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Kasturirangan Committee Report

Kasturirangan Committee Report: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai informed the Centre that the state is opposed to the Kasturirangan Committee report on Western Ghats. He said that declaring Western Ghats as ecologically sensitive zone would adversely affect the livelihood of people in the region. However, the experts called the state’s opposition disastrous for the ecologically […]

Ship Acquisition, Financing And Leasing (SAFAL)

Ship Acquisition, Financing And Leasing (SAFAL): The report titled Ship Acquisition, Financing and Leasing (SAFAL) was submitted by the Committee for Development of Avenues for Ship Acquisition, Financing and Leasing to the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA). The Committee was constituted by IFSCA in June 2021 with representatives from the Government of India, Gujarat […]

Omicron Cryptocurrency Price Surge

Cryptocurrency: A relatively lesser known cryptocurrency token named after the Greek letter Omicron saw its price surge more than 10 times in a matter of two days outperforming top digital currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, soon after the World Health Organization (WHO) named the latest Covid-19 variant of concern Omicron. From Friday to Monday morning, […]

Primary Health Care: GoI and ADB

Primary Health Care: The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $300 million loan to strengthen and improve access to comprehensive primary health care in urban areas of 13 states that will benefit over 256 million urban dwellers including 51 million from slum areas. The programme supports the Government of India’s […]