Why in News ? • Recently, Cyclone ‘Amphan‘ and ‘Nisarg’ wreaked havoc in the eastern coastal states West Bengal & Odisha and in the western coastal states Maharashtra & Gujrat – of India. • Amphan and Nisarg both are tropical cyclone, IMD (Indian Meteorological Department) reported cyclone ‘Amphan’ with wind speed more than 222 km/hr […]
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What is ZBNF ? According to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), “ZBNF is an emerging set of agricultural practice redesigned to reduce farmers’ direct costs (hence “zero budget”) while enhancing yields and farm health through the use of non-chemical inputs sourced locally (“natural farming”).” Indian Finance Minister in the Budget speech said, “We need to
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Salinity means amount of salt content dissolve per unit mass of water. It is expressed as number of gram of dissolve salt in 1000gm of seawater. The average salinity of seawater is 35 part per thousand (symbolically 35‰). It means that in 1000gm of seawater 35gm of salt are present. Fresh Waters Salinity : Its
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