05.05.21 Daily [Telangana] TSPSC Current Affairs

The National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) has stumbled upon the presence of high levels of nitrate ingroundwaterin upperKrishna riverbasin inTelangana, posing a grave risk to childrens Health.

NGRI scientists warned that infants and children are at higher risk owing to nitrate ingestion through drinking water.

Researchers said fertilizer leachate is seeping into aquifers and a majority of groundwater samples analysed by them were unfit for consumption. NGRI scientist Rama Mohan Kurakalva said people who are utilising the water inMahbubnagarand other districts of upper Krishna river basin are at risk.

The Ministry of Labour & EMPLOYMENT has informed Section 142 of the Social Security Code, 2020, which addresses Aaadhar’s applicability.

The Ministry will be able to collect Aaadhar information for the Database of beneficiaries under various social security schemes as a result of the section’s notification.

The first supply of UCO (Used Cooking Oil) based Biodiesel blended Diesel under the EOI Scheme was flagged off by Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas from Indian Oil’s Tikrikalan Terminal in Delhi.

Biodiesel is an alternative fuel that can be made from vegetable oils, animal fats, tallow, and waste cooking oil, and is similar to traditional or “fossil” diesel.

Another benefit of Biodiesel is that it is carbon-neutral, meaning that the oilseed absorbs the same amount of CO2 that is emitted when the fuel is burned in a vehicle.

Biodiesel is also quickly biodegradable and totally non-toxic.