🔆 CURRENT AFFAIRS – 23 JULY 2026
🔆 HISTORY, ART & CULTURE
📍 Kharchi Puja
✅ Major 7-day festival of Tripura
✅ Observed after Ama Pechi (Ambu Bachi), associated with the menstruation of Mother Earth
✅ Marks the ritual purification of Mother Earth
✅ Worship of 14 deities of the Tripuri dynasty performed by the hereditary Chantai royal priest
✅ Celebrated by both tribal and non-tribal communities
🔆 SOCIAL ISSUEs
📍 India Reduces Undernourishment by 42%
✅ According to State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) 2026
✅ Share of undernourished population declined from 21.1% (2004–06) to 9.8% (2023–25)
✅ Over 142 million people remain undernourished
✅ Around 520.1 million people (35.5%) cannot regularly afford a healthy diet
✅ Cost of a healthy diet increased more than threefold in six years
✅ SOFI is jointly published by FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO
🔆 POLITY & GOVERNANCE
📍 Tamil Nadu Leads in Women’s Factory Employment
✅ Tamil Nadu accounts for around 40% of women directly employed in Indian factories
✅ Coimbatore (41.3%) and Madurai (37%) rank among India’s top cities in female Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR)
✅ Urban India average stands at 27.7%
✅ State’s share of women in computer, electronic and optical manufacturing increased from 20% to 43% within a decade
✅ Key challenges include contractual employment, gender pay gaps and limited managerial mobility
📍 Anurag Jain Appointed CEO of NITI Aayog
✅ Appointment approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)
✅ Official order issued by Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT)
✅ NITI Aayog is the Government of India’s premier public policy think tank
🔆 SUMMITS & CONFERENCES
📍 BRICS Health Ministers’ Meeting
✅ Held in Chandigarh
✅ Chaired by the Union Health & Family Welfare Minister
✅ Theme: “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability”
✅ Focus on health security, digital health, pandemic preparedness and equitable healthcare
✅ Proposed BRICS Training Hub Network and Centres of Excellence
✅ NIMHANS, Bengaluru identified as a key institutional contributor
📍 BRICS Network University Meeting
✅ International Governing Board meeting held virtually by the Ministry of Education
✅ Focus on integrating Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge Systems into higher education
✅ Discussions covered ethical documentation and AI-driven sharing of indigenous knowledge
✅ Reviewed the 2025–2028 Action Plan
✅ Approved a new official BRICS Network University website
✅ Concluded with adoption of the IGB Declaration
🔆 ECONOMY
📍 India’s First Utility-Scale Vanadium Redox Flow Battery Project
✅ 100 MWh project to be developed at Khavda Solar Park, Gujarat
✅ Developed by Delectrik Systems and Bondada Engineering for NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd.
✅ Scheduled for deployment in 2027
✅ 100% designed and manufactured in India
✅ Non-lithium technology stores energy in liquid electrolytes held in external tanks
✅ Suitable for Long-Duration Energy Storage (LDES) and grid stabilisation
📍 India’s Wind Power Capacity Reaches 57.44 GW
✅ Installed wind capacity reached 57,443 MW as of 30 June 2026
✅ Wind generation reached 106.7 billion units in FY 2025–26
✅ India ranks 4th globally in installed wind capacity
✅ Targets 100 GW by 2030 and 156 GW by 2036
📍 India’s Renewable Energy Capacity Reaches 288.58 GW
✅ Increased from 76.38 GW in 2014 to 288.58 GW by June 2026
✅ Total non-fossil fuel capacity: 297.36 GW
✅ Solar: 162.15 GW
✅ Wind: 57.44 GW
✅ Hydropower: 57.24 GW
✅ Nuclear: 8.78 GW
🔆 ENVIRONMENT
📍 India’s First AI-Powered Bird Sanctuary
✅ Being developed at Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary (TCFS), Mumbai
✅ Covers a 20-hectare eco-nature park
✅ AI-enabled cameras and sensors to monitor birds across a 1.5 km radius
✅ Enables real-time species identification, tracking and migration monitoring
✅ TCFS is a Ramsar Site located along the Central Asian Flyway
✅ Supports nearly 250 native and migratory bird species, including flamingos
✅ Tourism infrastructure restricted to just 0.35 hectares to minimise ecological disturbance
#CurrentAffairs
🔆 HISTORY, ART & CULTURE
📍 Kharchi Puja
✅ Major 7-day festival of Tripura
✅ Observed after Ama Pechi (Ambu Bachi), associated with the menstruation of Mother Earth
