News from Past week
Future Fuels – The Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IITG) has claimed that their research team has developed a catalyst that can release hydrogen gas from wood alcohol without any side production of carbon dioxide. This will make methanol a promising ‘Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier’ (LOHC) and the concept of hydrogen-methanol economy more realistic.
Sustainability Boost – The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) plans to operate around one hundred electric buses between Mumbai and Pune by July. MSRTC means to procure 1,000 e-buses and 2,000 CNG buses more to further bolster its 16,000-bus-strong fleet.
Women Empowerment – Five pink poll booths entirely managed by women will be set up in five districts of Uttar Pradesh for upcoming urban local body elections. These districts are Bilaspur, Dankaur, Dadri, Jahangirpuri and Jewar. The security of these special booths will be taken care by women cops.
Operation Clean Up – The Kerala government has launched a campaign, ‘Malinya Muktha Keralam’ to make the state garbage free by 2024. As the first step, all local bodies will be banned from garbage dumping in open spaces by June 5 this year.
Protecting Nature – The Hirakud wildlife division is using stories to connect young minds with nature and wildlife. Under its nature education program, the wildlife division has launched storytelling sessions every weekend in Sambalpur Zoo and Zero Point inside Debrigarh wildlife sanctuary.
Interesting Data Point
81% of organizations are experiencing a shortage in skilled tech workers: EY and iMocha Report
An Interesting long column on the Indian Web
Satyajit Ray’s Feluda is the perfect embodiment of sportsmanship. Feluda is the quintessentially Bengali brand in the world detective supermarket. We love his mannerisms, his boy-next-door image, tongue-in-cheek sense of humor, his ability to excel in sport and physical exercise and, finally, his modesty and social commitment. Read this interesting long column by Boria Majumdar on Openthemagzine.
An event you might enjoy this weekend
https://allevents.in/new%20delhi/musicathon-in-delhi/80001781544217