1. Japan Became First Country in the World to
Extract Natural Gas from Methane Hydrate
i. Japan on 12
March 2013 announced that it had extracted the natural gas from frozen methane
hydrate successfully off the central coast.
ii. With this, Japan became
the first country to do so in the world.
iii. A Japan official from
Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry announced that this was the first offshore
experiment of producing natural gas from methane hydrate in the world.
iv. Also, apart from Japan,
certain other countries such as China, US and Canada have been searching for
the ways to exploit the methane hydrate deposits.
NOTE: i. Methane Hydrate, also known as clathrates are a kind of frozen confinements of molecules of water
and methane.
ii. The gas field where the
natural gas was extracted from methane hydrate is situated 50 km away from the
main island of Japan in Nankai Trough.
How this is beneficial
for Japan
i. According
to the researchers, this extraction can prove to be very beneficial because it
could facilitate as an alternative source of energy for Japan. It is important
to note that Japan as of now imports all the energy needs. You are reading current affairs on Jobentra.blogspot.com
ii. It was estimated that around 1.1tn cubic metres of methane hydrate
existed in the offshore deposits. This is equal to the gas consumption of Japan in more than 10 years.
iii. The
extraction of natural gas from methane hydrate will therefore help Japan in
reducing the pressure on natural resources as well as bringing down the cost of
import of fuel.
2.
Union Government to launch
10 Rupees Plastic Notes in 5 Cities
i. The Union
Government and RBI on 12 March 2013 decided to introduce one billion pieces of
10 Rupees bank notes made of plastic on a field trial basis in five cities.
ii. A 10 Rupees note in polymer/plastic on a
field trial basis will be introduced first.
iii. The field trail is
supposed to be conducted in five cities of
Kochi, Mysore, Jaipur, Bhubhaneswar and Shimla with varied geographical
locations and climatic conditions.
iv. As per the
RBI, the primary objective of
introduction of polymer notes is to
increase its life, it could also help in combating counterfeiting.
3.
Govt. granted an aid of 41
Crore Rs. to protect Pashmina Goats
i. The Union
Government on 12 March 2013 decided to provide a financial assistance of 41.21
crore rupees to protect Pashmina
goat which produces world-famous fine
luxury fibre.
ii. The idea of providing
assistance came in light of concern over the recent deaths of thousands of
Pashmina goats in the Ladakh region.
iii. As per the assistance,
there is plan which ideates a new Pashmina
Wool Development Scheme with a special package and a financial allocation
of 41.21 crore rupees.
4.
Legendary Painter Ganesh
Pyne Passed Away in Kolkata
i. 76 years old legendary
painter Ganesh Pyne on 12 March 2013 died after a heart attack at a city
hospital in Kolkata.
About Ganesh Pyne
i. In his long career of five
decades his paintings were exhibited round the world - Paris, London,
Washington and Germany.
ii. He was described as an
artist's artist, a philosopher's philosopher and master fantasist of them all.
iii. In the year 2012 Ganesh
Pyne was conferred the lifetime
achievement award by Indian Chamber of Commerce.
5.
Jagat Singh Negi Elected
As the Deputy Speaker of Legislative Assembly of Himachal
i. Jagat Singh Negi, the Congress
legislator from Kinnaur was elected
as the Deputy speaker of Legislative Assembly of Himachal on 12 March 2013.
ii. The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Virbhadra Singh announced
Negi’s name for the post of Deputy Speaker of Legislative Assembly.
6.
Laureus World Sports
Awards 2013:
Laureus World Sports
Awards 2013 were organised in Rio de
Janeiro on 11 March 2013.
The list of the awardees :
i. Laureus World Sportsman of
the Year- Usain Bolt
ii. Laureus World Sportswoman
of the Year- Jessica Ennis
iii. Laureus World Team of the Year- European Ryder Cup Team
iv. Laureus World Breakthrough
of the Year- Andy Murray
v. Laureus World Comeback
of the Year- Feliz Sanchez
vi. Laureus World Action
Sportsperson of the Year- Felix
Baumgartner
vii. Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability- Daniel Dias
7.
India Clinched a Gold And
A Bronze Medal In Asian Archery Grand Prix
i. In the Asian Archery Grand
Prix, the men’s compound team of
India won a gold medal while men’s recurve trio won a bronze in Bangkok on
12 March 2013.
ii. The men’s compound team comprised of Jignas Chittibomma, Sandeep Kumar and Abhishek
Verma. It defeated Vietnam team
226-218 to clinch gold.
iii. The recurve trio men’s team comprised of Binod Swansi, Rahul Banerjee and Atanu
Das. It defeated Russia 217-201 to
win the bronze medal. India won 55-51, 53-47, 55-53, 54-50.
8.
Hockey: India beat Pakistan
i. India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan 3-1 in the Sultan Azlan
Shah Hockey tournament at Ipoh, Malaysia, yesterday.
ii. In their remaining two fixtures in the round-robin competition,
India will meet New Zealand on Thursday and hosts Malaysia on Saturday. You are reading current affairs on Jobentra.blogspot.com
9.
India & Aus. to play third test tomorrow
i. The third
cricket test of the 4-match series between India and Australia will be played
at the Punjab Cricket Stadium in Mohali
from tomorrow.
ii. Hosts India
are currently leading the series, 2-0.
After defeating the Aussies by 8 wickets in the first test at Chennai, Team
India had registered a superb, an innings and 135 runs victory in the second
test at Hyderabad.
iii. The final test between the two teams will be played at Delhi from 22nd March. More Daily GK
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