✅ Marks the ritual purification of Mother Earth
✅ Worship of 14 deities of the Tripuri dynasty performed by the hereditary Chantai royal priest
✅ Celebrated by both tribal and non-tribal communities
🔆 SOCIAL ISSUEs
📍 India Reduces Undernourishment by 42%
✅ According to State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) 2026
✅ Share of undernourished population declined from 21.1% (2004–06) to 9.8% (2023–25)
✅ Over 142 million people remain undernourished
✅ Around 520.1 million people (35.5%) cannot regularly afford a healthy diet
✅ Cost of a healthy diet increased more than threefold in six years
✅ SOFI is jointly published by FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO
🔆 POLITY & GOVERNANCE
📍 Tamil Nadu Leads in Women’s Factory Employment
✅ Tamil Nadu accounts for around 40% of women directly employed in Indian factories
✅ Coimbatore (41.3%) and Madurai (37%) rank among India’s top cities in female Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR)
✅ Urban India average stands at 27.7%
✅ State’s share of women in computer, electronic and optical manufacturing increased from 20% to 43% within a decade
✅ Key challenges include contractual employment, gender pay gaps and limited managerial mobility
📍 Anurag Jain Appointed CEO of NITI Aayog
✅ Appointment approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)
✅ Official order issued by Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT)
✅ NITI Aayog is the Government of India’s premier public policy think tank
🔆 SUMMITS & CONFERENCES
📍 BRICS Health Ministers’ Meeting
✅ Held in Chandigarh
✅ Chaired by the Union Health & Family Welfare Minister
✅ Theme: “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability”
✅ Focus on health security, digital health, pandemic preparedness and equitable healthcare
✅ Proposed BRICS Training Hub Network and Centres of Excellence
✅ NIMHANS, Bengaluru identified as a key institutional contributor
📍 BRICS Network University Meeting
✅ International Governing Board meeting held virtually by the Ministry of Education
✅ Focus on integrating Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge Systems into higher education
✅ Discussions covered ethical documentation and AI-driven sharing of indigenous knowledge
✅ Reviewed the 2025–2028 Action Plan
✅ Approved a new official BRICS Network University website
✅ Concluded with adoption of the IGB Declaration
🔆 ECONOMY
📍 India’s First Utility-Scale Vanadium Redox Flow Battery Project
✅ 100 MWh project to be developed at Khavda Solar Park, Gujarat
✅ Developed by Delectrik Systems and Bondada Engineering for NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd.
✅ Scheduled for deployment in 2027
✅ 100% designed and manufactured in India
✅ Non-lithium technology stores energy in liquid electrolytes held in external tanks
✅ Suitable for Long-Duration Energy Storage (LDES) and grid stabilisation
📍 India’s Wind Power Capacity Reaches 57.44 GW
✅ Installed wind capacity reached 57,443 MW as of 30 June 2026
✅ Wind generation reached 106.7 billion units in FY 2025–26
✅ India ranks 4th globally in installed wind capacity
✅ Targets 100 GW by 2030 and 156 GW by 2036
📍 India’s Renewable Energy Capacity Reaches 288.58 GW
✅ Increased from 76.38 GW in 2014 to 288.58 GW by June 2026
✅ Total non-fossil fuel capacity: 297.36 GW
✅ Solar: 162.15 GW
✅ Wind: 57.44 GW
✅ Hydropower: 57.24 GW
✅ Nuclear: 8.78 GW
🔆 ENVIRONMENT
📍 India’s First AI-Powered Bird Sanctuary
✅ Being developed at Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary (TCFS), Mumbai
✅ Covers a 20-hectare eco-nature park
✅ AI-enabled cameras and sensors to monitor birds across a 1.5 km radius
✅ Enables real-time species identification, tracking and migration monitoring
✅ TCFS is a Ramsar Site located along the Central Asian Flyway
✅ Supports nearly 250 native and migratory bird species, including flamingos
✅ Tourism infrastructure restricted to just 0.35 hectares to minimise ecological disturbance
#CurrentAffairs
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🔆 Maharashtra Gives Legal Recognition to Women Farmers
📍Why in News?
✅ Maharashtra has become the first Indian state to enact the Maharashtra Women Farmers Empowerment Act, 2026, legally recognising and protecting the rights of women farmers.
