INFACT Date:23rd
August,
2022

Current
Affairs
Current
Affairs
NEWS
Hindustan
 Petroleum
 Corporation
 started
its
Cowdung
to
Biogas
project
in
Sanchore,

Rajasthan.
SWEN
Significance
of
Scheme:

•
The
scheme
will
be
hugely
beneficial
for
country
as
India
is
home
to
highest
cattle



population
in
world
(around
30
crores)

•
It
will
encourage
farmers
to
consider
dung
and
other
waste
not
just
as
waste
but
as


source
of
income.





SWEN
Uses
of
Biogas

•
It
is
commonly
used
as
cooking
gas,
electricity
production,
street
lighting

purposes
etc.
•
It
is
being
used
in
transport.
For
example,
‘Amanda
Biogas
Train’
runs
on

biogas
in
Sweden.

1
cow
vs
Bio
gas:

The
bio
gas
production
from
a
cow
is
400
litres
 /
 day.
 One
 person
 requires
 around

300
litres
of
bio
gas
to
cook
his
food
per

meal.
INFACT Date:26th
August,
2022

Current
Affairs
Current
Affairs
NEWS
Sameer
V
Kamat
was
recently
appointed
as
the
new
Chairman
of
DRDO.
SDRDO:
WEN
DRDO
is
Defence
Research
and

Development
Organisation.
DRDO

is
the
Research
and
Development

wing
of
Ministry
of
Defence
under

Government
of
India.
DRDO
produce
weapon
systems

and
equipment
for
Indian
military

applications.They
research
and
develop
guns,
missiles,
rocket
launchers,

radars
etc
for
Indian
military
forces.
DRDO
was
formed
in
1958.

Important
Note:

Former
President
of
India
Dr.APJ.
Abdul
kalam
worked
in
DRDO
as
a

scientist

and
Director
General.
INFACT Date:20
Date:30 th
 th

July,
2022
August,
2022

Current
Affairs
Current
Affairs
NEWS
National
Small
Industry
Day
is
observed
every
year

on
August
30,
to
recognise
the
value
of
small
scale

businesses
in
India.

Which
industries
are
considered
as
small
scale
industries
in
India:
If
the
industry’s
investment
is
less
than
10
crores
and
annual
turn
over
is

less
than
50
crores,
they
are
small
scale
industries.

Why
these
industries
are
important
in
India:
These
enterprises
account
for
almost
40%
of
the
total
production
of
goods

and
services
in
India.

Nearly
half
of
the
goods
that
are
exported
from
India
are
manufactured
or

produced
by
these
industries.

What
is
Unicorn
club

•
Small
toys •
Chocolate
making
•
Spinning
and
weaving
industry •
Xerox
and
printing
•
Clay
products •
Pickle
manufacturing
industry
•
Biodiesel
production •
Incense
stick
manufacturing
industry
•
Rice
mill •
Paper
plate
manufacturing
industry
•
Candle
manufacturing
INFACT Date:20
Date:2 nd
 th

July,
2022
September,
2022

Current
Affairs
Current
Affairs
NEWS
INS
Vikrant
first
aircraft
carrier
to
be
built
in
India
by
the
cochin

shipyard
limited
was
ready
for
its
operation
from
September

2,
2022