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2021-04-24 12:00:58 La Soufriere Volcano

Location: Caribbean island of St Vincent.

The volcano - which had not erupted since 1979 -remains active and every day belches up clouds of ash and smoke after erupting recently.

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2021-04-24 11:28:06 The Kol Dam Project

Located in Himachal Pradesh, envisages the construction of the 167m high and 600m long dam across the Satluj River.

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2021-04-24 07:04:23 Barren Island, Andaman Islands

The volcano on Barren Island erupted on August 24, 2005.

It is lies over the fault whose movement caused the tsunami on December 26, 2004.

It is a stratovolcano composed of lava, rock fragments, and volcanic ash.

On the west side of the island is a caldera formed by an explosive eruption in the Pleistocene era.

Two kilometers wide, the caldera takes up the bulk of this tiny island that measures only 3 kilometers across.

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2021-04-23 18:10:01 #P4M #GS3

Policy allowing 100% FDI (via the automatic route) in the steel industry has boosted investments.

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2021-04-23 18:09:19 #P4P #Envt #Prelims21 #PSC

Pesticides In Groundwater

Pesticides aren't just a problem in lakes & streams. They can reach groundwater from applications onto crop fields, contaminated surface water, accidental spills & leaks, improper disposal, and even through injection waste material into wells.

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2021-04-23 15:30:03 Amidst this pandemic, we see a huge number of people looking for plasma from covid recovered patients. Do you remember the panic and fear you had when you were infected, exactly the same feeling another family is going through. There was somebody to help when you were infected please be somebody for another person and save his valuable life, Do not let another Indian down due to Covid-19, lets unite together and save as many lives as we can.

Criteria for plasma donation :

Age between 18 to 65yrs
Recovered from symptomatic covid infection
Tested negative atleast 14days prior to donation
Not suffering from any transmissible disease

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2021-04-23 10:49:59 Coronavirus Variants

SARS-CoV-2 Variants: Updated with B.1.617 now circulating widely in India.

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2021-04-23 06:15:33 Arktika-M

Russia launched its 1st satellite named Arktika-M to monitor the Arctic climate and environment later this year.

Russia`s Arktika-M remote-sensing and emergency communications satellites will gather meteorological data in the polar regions of the Earth.

#Prelims #P4P #SnT #Space

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2021-04-22 19:49:04 #National Park Series #Envt

Hemis National Park

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2021-04-22 18:58:54 ASSAM-MIZORAM BOUNDARY ISSUES

The dispute stems from a notification of 1875 that differentiated Lushai Hills from the plains of Cachar, and another of 1933 that demarcates a boundary between Lushai Hills and Manipur.

Mizoram borders Assam’s Barak Valley; both border Bangladesh.

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