📍What is it?
✅ The Act seeks to address gender inequalities in access to land, water, credit, agricultural benefits and other productive resources.
✅ It recognises women engaged in agriculture even if they do not own agricultural land.
📍Key Features
✅ Broad Definition of Farmer: Covers women involved in crop cultivation, animal husbandry, poultry, fisheries, agroforestry, vermiculture, mushroom cultivation and primary processing.
✅ Woman Farmer Certificate (WFC): Provides official recognition to women farmers without requiring land ownership.
✅ Digital Registry: Creates a centralised database of certified women farmers.
✅ Dedicated Empowerment Fund: Supports targeted welfare and development programmes.
✅ Institutional Mechanism: Provides for state-level monitoring and high-level policy oversight.
📍Significance
✅ Enables better access to institutional credit, crop insurance and government schemes.
✅ Formally recognises the contribution of landless and marginalised women to agriculture.
✅ Strengthens women’s economic independence and household decision-making power.
✅ Can promote climate-resilient and sustainable agriculture through greater participation of women.
📍Key Challenges
✅ Deep-rooted patriarchal norms and unequal land ownership.
✅ Possible delays in issuing Woman Farmer Certificates.
✅ Digital divide and limited awareness among rural women.
✅ Difficulty in identifying seasonal and migrant women agricultural workers.
✅ Need for effective inter-departmental coordination.
📍Way Forward
✅ Organise village-level WFC enrolment camps and awareness campaigns.
✅ Ensure banks recognise the WFC for accessing agricultural credit.
✅ Provide targeted skill development and agri-technology training.
✅ Strengthen monitoring to ensure benefits actually reach women farmers.
📍Conclusion
✅ Legal recognition of women as independent farmers can transform their access to resources, finance and state support, making Indian agriculture more inclusive, equitable and resilient.
📍SECURE ANSWER WRITING PRACTICE QUESTION
✅ “Women’s identity in Indian society continues to be shaped more by relational roles than by individual autonomy.” Examine. (10 Marks)
#mains #Women
📍Why in News?
✅ Maharashtra has become the first Indian state to enact the Maharashtra Women Farmers Empowerment Act, 2026, legally recognising and protecting the rights of women farmers.
📍What is it?
✅ The Act seeks to address gender inequalities in access to land, water, credit, agricultural benefits and other productive resources.
✅ It recognises women engaged in agriculture even if they do not own agricultural land.
📍Key Features
✅ Broad Definition of Farmer: Covers women involved in crop cultivation, animal husbandry, poultry, fisheries, agroforestry, vermiculture, mushroom cultivation and primary processing.
✅ Woman Farmer Certificate (WFC): Provides official recognition to women farmers without requiring land ownership.
✅ Digital Registry: Creates a centralised database of certified women farmers.
✅ Dedicated Empowerment Fund: Supports targeted welfare and development programmes.
✅ Institutional Mechanism: Provides for state-level monitoring and high-level policy oversight.
📍Significance
✅ Enables better access to institutional credit, crop insurance and government schemes.
✅ Formally recognises the contribution of landless and marginalised women to agriculture.
✅ Strengthens women’s economic independence and household decision-making power.
✅ Can promote climate-resilient and sustainable agriculture through greater participation of women.
📍Key Challenges
✅ Deep-rooted patriarchal norms and unequal land ownership.
✅ Possible delays in issuing Woman Farmer Certificates.
✅ Digital divide and limited awareness among rural women.
✅ Difficulty in identifying seasonal and migrant women agricultural workers.
✅ Need for effective inter-departmental coordination.
📍Way Forward
✅ Organise village-level WFC enrolment camps and awareness campaigns.
✅ Ensure banks recognise the WFC for accessing agricultural credit.
✅ Provide targeted skill development and agri-technology training.
✅ Strengthen monitoring to ensure benefits actually reach women farmers.
📍Conclusion
✅ Legal recognition of women as independent farmers can transform their access to resources, finance and state support, making Indian agriculture more inclusive, equitable and resilient.
