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GS-3NUCLEAR ENERGY - DOMESTIC URANIUM SUPPLY

Uranium from Copper Waste: How UCIL Plans to Recover a Strategic Mineral Without Mining It

At a media workshop at Jaduguda, Jharkhand, UCIL CMD Kancham Anand Rao described the company's strategy to double India's domestic uranium output by 2036. The strategy combines four greenfield mines with uranium recovery from Hindustan Copper's reject stream, under an understanding with HCL expected to take effect from 2029-30. The plan matters for the fuel security of India's expanding nuclear programme, which targets 100…

SourceTHE HINDU, MULTIBAGG, GK TODAY…
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GS-3CLIMATE MITIGATION - HARD-TO-ABATE INDUSTRY

Cement and Net Zero: Why Clean Power Alone Cannot Decarbonise the Chemistry of Limestone

A science feature in The Hindu brings together roadmaps from NITI Aayog and TERI with the Global Cement and Concrete Association to examine how India's cement sector can reach net zero. The roadmaps propose lower emission intensity, refuse-derived fuel, clinker substitution and carbon capture. The piece also notes that most cement emissions come from the chemistry of limestone rather than from fuel. Researchers from CSTEP…

Sub TopicCLIMATE MITIGATION - DECARBONISING HARD-TO-ABATE INDUSTRYSourceTHE HINDU, NITI AAYOG, TERI…
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GS-3BIODIVERSITY

Living Planet Report 2026: What the 73% Decline Really Measures and Why Freshwater Is the Real Emergency

The WWF released its Living Planet Report 2026, reporting a 73% average decline in monitored vertebrate population sizes over 52 years. WWF-India Secretary General and CEO Ravi Singh described the report as a stark warning that also carries hope, arguing that the declines can be reversed and pointing to tiger recovery in India and worldwide. The findings matter for India's commitments under the Kunming-Montreal Global…

Sub TopicBIODIVERSITY - LIVING PLANET REPORT 2026SourceINDIAN EXPRESS, WWF UK…
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GS-3SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - CHIRALITY AND ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS

Chemistry Nobel 2026: How Kagan and Soai Taught Chemistry to Amplify a Tiny Molecular Bias

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences named Henri B. Kagan, Professor Emeritus at the former Universite Paris-Sud and Kenso Soai, Professor Emeritus at the Tokyo University of Science, as the 2026 Chemistry laureates. The two will share the prize amount of 12 million Swedish kronor. Their work explains how a small asymmetry in molecules can be magnified, which matters for drug safety, the cost of medicines and the old…

Sub TopicNOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY 2026 - CHIRALITY AND ASYMMETRIC…SourceTHE ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF…
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GS-3MONETARY POLICY

RBI Hikes Repo Rate to 5.5%: Why It Is Fighting Second-Round Effects, Not the Monsoon

The October 2026 monetary policy statement reversed the direction of policy for the first time in more than three and a half years. Retail inflation rose to 4.82% in August. It has stayed above the 4% target for three straight months, though within the 2-6% tolerance band. Governor Sanjay Malhotra said much of the rise in headline inflation reflects base effects and supply factors. He pointed to core inflation and diffusion…

Sub TopicREPO RATE HIKE TO 5.50% - SUPPLY SHOCKS, SECOND-ROUND…SourceRBI, THE HINDU, INDIAN EXPRESS…
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