29th APRIL 2024 ENGLISH TNPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS PDF TNPSC SHOUTERS
IIT Chennai researchers found Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal are strong carbon sinks for industrial carbon removal
- Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, IIT, Chennai, have found that the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal have the potential to store large amounts of carbon dioxide. This process, called 'decarbonisation', will help decarbonise industries. Through this, these oceans will act as greenhouse gas storage space.
- Researchers have found that carbon dioxide can be permanently stored in the form of solid hydrates under the ocean 500 meters deep. They also discovered that storage as liquid carbon dioxide can decarbonize industrial emissions.
- In this way, the full potential of the oceans can be used to sequester carbon without harming the marine ecology in any way. A major finding of this research is that the oceans are the largest storage of carbon dioxide.
- The research is aimed at helping India achieve its national carbon sequestration and climate change targets. Stored carbon dioxide can be used to create an environmentally friendly snow-like substance called 'gas hydrate'.
- The research work was conducted under the leadership of Prof. Jitendra Sangwai, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT, Chennai, and Mr. Yogendra Kumar Misra, Researcher, IIT, Chennai.
- Indian team consisting of Dheeraj Pommadewara, Tarundeep Roy and Praveen Jadhav took on Olympic champions South Korea in the men's recurve team finals of the series in Shanghai, China. The Indian team won the gold medal with a score of 5-1.
- After 14 years, the Indian men's team won the gold medal in the recurve category in the World Cup series. The last time the Indian team won gold in the series was in 2010.
- In the mixed team recurve category, India's Ankita Bhagat and Dheerajpommadewara won the bronze medal by beating Mexico's Aljandra Valencia and Matiasgrande 6-0.
- In the women's individual recurve category, India's Deepika Kumari lost to South Korea's Lim Sihyeon 0-6 in the final to clinch the silver medal. In this series, India has won 8 medals including 5 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze.
- The Summit on Major Minerals started today (29.4.2024) in New Delhi. The 2-day summit is organized to promote innovation in critical mineral resource and related activities. Mr. VL Kantha Rao, Secretary, Ministry of Mines, presided over the inauguration ceremony.
- The summit featured exhibition halls showcasing a variety of minerals derived from terrestrial and marine environments.
- As part of the summit, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Ministry of Mines and Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation. The MoU paves the way for collaboration between Ministry of Mines, Shakti Energy Trust, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW). The MoU envisages research and knowledge sharing on India's economic growth, national security and low carbon energy.
