Category Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development

Rare Earth Permanent Magnet Plant: A Major Step Towards Self-Reliance

Rare Earth Permanent Magnet Plant: A Major Step Towards Self-Reliance

India is steadily moving towards self-reliance and technological independence, especially under programs like Atmanirbhar Bharat and Make in India. These initiatives aim to reduce reliance on imports across various sectors, including sustainable energy. An essential part of this shift is gaining the ability to access and process critical minerals. Rare Earth Elements (REEs) are crucial in making high-performance components like Rare Earth Permanent Magnets (REPMs). These magnets are widely used in wind turbines, electric cars, electronics and defense applications.

High-Performance Computing System for Climate Resilience and Forecast Precision in India

High-Performance Computing System for Climate Resilience and Forecast Precision in India

India began its journey with High-Performance Computing (HPC) several decades back, but it was not a smooth beginning. Supercomputers and HPC systems were categorized as strategic and dual-use technologies by many developed nations, which limited the access of supercomputers to India. The first attempt to indigenously create supercomputing systems for research and development was the development of PARAM 8000, developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC).

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Master Plan for Delhi 2041: A Blueprint for a Sustainable Urban Future

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) prepared the Master Plan for Delhi 2041 (MPD 2041) as a comprehensive statutory development plan, which is the fourth plan, following its predecessors in the years of 1962, 2001, and 2021.

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India-Qatar: Gas Trade and Energy Transition

India and Qatar share historic trade linkages, deep-rooted people-to-people ties and robust multifaceted bilateral relations. Qatar and India established diplomatic relations in the early 1970s. They celebrated 50 years of diplomatic ties in 2023

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Modified Electronic Manufacturing Clusters (EMC 2.0): India’s Electronic Transformation

India’s electronics manufacturing sector entered a transformative phase with the launch of the Modified Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMC 2.0) scheme. This initiative was introduced to address long-standing infrastructure bottlenecks that limited the country’s ambition of becoming a global hub for electronics production.

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National GLP Compliance Monitoring Authority (NCGMA)

The National GLP Compliance Monitoring Authority (NGCMA) was established on April 24, 2002, by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) under the Government of India. The body is aimed at ensuring that Good Laboratory Practices (GLPs), as put forth by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), are enforced on non-clinical laboratory studies.

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The Saudi-Pakistan Pact and the Question of U.S. Complicity

The direct fallout of the Israeli strikes on Qatar to eliminate Hamas leaders and negotiators for Gaza and the US deep state’s complicity and political leadership’s double-speak and tongue-in-cheek stance has reinforced the utter unreliability of the US security cover once again for the countries in West Asia and North Africa, especially the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.

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