📍SECURE ANSWER WRITING PRACTICE QUESTION
✅ “Women’s identity in Indian society continues to be shaped more by relational roles than by individual autonomy.” Examine. (10 Marks)
#mains #Women
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⏳27 days left CSM26 [ 21-08-26]
⏳302 days left CSP27 [ 23-05-27]
⏳391 days left CSM27 [ 20-08-27]
⏳134 days left UPPSC/RAS prelims 6 December
⏳51 Day left CDS/NDA 2 13 Sept
⏳45 day left Mppsc mains26 7 September
⏳13 days left Afcat 8 august
⏳13 days left mppsc mains25 8 august
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#Accountability
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🔆 CURRENT AFFAIRS – 24 JULY 2026
🔆 POLITY & GOVERNANCE
📍 Supreme Court Reaffirms Right to Effective Legal Aid
✅ Case: Abdul Hameed v. State of Rajasthan
✅ Originated from the 1996 Samleti (Dausa) Bus Bomb Blast case
✅ Supreme Court held that effective legal representation is an integral part of Article 21
✅ Denial of legal aid does not automatically result in acquittal; fresh trial may be the appropriate remedy
✅ Court set aside the conviction and death sentence and ordered a de novo (fresh) trial
✅ Reinforces fair trial and effective legal aid as fundamental constitutional guarantees
🔆 INTERNATIONAL
📍 SOFI Report 2026 Highlights Global Hunger Trends
✅ Africa overtook Asia as the region with the highest number of undernourished people
✅ Africa: 309 million undernourished (20% of population)
✅ Asia: 292 million undernourished
✅ 56.6% of Africa’s population faced moderate or severe food insecurity
✅ Major hunger hotspots: South Sudan, Burundi, Somalia, Central African Republic and Chad
✅ Report jointly released by FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO
📍 France Bans Social Media for Children Below 15
✅ First European Union country to impose a nationwide social media ban for children under 15 years
✅ Law also prohibits mobile phone use in high schools
✅ Similar restrictions are being considered in Spain, Denmark, Greece and the UK
✅ Australia has already approved a similar ban for users under 16 years
🔆 ECONOMY
📍 India Progresses Towards 500 GW Non-Fossil Energy Target
✅ Target: 500 GW non-fossil fuel electricity capacity by 2030
✅ India has achieved 50% installed electricity capacity from non-fossil fuel sources
✅ Total non-fossil capacity: 297.36 GW
✅ Renewable Energy: 288.58 GW
✅ Solar: 162.15 GW
✅ Wind: 57.44 GW
✅ India ranks 3rd globally in installed renewable energy capacity
📍 India Emerges as Global Leader in Railway Electrification
✅ 99.6% of India’s Broad Gauge railway network electrified
✅ Ranked 2nd globally, after Switzerland
✅ Ahead of China, Spain, Japan, France and the UK
✅ Rail transport emits around 11.5 g CO₂ per tonne-km, significantly lower than road transport (101 g CO₂ per tonne-km)
✅ Supports cleaner transport and lower fossil fuel consumption
🔆 ENVIRONMENT
📍 Zoopharmacognosy
✅ Study of self-medication behaviour in animals
✅ Animals use plants, soils and insects to prevent or treat illnesses
✅ Examples include:
✅ Apes swallowing rough leaves to remove parasites
✅ Birds lining nests with aromatic leaves to repel pests
✅ Elephants consuming specific plants before childbirth
✅ Provides insights into animal behaviour, ecology and potential medicinal discoveries
🔆 DEFENCE
📍 DRDO Successfully Tests Kusha Missile
✅ Indigenous Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LRSAM)
✅ Maiden flight test conducted from APJ Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha
✅ Designed to intercept fighter aircraft, UAVs, cruise missiles and large aerial targets
✅ Features three interceptor variants (M1, M2 & M3)
✅ Planned engagement ranges: 150 km, 250 km and 350–400 km
✅ Interceptors travel at approximately Mach 5.5
✅ Bridges capability gap between MRSAM and S-400 air defence systems
📍 Samudra Pradakshina
✅ India’s first Tri-Service all-women global circumnavigation sailing expedition
✅ Crew comprised 9 women officers from the Army, Navy and Air Force
✅ Sailed nearly 25,500 nautical miles
✅ Crossed the Equator twice, the International Date Line, and rounded the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Horn and Cape Leeuwin
✅ Undertaken aboard IASV Triveni
✅ Showcases Nari Shakti and joint operational capability of the Armed Forces
🔆 SPORTS
📍 Commonwealth Games 2026
✅ Venue: Glasgow, Scotland
✅ 23rd edition of the Commonwealth Games
✅ Held every 4 years (first held in 1930)
✅ Opened by King Charles III
✅ 74 nations competing across 10 core sports
✅ Features 47 medal events across 6 integrated para-sports
✅ Commonwealth comprises 56 member countries
📍 India Wins First Medal at Commonwealth Games 2026
✅ Lovlina Borgohain assured India’s first medal
✅ Reached the semi-finals in Women’s 75 kg Boxing, guaranteeing at least a Bronze Medal
🔆 POLITY & GOVERNANCE
📍 Supreme Court Reaffirms Right to Effective Legal Aid
