OpIndia Explains

Vasant Ritu, or the spring season, begins much later than Vasant Panchami. Vasant Panchami, celebrated on Shukla Panchami of the Maagh month, is a part of the winter season.

The Artemis II mission will launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida using the American space agency’s most powerful rocket, the SLA Block 1.

An active Western Disturbance brought clouds over the higher hills like Shimla, acting like a warm blanket at night. 

In a press statement, Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State, said that the designation of the Egyptian, Jordanian, and Lebanese chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as FTOs and SDGTs is a step towards “President Trump’s commitment to eliminate the capabilities and operations of Muslim Brotherhood chapters that pose a threat to the United States.”

SpaceX activated its satellite internet, Starlink, in Iran to aid protesters in bypassing the internet ban. However, now even Starlink is being shut down, reportedly using Russian technology and Chinese research.

The ED searched I-PAC’s office located on the 11th floor of a building in Salt Lake, the Loudon Street residence of I-PAC’s head, Pratik Jain, and the office of a trader in the Posta area of Burrabazar, Kolkata.

Amidst the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, India is accelerating hydropower development in the upper Chenab basin to boost energy security, utilise water resources, and deprive Pakistan of the unfair reception of India’s waters.

Modern grain-based (rice/maize) plants are less polluting than sugarcane-based ones. They have mandatory ZLD (Zero Liquid Discharge) technology, which ensures no wastewater discharge and 95-99% of the water is recycled. By 2024-25, more than 60% of India's ethanol will come from grain because they use less water (2570 liters/liter of ethanol) and are better for the environment.

After Saudi Arabia remarked that it views the UAE’s arming of the STC as “a red line for its national security”, the UAE’s Foreign Ministry claimed that it is not a part of any regional effort to undermine Saudi Arabia.

The newly launched SBFAS and SbDS initiatives are the latest in a string of policy initiatives the Modi government has launched in recent years to revive and bolster domestic shipbuilding under the Make in India initiative and a vision for ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’.