63rd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2017
Which of the following teams won the Newton-Bhabha Fund for the groundwater in the Gangea River Basin Arsenic Research Project?
aIndia-Russia Joint Team
bIndia-UK Joint Team✓ Correct
cIndia-Japan Joint Team
dIndia-Israel Joint Team
eNone of the above/More than one of the above
Explanation
In March 2018, the India–U.K. joint team won the Newton–Bhabha Fund for a project on groundwater arsenic research in the Ganga River Basin. The Department of Science and Technology started this project with the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), U.K., to find solutions to water challenges faced in the widely arsenic-affected Ganga River Basin.
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