Monday, July 28, 2014

July 2014

Australia approved Adani's Carmichael coal and rail project in Queensland province. Carmichael coal mine has potential reserves that could make it Australia's largest coal mine. The mine is in the Galilee basin which has huge coal reserves that are untapped due to heavy costs of building ports and rail lines to the east coast which is about 500 Km away.

GK: India has 2.5% of earth's landmass, 17% of world population and 8% of world's biodiversity.

NASA's Opportunity rover, which landed on Mars in 2004 set a record for longest off-Earth roving distance of 40 Km. The previous record was held by USSR's Lunakhod 2 rover.

GK: Mars is called Red planet.

Magsaysay Awards 2014
Hu Shuli
Wang Canfa
Saur Marlina Manurung
Omaha Khan Masoudi
Randy Halasan
The Citizen's Foundation

GK: Cells metabolise glucose into energy. However, fructose can be metabolised only in the liver. However, excess energy is stored in the form of fat in the liver. This may lead to fatty liver disease.

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