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Explained: What start of gas production in KGD6 means for India The R cluster, along with the Satellite Cluster and MJ gas fields in the Krishna Godavari Basin are expected to produce around 30 MMSCMD of natural gas or about 15% of India’s projected demand for natural gas by 2023. Written by Karunjit Singh , Edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 20, 2020 10:35:09 am Production of gas from the R cluster was expected to start in May...

Explained: Here is how R Ashwin foxed Steve Smith and other Aussie batsmen India vs Australia, Adelaide Test: The delivery that got Steve Smith on Day 2 at Adelaide was neither tossed up nor pushed through. But it had enough speed to keep Smith pushing at it from the crease. Written by Sriram Veera , Edited by Explained Desk | Mumbai | Updated: December 23, 2020 12:14:33 pm Indias Ravichandran Ashwin, left, celebrates with teammates after taking the w...

Explained: Why many heard of Eswatini for the first time in a PM Modi tweet © Provided by The Indian Express When Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered a condolence message following the death of Eswatinis Prime Minister Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini, who had tested positive for Covid-19 four weeks ago, the name of the country came as news for some Indian social media users. Although officially renamed Eswatini in 2018, the landlocked country in southern Africa, is more well-known in India by its f...

Explained: How a lockdown of public housing in Melbourne breached human rights The Victoria government refused to apologise for imposing the lockdown so suddenly, saying that it was in the best interest of the people. Written by Rahel Philipose , Edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 18, 2020 9:56:28 am A playground is cordoned off with caution tape in front of a public housing tower, locked down in response to an outbreak of the co...

Explained: Who is Raja Chari, the Indian-American astronaut who will command SpaceX’s Crew-3 mission? Indian-American Raja Chari will command the SpaceX Crew 3 mission, while Tom Marshburn will serve as pilot and Matthias Maurer as a mission specialist. Updated: December 23, 2020 12:18:01 pm Raja Chari. (Twitter/@NASA_Astronauts) Raja Chari is among the three astronauts selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European ...

What was the Emergency? On June 12, 1975, the Allahabad High Court had declared the election of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as null and void. Following the court decision, Gandhi moved the Supreme Court and a vacation bench of justice Krishna Iyer stayed the high court’s decision allowing Gandhi to remain as PM while limiting her right to vote in the parliament till the appeal was decided. Following an opposition rally for the resignation of Indira Gandhi, she made a decision to impose ...

Are records of Bitcoin transactions maintained? Nakamoto mooted an idea for a publicly available, open ledger that would contain all the transactions ever made, albeit in an anonymous and an encrypted form. This ledger is called blockchain. Considering the public and open nature of the ledger, proponents of this currency system believe it could help weed out corruption and inefficiencies in the system. In a traditional financial deal in which two parties are using fiat money, a third-party orga...

Explained: Lyon vs Kohli-Pujara and the perils of going back or pressing forward When batsmen think of going back, the ball climbs and turns inexorably. This makes them feel that they can’t wrist it down or tap it past waiting palms at backward short-leg and the very squarish-short leg which Lyon regularly deploys. Written by Sriram Veera , Edited by Explained Desk | Mumbai | Updated: December 18, 2020 9:47:19 am Virat Kohli lifts his bat after maki...

Explained: A mutated coronavirus has been detected in the UK. What are its implications? A mutated variant of the novel coronavirus has been associated with recent infections in England. What is it? What does it mean for peoples response to vaccines? Is the strain in India? Updated: December 23, 2020 7:29:22 am A mutation means a change in the genetic sequence of the virus. In the case of SARS-CoV-2, which is an RNA virus, a mutation means a change in the sequence in wh...

Amendment to Karnataka Land Reforms Act: what govt, opposition say The amendments allow non-agriculturists to buy agricultural land in the state. Successive governments have in recent years gradually diluted land ownership norms under the Land Reforms Act to facilitate industrial growth and agricultural land ownership by non-farmers. Updated: December 19, 2020 9:16:18 am In the Karnataka House. The opposition Congress has called amendments to the Karnataka ...