Plant Discoveries 2020: The Botanical Survey of India, in its new publication Plant Discoveries 2020 has added 267 new taxa/ species to the country’s flora. The 267 new discoveries include 119 angiosperms; 3 pteridophytes; 5 bryophytes, 44 lichens; 57 fungi, 21 algae and 18 microbes. In 2020, 202 new plant species were discovered across the […]
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3rd State Food Safety Index 2021
3rd State Food Safety Index: Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya released Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)’s 3rd State Food Safety Index (SFSI) to measure the performance of States across five parameters of food safety. The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare felicitated nine leading States/UTs based on […]
Global Innovation Index 2021
Global Innovation Index 2021: India has climbed 2 spots and has been ranked 46th by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in the Global Innovation Index 2021 rankings. India has been on a rising trajectory, over the past several years in the Global Innovation Index (GII), from a rank of 81 in 2015 to 46 […]
Urban Planning Reforms: NITI Aayog
Urban Planning Reforms: NITI Aayog: NITI Aayog has launched the report titled ‘Reforms in Urban Planning Capacity in India India’s population stood at 1210 million in 2011, with an urbanisation level of 31.1% (Census of India 2011). Urbanisation is an increase in the number of people living in towns and cities. The distribution of urban […]
United In Science 2021: WMO
United In Science 2021: WMO: The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released a report named United in Science 2021. It is a multi-organization high-level compilation of the latest climate science information. The report is coordinated by the WMO, with inputs from the United Nations Environment Programme, World Health Organization, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Global Carbon […]
Crime In India Report 2020: NCRB
Crime In India Report 2020: NCRB: National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) released the Crime in India Report 2020. While 2020, a year marked by months of a national lockdown due to the pandemic saw fewer traditional crimes such as those committed against women and children, among others, it witnessed a big spike in civil conflicts. […]
Doing Business Rankings Discontinued: World Bank
World Bank Group Has Decided To Discontinue Publication Of Its ‘Doing Business’ Rankings Of country: The World Bank Group has decided to discontinue publication of its ‘Doing Business’ rankings of country business climates after a review of data irregularities in the 2018 and 2020 reports. In August 2020, World Bank paused the publication of Doing […]
NIRF: India Rankings 2021
India Rankings 2021: Union Education Minister released the India Rankings 2021 instituted by the National Institutional Ranking Framework. Key Highlights of India Rankings 2021: Indian Institute of Technology Madras retains 1st Position in Overall Category as well as in Engineering for the third consecutive year. Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru tops the University as well […]
State Of The World’s Trees Report: BGCI
State Of The World’s Trees Report Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) launched the State of the World’s Trees Report. The report warns that almost a third of the world’s tree species are at risk of extinction, while hundreds are on the brink of being wiped out. BGCI is a membership organisation, representing botanic gardens in […]
Report On Weather Disasters: WMO
Report On Weather Disasters: WMO: The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), has released a report, which stated that weather disasters killed 2 million in the last 50 years. WMO has published ‘Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes, from 1970 to 2019’. WMO is a specialized agency of the United Nations. […]
