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Philately means the collection and study of postage stamps, so a campaign built around stamped postcards fitted the theme of the day.

The Department of Posts under the Ministry of Communications worked with this airline for the campaign, under which travellers on selected flights were given specially designed digital detox kits containing postcards.

The filter breaks down dyes using light and mechanical vibration at the same time. The vibrations create a piezoelectric polarisation in the material, which holds back the recombination of the electrons and holes generated by light and therefore raises the formation of reactive species that attack dye molecules.

Under light and ultrasonic excitation applied together, the membrane of polylactic acid and zinc oxide removed the colour of 98.6 per cent of methylene blue in that time.

The nanoparticles were synthesised in the laboratory of Aviru Kumar Basu using an extract of turmeric, in which naturally occurring compounds such as curcumin, flavonoids and phenolic compounds worked as the reducing and stabilising agents.

Its researchers held zinc oxide nanoparticles, prepared from a natural source, inside porous nanofibres of biodegradable polylactic acid and then applied light along with mechanical shaking to break down dyes in water.

This framework is meant to keep the allotment of sea bed mineral resources transparent and to push systematic exploration of the country's offshore potential.

The correct answer is SBI Capital Markets Limited, which acts as the transaction adviser and explained the policy framework, the auction process and the bidding requirements at the outreach programme.

Sewell Rise-01 accounts for 632 square kilometres of that area and West Sewell Ridge-01 for the remaining 1,000 square kilometres, so the two blocks together make up the figure asked for.

The two blocks put up for auction, Sewell Rise-01 and West Sewell Ridge-01, both lie in the Andaman Sea, and both hold polymetallic nodules and crusts.

The Council resolved that the One Nation One Port Process reforms, which include One Nation One Documentation, port process re-engineering and inter-ministerial process reforms, must be in place at every port by March 2027.

Two credit risk insurance products for shipyards were announced at the meeting under the National Shipbuilding Mission, both framed under the Shipbuilding Development Scheme.

The Council was recognised as a statutory consultative body under this Act, which was notified on 15 May 2026, and the Mumbai session was the first one it held in that new character.

The twenty-first meeting of the Maritime State Development Council was held in Mumbai, where delegates were also taken on study visits to the cruise terminal of the Mumbai Port Authority and to Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority before the session began.

In his address he said Indian agriculture must move beyond a narrowly production centric approach and take up a broader agri food system and value chain perspective, stressing market research, market intelligence, the alignment of production with market demand and improved farmer profitability.

Students of agriculture and allied sciences in that number, representing that many states, are taking part in the tenth National Convention of Agrivision-2026, alongside eminent speakers, scientists, senior officers of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, agricultural entrepreneurs and farmers.

The National Convention of Agrivision-2026 being held on 13 and 14 October at the ICAR-NASC Complex at Pusa in New Delhi is the tenth national convention of Agrivision, and for that reason it is described as a significant milestone for the organisation.

That was the haul with which India finished tenth globally at WorldSkills Shanghai, an improvement on the thirteenth position at WorldSkills Lyon in 2024.

IndiaSkills 2026-27 is organised under the aegis of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship with NSDC as the implementation partner, and the competition covers 63 industry relevant skill categories spanning manufacturing, engineering, construction, digital technologies, the creative industries and services.

The Indian contingent secured the tenth position globally at WorldSkills Shanghai, winning six silver medals and 20 Medallions for Excellence.