✅ Case: Abdul Hameed v. State of Rajasthan
✅ Originated from the 1996 Samleti (Dausa) Bus Bomb Blast case
✅ Supreme Court held that effective legal representation is an integral part of Article 21
✅ Denial of legal aid does not automatically result in acquittal; fresh trial may be the appropriate remedy
✅ Court set aside the conviction and death sentence and ordered a de novo (fresh) trial
✅ Reinforces fair trial and effective legal aid as fundamental constitutional guarantees
🔆 INTERNATIONAL
📍 SOFI Report 2026 Highlights Global Hunger Trends
✅ Africa overtook Asia as the region with the highest number of undernourished people
✅ Africa: 309 million undernourished (20% of population)
✅ Asia: 292 million undernourished
✅ 56.6% of Africa’s population faced moderate or severe food insecurity
✅ Major hunger hotspots: South Sudan, Burundi, Somalia, Central African Republic and Chad
✅ Report jointly released by FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO
📍 France Bans Social Media for Children Below 15
✅ First European Union country to impose a nationwide social media ban for children under 15 years
✅ Law also prohibits mobile phone use in high schools
✅ Similar restrictions are being considered in Spain, Denmark, Greece and the UK
✅ Australia has already approved a similar ban for users under 16 years
🔆 ECONOMY
📍 India Progresses Towards 500 GW Non-Fossil Energy Target
✅ Target: 500 GW non-fossil fuel electricity capacity by 2030
✅ India has achieved 50% installed electricity capacity from non-fossil fuel sources
✅ Total non-fossil capacity: 297.36 GW
✅ Renewable Energy: 288.58 GW
✅ Solar: 162.15 GW
✅ Wind: 57.44 GW
✅ India ranks 3rd globally in installed renewable energy capacity
📍 India Emerges as Global Leader in Railway Electrification
✅ 99.6% of India’s Broad Gauge railway network electrified
✅ Ranked 2nd globally, after Switzerland
✅ Ahead of China, Spain, Japan, France and the UK
✅ Rail transport emits around 11.5 g CO₂ per tonne-km, significantly lower than road transport (101 g CO₂ per tonne-km)
✅ Supports cleaner transport and lower fossil fuel consumption
🔆 ENVIRONMENT
📍 Zoopharmacognosy
✅ Study of self-medication behaviour in animals
✅ Animals use plants, soils and insects to prevent or treat illnesses
✅ Examples include:
✅ Apes swallowing rough leaves to remove parasites
✅ Birds lining nests with aromatic leaves to repel pests
✅ Elephants consuming specific plants before childbirth
✅ Provides insights into animal behaviour, ecology and potential medicinal discoveries
🔆 DEFENCE
📍 DRDO Successfully Tests Kusha Missile
✅ Indigenous Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LRSAM)
✅ Maiden flight test conducted from APJ Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha
✅ Designed to intercept fighter aircraft, UAVs, cruise missiles and large aerial targets
✅ Features three interceptor variants (M1, M2 & M3)
✅ Planned engagement ranges: 150 km, 250 km and 350–400 km
✅ Interceptors travel at approximately Mach 5.5
✅ Bridges capability gap between MRSAM and S-400 air defence systems
📍 Samudra Pradakshina
✅ India’s first Tri-Service all-women global circumnavigation sailing expedition
✅ Crew comprised 9 women officers from the Army, Navy and Air Force
✅ Sailed nearly 25,500 nautical miles
✅ Crossed the Equator twice, the International Date Line, and rounded the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Horn and Cape Leeuwin
✅ Undertaken aboard IASV Triveni
✅ Showcases Nari Shakti and joint operational capability of the Armed Forces
🔆 SPORTS
📍 Commonwealth Games 2026
✅ Venue: Glasgow, Scotland
✅ 23rd edition of the Commonwealth Games
✅ Held every 4 years (first held in 1930)
✅ Opened by King Charles III
✅ 74 nations competing across 10 core sports
✅ Features 47 medal events across 6 integrated para-sports
✅ Commonwealth comprises 56 member countries
📍 India Wins First Medal at Commonwealth Games 2026
✅ Lovlina Borgohain assured India’s first medal
✅ Reached the semi-finals in Women’s 75 kg Boxing, guaranteeing at least a Bronze Medal
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✅ First Commonwealth Games medal of her career
✅ Previously won medals at the Olympics, World Championships, Asian Games and Asian Championships
#CurrentAffairs
✅ Previously won medals at the Olympics, World Championships, Asian Games and Asian Championships
#CurrentAffairs
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Jhandu Kumar clinched India's first medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, securing bronze in para powerlifting's men's 72kg category. The Bihar native, a former vegetable vendor's son born with polio, overcame immense adversity. His journey from para athletics to powerlifting, guided by Paralympic medallist Rajinder Singh Rahelu, culminated in this historic achievement, marking a significant milestone for India's para sports.
