🌫️🌁PM2.5 air pollution in New Delhi is causing an estimated deaths of 25,000 lives lives since January 1, 2021.
🍻 It has cost the city's economy around US $3.7 billion so far this year. (Source: Greenpeace)
🍻 It has cost the city's economy around US $3.7 billion so far this year. (Source: Greenpeace)
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Agents of UPSC CSE 🚩
🌫️🌁PM2.5 air pollution in New Delhi is causing an estimated deaths of 25,000 lives lives since January 1, 2021. 🍻 It has cost the city's economy around US $3.7 billion so far this year. (Source: Greenpeace)
Kuch nahi bhai yar bss vo mai pollutants yad kar raha tha
Particulate Matter (PM10)
Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2)
Sulphur Dioxide (SO2)
Carbon Monoxide (CO)
Ozone (O3)
Ammonia (NH3)
Lead (Pb)
UPSC wale puch lete hai aaye din 🍻
Particulate Matter (PM10)
Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2)
Sulphur Dioxide (SO2)
Carbon Monoxide (CO)
Ozone (O3)
Ammonia (NH3)
Lead (Pb)
UPSC wale puch lete hai aaye din 🍻
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UPSC PYQs 🍻
Fraands batao Petrol diesel ⛽ me kya system chalta hai
Fraands batao Petrol diesel ⛽ me kya system chalta hai
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Agents of UPSC CSE 🚩
UPSC PYQs 🍻 Fraands batao Petrol diesel ⛽ me kya system chalta hai
Guyss eska answer kya hoga 👀⛽
Agents of UPSC CSE 🚩
UPSC PYQs 🍻 Fraands batao Petrol diesel ⛽ me kya system chalta hai
✅In India, the central and state governments levy taxes on fuel purchases.
While excise duty (central) rates are uniform across the country, states levy sales tax/ Value Added Tax (VAT) which varies across states. For instance, Odisha levies 32% VAT on petrol, while Uttar Pradesh levies 26.8% VAT or Rs 18.74 per litre, whichever is higher.
While excise duty (central) rates are uniform across the country, states levy sales tax/ Value Added Tax (VAT) which varies across states. For instance, Odisha levies 32% VAT on petrol, while Uttar Pradesh levies 26.8% VAT or Rs 18.74 per litre, whichever is higher.
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Agents of UPSC CSE 🚩
✅In India, the central and state governments levy taxes on fuel purchases. While excise duty (central) rates are uniform across the country, states levy sales tax/ Value Added Tax (VAT) which varies across states. For instance, Odisha levies 32% VAT on…
The fuel you're purchasing for 90 Rs actually costs only 30 Rs base price (reflecting cost of international oil) Then, the central government imposes a 20-25 Rs excise duty on it, and the state government also imposes a similar VAT tax. The remaining amount goes towards the dealer's commission, transportation, and other expenses.
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MISHTI is a project initiated by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to encourage the plantation of which trees?
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7%
Teak
8%
Tamarind
5%
Sal
80%
Mangrove
PM 2.5, Sulphur Dioxide, and more: Where the pollutants in our air come from, and how they impact health 🔗
#air_pollution #air_quality_index #everyday_explainers #everyday_health #express_explained
#air_pollution #air_quality_index #everyday_explainers #everyday_health #express_explained
The Indian Express
PM 2.5, Sulphur Dioxide, and more: What are the pollutants in our air, and how they impact health
High levels of air pollution in north India: The AQI transforms complex air quality data of various pollutants into a single number. Here are the index's eight constituents, the pollutants' sources and why they are cause for concern.
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✅ Supreme Court bans barium and banned chemicals in firecrackers nationwide.
✅ In 2018 and 2021, SC permitted "green crackers" and low-emission variants.
✅ Green crackers developed to reduce pollution and noise.
✅ Types of green crackers: SWAS, SAFAL, STAR.
✅ SWAS releases water vapor to suppress dust.
✅ STAR emits reduced particulate matter and lower sound.
✅ SAFAL uses minimal aluminum and magnesium, producing less noise.
✅ In 2018 and 2021, SC permitted "green crackers" and low-emission variants.
✅ Green crackers developed to reduce pollution and noise.
✅ Types of green crackers: SWAS, SAFAL, STAR.
✅ SWAS releases water vapor to suppress dust.
✅ STAR emits reduced particulate matter and lower sound.
✅ SAFAL uses minimal aluminum and magnesium, producing less noise.
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Possible answer to farm fires: New rice variety can replace Pusa-44 🔗
#express_explained #stubble_burning
#express_explained #stubble_burning
The Indian Express
Possible answer to farm fires: New rice variety can replace Pusa-44
Though the order didn’t name the variety, the reference was likely to Pusa-44. It’s this variety that Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann had said would be “banned” from next year.
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How to protect yourself against festive-season cyber scams 🤣
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Healthcare infrastructure remains neglected: The case of Nanded hospital
To address the issue of poor healthcare infrastructure, the states need to prioritise this sector by diverting funds, creating more capacity in existing hospitals, and constructing more new hospitals
https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/healthcare-infrastructure-remains-neglected/
To address the issue of poor healthcare infrastructure, the states need to prioritise this sector by diverting funds, creating more capacity in existing hospitals, and constructing more new hospitals
https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/healthcare-infrastructure-remains-neglected/
ORF
Healthcare infrastructure remains neglected: The case of Nanded hospital
Nanded, a district town in Maharashtra, located 280 km from Aurangabad, faced a man-made tragedy in its public medical facility.
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It's all about mindset 😌
Opportunity will never come as assured returns, you have to create it
Opportunity will never come as assured returns, you have to create it
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