Location: Northwestern Greenland, in the Greenland Ice Sheet. Type: A tidewater glacier, meaning it flows into the ocean and ends in a floating ice tongue/ice shelf. Geographical significance: It is one of Greenland’s major outlet glaciers and drains ice from the Greenland Ice Sheet towards the Nares Strait. Ice tongue: Petermann Glacier is particularly known…
UPSC Prelims Current Affairs for 15 August 2026
UPSC Prelims Current Affairs for 15 August 2026 brings together the news items of the day that map to the Prelims syllabus — polity, economy, environment, science and technology, and international relations. Each item is written as a factual pointer you can revise quickly, with the static-syllabus link made explicit so the reading feeds directly into your Prelims notes.
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Green Bonds
Green bonds are debt instruments through which funds are raised specifically for projects having environmental or climate-related benefits. They are a form of fixed-income instrument. The issuer raises funds from investors and is generally required to use the proceeds for eligible green projects. Green bonds can be issued by governments, financial institutions, companies and other…
Pradhan Mantri – Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana (PM-SGMBY)
Background The Pradhan Mantri–Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana (PM-SGMBY) was launched in February 2024. It is a major government initiative for promoting rooftop solar (RTS) among residential electricity consumers. The scheme seeks to increase household-level solar power generation and enable households to meet a part of their electricity requirements through clean and renewable energy. Nodal…
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