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White goods are large home appliances and electrical goods for the house which were traditionally available only in white. Example - Stoves, Refrigerators, Freezers, Washing machines, Tumble driers, Dishwashers, Air conditioners, LED lights, Water heaters, Microwave ovens, Induction cookers. It also refer to white fabrics, especially linen or cotton that are historically used to be made of white cloth. In the beverage industry, white goods are colorless spirits, such a

Reykjanes Peninsula

Location - South West Iceland, on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. It is a volcanically active region that runs along the Mid-Atlantic Rift, where the Eurasian and the North American tectonic plates are drifting apart. Recently, the Fagradalsfjall volcano erupted in this region.

Lockbit 3.0

Also known as “LockBit Black”, LockBit 3.0 is a ransomware, a type of malware that locks a victim’s data or device unless the victim pays a ransom to the attacker. It operates under the business model of "ransomware-as-a-service". Recently, the US arm of the China’s Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), world’s largest lender in terms of assets, was hit by Lockbit 3.0.

Ben Gurion Canal Project

It is a proposed canal through Israel that would connect the Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea) to the Mediterranean Sea. It was named after David Ben-Gurion, Israel's founding father and 1st Prime Minister. The project was envisioned in the 1960s to create an alternative route to the Suez Canal and challenge Egypt's monopoly on the shortest trade route between Europe and Asia.

Green Crackers

They are fireworks made with a reduced shell size without ash, and use additives such as dust suppressants to reduce emissions and particulate matter. These crackers lack barium compounds that is responsible for the green hue and noise pollution. The idea was introduced by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Environmental Engineering Research Insititute (CSIR-NEERI) in 2018. 3 broad categories of green crackers - SWAS (safe water rele