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IIT Madras and NIOT conduct OCEANS 2022 in India for the first time

Indian Institute of Technology Madras and National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai, is conducting OCEANS 2022 Conference and Exposition, the bi-annual event for global marine researchers, technologists and engineers, students, and policymakers, from Feb 21-24.

It is being in India for the first time and coordinated by the department of Ocean Engineering, IIT Madras, on behalf of the Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Ocean Engineering Society (IEEE OES) and Marine Technology Society (MTS). The conference is being held in a hybrid mode.

This event is for global maritime professionals to learn, innovate, and lead in the protection and utilisation of the world’s largest natural resource – oceans. Researchers and industrial leaders gather for four days to highlight, discuss and exchange relevant topics and current trends in marine technologies. This will help in creating awareness on advanced research areas, practices, and policies for the marine field.

👉 Telegraph

Himachal, Uttarakhand Set to Make Fibers from Pine Needles That Cause Forest Fires

The Himachal Pradesh forest department, for the first time, took the initiative on the utilisation of highly inflammable pine needles as a source of natural fibre in Sirmaur district of the state. Dehradun-based Forest Research Institute (FRI), which has developed the technology, will provide technical support to Himachal Pradesh (HP) in this regard.

With this, HP has become the second Himalayan state after Uttarakhand in the country to adopt this technology. Non-utilisation of the abundantly available forest biomass like chir pine is disadvantageous in multiple ways.
Firstly, the raw material remains unutilised even though it may be a good bio-resource for valuable products. Secondly, it also leads to the destruction of forests by forest fires, thereby devastating the forest flora and fauna along with causing massive tangible and intangible harm to the ecosystem.

Despite enormous harmful effects, the logical strategy on sustainable and effective management for utilisation of the needles is still being explored by scientists and experts. This technology offers an option of income generation while using a resource that was so far considered a waste.

👉 NewsClick

3 held with leopard skin in Chhattisgarh

Three persons were arrested after police seized a leopard skin from their car in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon district, an official said on Tuesday.

Acting on a tip-off, the police on Monday night intercepted a car with five occupants at Rengakhar forest check post near Mohgaon village, Rajnandgaon's Additional Superintendent of Police Jayprakash Badhai said.

The police nabbed three of the accused Ramavatar Gupta (58), Birendra Kumar Verma (54), both from neighbouring Durg district, and Rukdeo Parte (40), hailing from Balaghat district in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh. The two other car occupants - Tejlal Dhurve (40) and Ganesh (25) - managed to escape taking advantage of the darkness. Efforts were on to nab them, the official said.

👉 PTI

Destruction of Uran mangroves at Dhutum, activists lodge complaints: Navi Mumbai

There are fresh reports of mangrove destruction by way of debris dumpings at Dhutum in Uran taluka, leading to multiple complaints to the state authorities by environmentalists.

The environmental crime has been repeatedly happening at Dhutum with truck-loads debris and soil dumped on mangroves, NatConnect Foundation and Shri Ekvira Aai Pratishtan stated in their fresh missive. This time, the landfill has come to notice near Sai Leela hotel and Ziya yard, Dhutum.

"These perpetrators are getting encouraged due to the inordinate delay in handing over mangroves to the forest department for conservation as reserve forest as per the Bombay High Court order of September 2018,'' said B N Kumar, director of NatConnect Foundation.

👉 TOI

BHU SCIENTIST SELECTED FOR PRESTIGIOUS JC BOSE NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP

Bringing further laurels to Banaras Hindu University, senior member of the university fraternity and Dean Faculty of Science, Professor Madhoolika Agrawal has been selected for the prestigious JC Bose National fellowship of Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and technology, Government of India.

The Fellowship is granted for promoting basic research in Science and Engineering and to provide financial assistance to persons engaged in such research. Prof. Agrawal has been conferred the coveted honor for her excellent contribution in the area of Ecology and Environmental Science.
She has worked extensively on Air Pollution, Global Environmental Change and its impact on Food Chain Contamination. She has previously been nominated for many national and international prestigious awards and fellowships too.

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