iN SHORT CURRENT AFFAIRS

 iN SHORT CURRENT AFFAIRS

AUKUS

●AUKUS, is a trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. 

●The United States and United Kingdom will help Australia to develop and deploy nuclear-powered submarines, adding to the Western military presence in the Pacific region. 

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Kaisar-i-Hind

●Kaisar-i-Hind Medal for Public Service in India was a medal awarded by the Emperor/Empress of India between 1900 and 1947.

●It was awarded to "any person without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex ... who shall have distinguished himself (or herself) by important and useful service in the advancement of the public interest in India."

●Its most famous recipient is Mohandas Gandhi, who was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind in 1915 by The Lord Hardinge for his contribution to ambulance services in South Africa.

●Sarojini Naidu was awarded  British “Kaiser-i-Hind medal” for her work during the plague epidemic in India.

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National Company Law Appellate Tribunal(NCLAT)

●NCLAT is a tribunal which was formed by the Central Government of India under Section 410 of the Companies Act, 2013. 

●The tribunal is responsible for hearing appeals from the orders of National Company Law Tribunal.

●Tribunal also hears appeals from orders issued by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India & order passed by the Competition Commission of India.

●The NCLAT includes a Chairperson, a judicial member, and a technical member. 

●It consists of a total of not more than eleven members.

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Biogas

●Biogas is a renewable fuel produced by the breakdown of organic matter such as food scraps and animal waste.

●Biogas is an energy-rich gas produced by anaerobic decomposition or thermochemical conversion of biomass. 

●Biogas is composed mostly of methane (CH4), the same compound in natural gas, and carbon dioxide (CO2).

●Due to the high content of methane in biogas (50-75%) biogas is flammable, and therefore produces a deep blue flame, and can be used as an energy source.

●Biogas risks include explosion, asphyxiation, disease, and hydrogen sulfide poisoning.