Ranjitsinh Disale: Advisor To The World Bank: Ranjitsinh Disale, the first Indian teacher to receive the Global Teacher Award has been appointed by the World Bank as an Advisor to the World Bank. The World Bank has appointed 12 advisors from world over and Mr. Disale is one of them representing India. He will be […]
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SDG India Index 2020-21 : NITI Aayog
SDG India Index 2020-21: NITI Aayog: The third edition of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India Index and Dashboard 2020–21 was released by NITI Aayog. The SDG India Index 2020–21 is developed in collaboration with the United Nations in India. The NITI Aayog launched its index in 2018 to monitor the country’s progress on the […]
World Employment And Social Outlook Trends Report 2021
World Employment And Social Outlook Trends 2021 Report: ILO: The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has released the World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends (WESO) report 2021. Impact of Covid: It has pushed over 100 million more workers into poverty worldwide. The world would be 75 million jobs short at the end of this year compared […]
CEM’s Industrial Deep Decarbonization Initiative (IDDI)
Clean Energy Ministerial’s (CEM) Industrial Deep Decarbonization Initiative (IDDI): India and the UK have launched a new workstream to promote industrial energy efficiency under Clean Energy Ministerial’s (CEM) Industrial Deep Decarbonization Initiative (IDDI) coordinated by UNIDO (United Nations Development Industrial organisation). It was launched in the ongoing 12th CEM (CEM12) Meeting, which is virtually hosted […]
Mega Food Park Scheme Chhattisgarh
Mega Food Park Scheme: The Union Minister for Food Processing Industries virtually inaugurated the Indus Best Mega Food Park at Raipur, Chhattisgarh. It is built under the Mega Food Park Scheme. By this food park, about 5000 people will get employment and about 25000 farmers will be benefited. It was launched in 2008-09 to give […]
Blue-Finned Mahseer : Least Concern IUCN Status
Blue-finned Mahseer: Moved From Endangered To The Least Concern Status: The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has moved Blue-finned Mahseer from Endangered to the Least Concern’ status on its Red List. The Mahseer belongs to the genus Tor, of which there are several subspecies to be found in India and in other range […]
Vigilance Clearance : Central Vigilance Commission (CVC)
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC): The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has laid down a defined procedure to be followed by government organisations for getting vigilance clearance before employing a retired official on a contractual or consultancy basis. Before offering employment to retired All India Services and Group A officers of the Central government or their […]
Davinci+ and Veritas Missions To Venus : NASA
Two New Missions To Venus: NASA: The last US probe to visit the planet was the Magellan orbiter in 1990. Now, NASA has announced two new missions to Venus. These two sister missions both aim to understand how Venus became an inferno-like world, capable of melting lead at the surface. These include: 1. Davinci+: The […]
International Nitrogen Initiative Conference
International Nitrogen Initiative Conference: The 8th International Nitrogen Initiative Conference (INI2020) was scheduled to convene in Berlin, Germany, from 3-7 May 2020. But, due to the pandemic, it was canceled last year and was held recently- virtually. About the International Nitrogen Initiative Conference: Set up in 2003 under the sponsorship of the Scientific Committee on […]
Palestine and India : Issue Regarding Human Rights
Palestine Blamed India For Suppressing Its Human Rights Of All People: Palestine blamed India for suppressing its human rights of all people as India abstained from the latest resolution on the Palestinian issue. India abstained from voting on a resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) that came up in the backdrop of […]