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🔆 DST Scientists Develop Electrolyte Additive for Safer & Affordable Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries
📍 Why in Focus?
Scientists at the Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali, an autonomous institute under the Department of Science & Technology (DST), have developed a novel electrolyte additive that significantly improves the performance and lifespan of Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries (AZIBs).
📍 Key Highlights:
✅ Researchers developed a new electrolyte additive BDIM (1,3-bis(1,3-dicarboxypropyl)-1H-imidazole-3-ium chloride) to enhance the stability of Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries (AZIBs).
✅ The additive suppresses hydrogen evolution, corrosion and zinc dendrite formation, improving battery safety, cycle life and charging performance.
✅ AZIBs are emerging as low-cost, safer and sustainable alternatives to Lithium-ion batteries, especially for grid-scale renewable energy storage.
✅ Scientists used advanced techniques such as Ultramicroelectrode (UME) and Fast-Scan Cyclic Voltammetry (FSCV) to study zinc deposition and interfacial charge-transfer mechanisms.
✅ The innovation can support renewable energy integration, backup power systems and sustainable energy infrastructure by reducing battery degradation and maintenance costs.
📍 Challenges / Issues / Implications:
✅ Commercialisation and large-scale manufacturing of advanced battery technologies.
✅ Reducing dependence on imported energy storage technologies and critical minerals.
✅ Scaling affordable, safe and efficient battery storage to support India’s clean energy transition.
✅ Mains Question (GS III | 150 Words):
“Discuss the significance of next-generation battery technologies such as Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries (AZIBs) in achieving India’s renewable energy and energy storage goals. Highlight the challenges in their commercial adoption.”
#GS3
#prelims
#science_technology
#science_and_technology
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📍 Why in Focus?
Scientists at the Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali, an autonomous institute under the Department of Science & Technology (DST), have developed a novel electrolyte additive that significantly improves the performance and lifespan of Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries (AZIBs).
📍 Key Highlights:
✅ Researchers developed a new electrolyte additive BDIM (1,3-bis(1,3-dicarboxypropyl)-1H-imidazole-3-ium chloride) to enhance the stability of Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries (AZIBs).
✅ The additive suppresses hydrogen evolution, corrosion and zinc dendrite formation, improving battery safety, cycle life and charging performance.
✅ AZIBs are emerging as low-cost, safer and sustainable alternatives to Lithium-ion batteries, especially for grid-scale renewable energy storage.
✅ Scientists used advanced techniques such as Ultramicroelectrode (UME) and Fast-Scan Cyclic Voltammetry (FSCV) to study zinc deposition and interfacial charge-transfer mechanisms.
✅ The innovation can support renewable energy integration, backup power systems and sustainable energy infrastructure by reducing battery degradation and maintenance costs.
📍 Challenges / Issues / Implications:
✅ Commercialisation and large-scale manufacturing of advanced battery technologies.
✅ Reducing dependence on imported energy storage technologies and critical minerals.
✅ Scaling affordable, safe and efficient battery storage to support India’s clean energy transition.
✅ Mains Question (GS III | 150 Words):
“Discuss the significance of next-generation battery technologies such as Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries (AZIBs) in achieving India’s renewable energy and energy storage goals. Highlight the challenges in their commercial adoption.”
#GS3
#prelims
#science_technology
#science_and_technology
Join https://t.me/PIB_UPSC
https://t.me/upsc_science_and_technology
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