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Disaster
Early Warning for Disaster Risk Reduction
National Remote Sensing Centre, ISRO, and Central Water Commission, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenationjointly organizing The National Conference on Flood Early Warning for Disaster Risk Reduction under the aegis of National Hydrology Project during 30-31st May, 2019 at Hyderabad
Economy
Re-issue Of Four Dated Securities
Government of India (GoI) has announced the sale (re-issue) of four dated securities for Rs. 17,000 crores.
Education
NCERT
NCERT Textbooks being made available at District HQs for 2019-20
Environmnent
Sub Marine Ground Water Discharge (SGD)
MoU signed between NCESS & CGWB For study of Sub marine Ground Water Discharge (SGD)
Film Industry
Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost
Scarlett Johansson engaged, ‘Avengers: Endgame’ star and beau Colin Jost set to take the plunge after two years of dating.
Healthcare
Type 2 Diabities
With type 2 Diabetes, the body either doesn’t produce enough insulin, or it resists insulin. You can prevent it by self-care – 30 minutes of
History
World Bee Day
World Bee Day is celebrated on May 20. On this day Anton Janša, the pioneer of beekeeping, was born in 1734. The purpose of the international day is to acknowledge the role of bees and other pollinators for the ecosystem. The UN Member States approved Slovenia’s proposal to proclaim 20 May as World Bee Day in December 2017.
Investment / Insurance
Tata Motor – Results
Tata MotorsNSE 7.52 % on Monday reported a 47.41 per cent year-on-year (YoY) fall in profit at Rs 1,117.48 crore for March quarter compared with Rs 2,125.24 crore in the same quarter last year.Revenue for the quarter fell to Rs 85,676.33 crore from Rs 88,966.34 crore in the same quarter last year. Consolidated Ebitda for the company fell 280 basis points to 9.70 per cent YoY. Ebitda for Jaguar Land Rover fell 40 bps to 9.8 per cent, while that of domestic business expanded 80 bps to 7 per cent. Tata Motors’ standalone profit after tax came in at Rs 106.19 crore over loss of Rs 499.94 crore in the same period last year. Total revenue from operations came at Rs 18561.41 crore in March quarter against Rs 19173.46 crore in the same period last year.
ISRO
PSLVC46
PSLVC46 getting ready for launch on 22nd May 2019.
Politics
Surgical Strike
Congess’ sayings regarding Congress Surgical Strikes were rejected, concluding with the first Surgical Strike happening in 2016.
Railways
Mumbai – Railway Station Transformation
Indian Railways will build new landing spots for Foot-Over-Bridges and set up 115 new escalatos at stations in Mumbai. This is in a bid to transform Railway Stations into world-class transit hubs, further enhance passenfer safety and provide passengers with airport like facilities.
Sports
Hockey
Indian Women’s Hockey team beat Korea 2- 1
Boxing
2nd India Open International Boxing: 16 countries participating in tournament. India fielded strong contingent of 38 men, 37 women in tournament including Mary Kom in 51 kilogram category. Last year, India won 6 gold medals.
Terrorism
NIA
Big NIA crackdown on ISIS, raids at 10 locations in Tamil Nadu based on a case filed a few months ago against some people for allegedly supporting ISIS.
World
Tajikistan
In Tajikistan, 32 people killed in prison riot near capital Dushanbe.
Article
Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD)
Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) is an ubiquitous coastal process that is driven by a composite of climatologic, hydrogeologic, and oceanographic processes. For example, terrestrial hydraulic gradients that reflect both short- and long-term climatic conditions almost always transport both surface and ground water toward the coast. In coastal waters, physical oceanographic processes such as wave set-up, tidal pumping, and density-driven circulation impact these hydraulic gradients and thus affect rates of submarine groundwater discharge. In simple words, submarine groundwater discharge is an underground pathway of exchange of water and dissolved materials between the land and ocean. Despite great progress in methodologies and local assessment of SGD published in the past two decades, there still remain many unknowns such as the impacts of SGD on coastal ecosystems, including fisheries and coral reefs, there are gaps in large scale and global assessment of SGD, the evaluation of differences between different types of SGD and pore water exchange are not yet explored, and so on. SGD research is also important for groundwater resource management, because SGD and saltwater intrusion is a face and tail of the coin. Coastal aquifers will be greatly affected by sea-level rise, changes in precipitation and land-use patterns, and increased groundwater withdrawal from aquifers. These effects will be reflected in changes in the magnitude and composition of SGD as well as the biogeochemistry of the subterranean estuary.
Source: https://www.republicworld.com/india-news/general-news/big-nia-crackdown-on-isis-raids-at-10-locations-in-tamil-nadu, https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/BS_PressReleaseDisplay.aspx?prid=47077, https://archive.usgs.gov/archive/sites/walrus.wr.usgs.gov/sgd/index.html, https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/8811/submarine-groundwater-discharge-impacts-on-coastal-ecosystem-by-hidden-water-and-dissolved-materials
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