GUJARAT

Khuswaha was conferred with the Young Scientist Award (YSA) for innovative research by the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) during a function held in New Delhi on Sunday. She was awarded by the Vice President M Venkaiha Naidu, under the category of Earth, , Ocean and Planetary Sciences.

According to Kushwaha, India needs a sustainable option for clean energy to follow the Paris agreement on Climate-change”>Climate Change. The demand for energy is increasing day by day. Its expected that in the near future the demand for Nuclear Energy will increase worldwide as it is carbon neutral. However, the Uranium reserves are limited and it is estimated that it would be exhausted in over 100 years, she said.

Here the recovery of Uranium from secondary sources such as contaminated groundwater, mining effluents and seawater comes into picture.

Uranium extraction from seawater (UES) is amongst the seven chemical separations processes where progress would lead to global gains. UES provides additional benefits to the Energy Security of any country. It is independent of terrestrial Uranium Ore which reduces the concerns of environmental damage from land-based mining, Khuswaha told TOI. She added that the heavy Metal extracted from seawater is at par with the similar experiments done globally.

Elaborating further, the scientist said that secondary sources of Uranium include spillages from mines, effluents of nuclear power Plants or fly ash dumps that go into water sources after mixing with rainwater and ultimately end up in the sea.

According to the data, 4.3% of people in Gujarat had alcohol dependence. This is even higher than Rajasthan’s 2.3%, Bihar’s 1% and Jammu & Kashmirs 4%. The national Average however was 17.1%, mentioned in the answer.

The answer also said about 1.46% of the Population of Gujarat (6.64 lakh) was addicted to opioids, 1.38% to sedatives (6.28 lakh) and 0.8% to cannabis (3.64 lakh). Moreover, 36,000 (0.08%) were addicted to inhalants.

In all, the survey pointed at about 8% of the total population (about 36.5 lakh) addicted to either alcohol or drugs. The survey did not include tobacco dependency.

Even as credit or debit card credentials leak over the dark web, many citizens dont realize that online frauds can be stopped with a little cyber hygiene.

Since January 2020, all banks, in keeping with the RBI guidelines, have allowed card holders to enable and disable cards for online use on international and domestic websites and Point of Sale (PoS) machines and even modify their transaction limits by simply moving a toggle tab on their bank app or website. Since 2022, fraudulent credit and debit card transactions have surged inGujarat.

The Gujarat CID Crime data for the last one year revealed that 14,725 citizens have lost their or credit to these frauds. At the Hacked cyber safety awareness session at Cloud 9 Society in Nehrunagar, jointly organized by TOI and Gujarat CID Crime, the sleuths explained all about preventing debit and credit card fraud.

Adani Transmission Limited (ATL) has bagged the coveted green loan tag by Sustainalytics for its revolving facility worth $700 million. This provides assurance on the green loan framework forATLs revolving facility.

The firm provides analytical environmental, social and Governance (ESG) research, ratings and data to institutional investors and companies.

A revolving loan facility is a flexible borrowing mechanism that enables the borrower to withdraw, repay, and withdraw again.MUFG Bankhas acted as green loan coordinator to the issuer for arranging the second-party opinion (SPO) on green loan framework prepared by ATL.
The projects associated with the $700 million flexible loan facility are being set up inGujaratandMaharashtra. In Gujarat, these projects are part of the governments green energy corridor projects (GEC), dedicated to the evacuation and transmission of .

In a research published this April, Nimesulide poisoning in white-rumpedvultureGyps bengalensis in Gujarat, India, the authors found the anti-inflammatory drugnimesulidein the Tissues of all the dead vulture fromGujaratthey studied. The research was part of a project funded entirely by the Union ministry of Environment, forest and https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change.

The collection of tissues of dead vultures sampled in the study were permitted by Gujarat forest department, and shared by Jivdaya Charitable Trust, Ahmedabad.

The research paper pointed out that between March and April 2020, there were at least two other incidents of deaths of white-rumped vultures inAssamand West Bengal.

While 13 vultures died after eating the carcass of a pig in Jalpaiguri district, in West Bengal, 19 vultures died in Sibsagar, Assam possibly due to poisoning However, tissue samples could not be collected for analysis.

The study found that residues of all the 32 most commonly used pesticides in the tissues from kidneys, livers and guts of the four white-rumped vultures collected from Sanand and Dhrangadhra were below detection limits.

Ahmedabad’sNarol textile cluster, known as the country’s largest textile processing hub, is set to upgrade its Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP).

The current capacity of the CETP, which stands at 100MLD (million litres per day), will be boosted to 130MLD. This expansion project, estimated to cost around Rs 75-80 crore, will be collectively funded by approximately 120 member units of the Narol Textile Infrastructure and Enviro Management (NTIEM).

The NTIEM oversees the operations of the Narol CETP, which commenced its activities in 2017. While the individual units within the cluster possess a consolidate, Consent and authorization (CCA) for a total of 23MLD, the CETP holds a CCA for 100MLD. Furthermore, the CETP has received Consent to Establish (CTE) for a capacity of 130MLD, paving the way for the planned upgrade.

Narol houses approximately 120 companies with a combined processing capacity of around 2.50 crore metres per day. However, the Industry faces challenges due to weak demand and fluctuating cotton prices.

After holding online exams for the first semester recently, Gujarat Technological University (GTU) has now decided to conduct summer exams for final semester students pursuing degree and diploma studies with various colleges affiliated with the university.

GTU announced that more than 95 per cent of students in the first semester of degree and diploma courses in all faculties participated in the college exams that were held online.

With a total of 8,887 megawatts (MW) of installed capacity and 9,925 MW of installed Wind Energy capacity,Gujaratranks second among all states in solar and wind power capacity, the Union Government informed the Rajya Sabha.
Replying to a question byRajya Sabha MPParimal Nathwani, Union power ministerR K Singhsaid that as of February 28, 2023, the installed capacity of wind energy in Gujarat was 8,887.72 MW while the installed solar generation capacity stood at 9,925.72 MW.

According to the statement of the minister, the top five states with the maximum installed solar energy capacities areRajasthan(16,405.75 MW), Gujarat (8,887.72 MW), Karnataka (8,110.48 MW),Tamil Nadu(6,536.77 MW), and Telangana (4,657.18 MW).

The top five states with maximum installed wind energy capacities are Tamil Nadu (9,983.12 MW), Gujarat (9,925.72 MW), Karnataka (5,276.05 MW), Maharashtra (5,012.83 MW), and Rajasthan (4,681.82 MW).