HARIT Aaykar Initiative: HARIT Aaykar initiative recently launched by Income Tax Department for increasing greenery and creating micro forests It was launched on the occasion of National Unity Day to increase greenery and create micro forests. Under this initiative, the Income Tax Department resolves to increase the green cover by planting trees and creating micro-forests […]
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India Chem 2022
India Chem 2022: Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare and Chemicals & Fertilizers will inaugurate the India Chem 2022 on 2nd November 2022. Theme: “Vision 2030: Chemicals and Petrochemicals Build India”. India Chem 2022 will showcase the Government’s policy for sustainable growth in the sector and provide a platform for national and international players […]
International Open Access Week-2022
International Open Access Week-2022: CSIR-NIScPR recently celebrated “International Open Access Week-2022”. International Open Access Week is celebrated worldwide to create awareness about the open access scholarly publishing among researchers and publishers. It is celebrated globally during the last full week of October. International Open Access Week is organized by SPARC in partnership with the Open […]
Emissions Gap Report 2022
Emissions Gap Report 2022: According to the recently released Emissions Gap Report 2022, current pledges by countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions would still leave the world warmer by 2.4-2.6 degrees celsius by the end of the century. Emissions Gap Report 2022 provides an overview of, Emissions Gap, the difference between where greenhouse emissions are […]
Pay Equity Policy : BCCI
Pay Equity Policy : BCCI The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced a “pay equity policy”, saying that its centrally-contracted men and women players would get the same match fees. The step is a significant move towards bringing gender pay parity as, according to Global Gender Gap Index 2022, at the current […]
Garuda VII Defense Exercise
Garuda VII Defense Exercise: Indian Air Force (IAF) and French Air and Space Force (FASF) are participating in ‘Garuda VII’ at Air Force Station Jodhpur. It is being hosted by India for the fourth time so far. Garuda VII is the seventh edition of the bilateral air exercise between India and France that is taking […]
World Sight Day 2022
World Sight Day 2022: World Sight Day is observed globally on the second Thursday of every October. Theme for 2022: ‘Love your eyes’ This year, World Sight Day is being observed on 13th October to draw attention to the issue of blindness and vision impairment among people. The day was first observed by the SightFirst […]
2022 Forest Declaration Assessment
2022 Forest Declaration Assessment: The 2022 Forest Declaration Assessment was published, showing that the Deforestation rates worldwide declined only modestly in 2021 by 6.3 % compared to the 2018-20 baseline. Some 145 countries affirmed their commitment to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030 at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of […]
IMT TRILAT Exercise 2022
IMT TRILAT Exercise 2022: The first edition of India-Mozambique-Tanzania Trilateral Exercise (IMT TRILAT), a joint maritime exercise among the Indian, Mozambique and Tanzanian navies commenced at Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania on 27 October 2022. Indian Navy is represented by the guided missile frigate, INS Tarkash, a Chetak helicopter and MARCOS (Special Forces). The exercise has […]
Fourth Edition Of The Goa Maritime Symposium (GMS) 2022
Fourth Edition Of The Goa Maritime Symposium (GMS) 2022: The fourth edition of the Goa Maritime Symposium (GMS) is being conducted by the Naval War College (NWC) at Goa from 31 October to 01 November 2022. The theme of GMS-2022 is “Maritime Security Challenges in the Indian Ocean Region: Converting Common Maritime Priorities into Collaborative […]
