergy Production:
Utilizing agricultural waste and municipal solid waste for energy generation addresses both energy needs and waste management. India generates about 62 million tons of municipal solid waste annually.

Smart Grid AI:
AI enhances energy network stability and predicts demand with high accuracy, optimizing supply

Intermittency Solutions:
By 2030, India will require approximately 38 GW of battery storage to manage renewable energy intermittency effectively.

Key Initiatives for Clean Energy Transition

1. National Solar Mission:
Launched in 2010, part of the National Action Plan on Climate Change.
Aims to achieve 100 GW of solar power capacity by 2022 (now extended to 300 GW by 2030).

2. National Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy:
Introduced in 2018 to promote hybrid projects that combine wind and solar energy.

Aims to optimize resource use and improve grid stability.

3. National Green Hydrogen Mission:
Announced in 2022, targeting 5 million metric tonnes of green hydrogen production by 2030.

Focuses on reducing emissions in heavy industries and promoting hydrogen as a clean fuel.

4. Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) Scheme:
Launched under the National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency.

Encourages energy-intensive industries to improve energy efficiency through a market-based mechanism.

5. FAME India Scheme
Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME):
aims to promote electric vehicles (EVs) through subsidies and infrastructure development.

Phase II, launched in 2019, has allocated ₹10,000 crore for EV adoption.

6. Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan:
The self-reliant India initiative includes provisions for boosting domestic manufacturing of solar panels and batteries.

Aims to reduce dependency on imports and enhance local capabilities.

7. National Biofuel Policy:
Aims to achieve 20% blending of ethanol in petrol by 2025.

Promotes the use of biofuels, including biodiesel and bioethanol, derived from agricultural waste.

8. State Action Plans on Climate Change (SAPCC):

Each state is required to prepare its own action plan focusing on renewable energy and climate resilience.

Encourages local initiatives tailored to regional needs.
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It is feasible to confront external threats, as long as the forces within our own ranks do not become unwitting instruments of their manipulation
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Agents of UPSC CSE 🚩
It is feasible to confront external threats, as long as the forces within our own ranks do not become unwitting instruments of their manipulation
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These People should learn some basic understanding like Plausible deniability when it comes to national security but they are continue defaming India on foreign soil. Atleast they should learn from Indira Gandhi

Plausible deniability is a strategy used by governments, intelligence agencies, or organizations to allow leaders or higher authorities to deny responsibility for any unlawful or covert activities carried out under their direction, usually by lower-level operatives. This concept is often applied in sensitive or covert operations where direct acknowledgment of involvement could have serious political, legal, or diplomatic consequences.
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Butterfly Diversity Hub
Kaziranga Named India’s Second Largest Butterfly Diversity Hub
Kaziranga National Park, renowned for its iconic one-horned rhinoceros, has now gained recognition as India’s second-largest butterfly diversity hub. Following Namdapha National Park in Arunachal Pradesh, Kaziranga is home to an impressive 446 butterfly species.
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New study links PFAS exposure to kidney damage and gut health imbalance https://ddnews.gov.in/en/new-study-links-pfas-exposure-to-kidney-damage-and-gut-health-imbalance/
The standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL), the country's apex body on wildlife conservation, has deferred its nod to a Vedanta subsidiary's proposal for oil exploration in Assam's Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary, the habitat of the endangered Hoolock Gibbon.
Larsen and Toubro recently launched the INS 'Samarthak', a multi-purpose vessel for the Indian Navy.

About INS Samarthak:
• It is the first of two multi-purpose vessels (MPVs) for the Indian Navy.

• The vessel was designed and constructed in-house by Larsen and Toubro (L&T) Shipyard at Kattupalli, aligning to the Centre's 'Make in India' initiative and 'Atmanirbhar Vision'.
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The General Electric (GE) LM2500 marine gas turbine engine is used to power a variety of vessels, including: 
 
Indian Navy's Next Generation Missile Vessels (NGMV): GE Aerospace will supply six LM2500 marine gas turbine engine kits to power these vessels. 
 
Patrol boats, corvettes, frigates, destroyers, cruisers, cargo/auxiliary ships, and aircraft carriers: The LM2500 is a standard marine gas turbine that can be used in these vessels. 
 
Military generator set: The LM2500 is also available as a military generator set. 
 
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About Hand-in-Hand Initiative:

• It was launched in 2019, is a flagship of Food And Agricultural Organisation (FAO).

• It prioritizes countries and territories where poverty and hunger are highest, national capacities are limited, or operational difficulties are greatest due to natural or man-made crises.

• It seeks to eradicate poverty (SDG1), end hunger and malnutrition (SDG2), and reduce inequalities (SDG10) by accelerating market-based transformation of agri-food systems to raise incomes, improve nutrition, empower poor and vulnerable populations, and strengthen resilience to climate change.

•72 countries have joined this Initiative.
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Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country located in Northwest Africa.
• about Mauritania:
Geography:
* Location: Bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to the north and northwest, Algeria to the northeast, Mali to the east and southeast, and Senegal to the southwest.
* Size: 11th-largest country in Africa and 28th-largest in the world.
* Terrain: Mostly desert and semidesert, with the Sahara occupying about 90% of its territory.
* Capital: Nouakchott.
History:
* Ancient history: Home to ancient civilizations and trade routes.
* Colonial era: Colonized by France from the late 19th century.
* Independence: Gained independence from France in 1960.