UNEP Foresight Report 2024: The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released a report titled “Navigating New Horizons: A Global Foresight Report on Planetary Health and Human Wellbeing, 2024. Key Highlights of the Report: 85% of the 169 SDG targets are off track and 37% of the targets have shown no progress or have regressed since […]
Month: July 2024
Common Services Centres Special Purpose Vehicle
Common Services Centres Special Purpose Vehicle: Common Services Centres Special Purpose Vehicle (CSC SPV) celebrated 15 glorious years of its establishment. Common Services Centres Special Purpose Vehicle is incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India. It monitors the implementation of the Common Services Centers […]
Coalition Of Epidemic Preparedness Innovation
Coalition Of Epidemic Preparedness Innovation: Union Minister for the Ministry of Science & Technology inaugurated Asia’s first health research-related “Pre-clinical Network Facility” under the Coalition of Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) in Faridabad. Coalition of Epidemic Preparedness Innovation (CEPI) was launched in 2017 as an innovative partnership between public, private, philanthropic and civil organisations. It was […]
Spade-Toothed Whale
Spade-Toothed Whale: A whale that was found dead on a beach in New Zealand recently has been identified by scientists as a spade-toothed whale, a species so rare it has never been seen alive. Spade-Toothed Whale are the world’s rarest whales, with no live sightings ever recorded. The species was first described in 1874 after […]
MV Sea Change
MV Sea Change: The world’s first commercial passenger ferry powered by 100% hydrogen fuel, the MV Sea Change, was launched recently at the San Francisco Ferry Building. MV Sea Change is the world’s first commercial passenger ferry powered entirely by zero-emission hydrogen fuel cells. The 75-passenger ferry was built by All American Marine Shipyard for […]
Davis Strait
Davis Strait: A microcontinent has been recently discovered in the Davis Strait, between Canada and Greenland. The discovery was made around the Davis Strait, a large stretch of water located between Canada’s Baffin Island and Greenland. The strait was formed millions of years ago when the tectonic plates between the two islands shifted, reconfiguring the […]
Asian Development Bank
Asian Development Bank: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) recently retained India’s GDP growth forecast for the current financial year at 7%. Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a multilateral development bankestablished on 19th December 1966. It is the principal international development finance institution for the Asia-Pacific It envisions a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and […]
INS Teg
INS Teg: The Indian warship INS Teg has rescued nine sailors, including eight Indians and one Sri Lankan, who were on board the Comoros-flagged oil tanker, MT Falcon Prestige, that had capsized recently off the Oman coast. INS Teg is the first of three guided missile frigates of the modified INS Talwar-class that India commissioned […]
National Bank For Financing Infrastructure And Development : Increase The Capital Base
National Bank For Financing Infrastructure And Development : Increase The Capital Base The government wants to increase the capital base of the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development, or NaBFID, to 1 trillion through support from banks. National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development was set up in 2021, by an Act of the […]
Chagos Archipelago
Chagos Archipelago: The external affairs minister said that India will continue supporting Mauritius on the issue of the Chagos Archipelago in line with its stand on decolonization. Chagos Archipelago is an island group located in the central Indian Ocean and is about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) south of the southern tip of the Indian subcontinent. […]
