State Of The Global Climate For 2020: The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released its annual State of the Global Climate for 2020. The report was released ahead of the Leaders Summit on Climate, hosted by the US. Extreme weather combined with Covid-19 was a double blow for millions of people in 2020. However, the pandemic-related […]
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World Press Freedom Index 2021
World Press Freedom Index 2021: India has ranked 142nd yet again out of 180 nations in the recently unveiled World Press Freedom Index. The index is published each year by the international journalism not-for-profit body, Reporters Without Borders (RSF). About the World Press Freedom Index: It has been published every year since 2002 by Reporters […]
Human Cells In Monkey Embryos
Human Cells In Monkey Embryos: Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in the US in research called Chimera Research have for the first time grown human cells in monkey embryos. By integrating human cells into the embryos of macaque monkeys, a chimeric tool has been created. Chimeras are organisms that are made up […]
India On The Watchlist For Currency Manipulators
U.S. Government’s Decision To Put India On The Watchlist For Currency Manipulators: Union Commerce Secretary questioned the rationale behind the U.S. government’s decision to put India on the watchlist for currency manipulators and said the list constituted an intrusion into the policy space needed by central banks around the world to meet their mandates. The […]
Talcher Fertilizers Limited : Coal Gasification
Talcher Fertilizers Limited: Union Cabinet has given its approval for the proposal of the Department of Fertilizers for the formulation of an exclusive subsidy policy for Urea produced through the coal gasification route by Talcher Fertilizers Limited (TFL). Considering the strategic energy security and urea self-sufficiency of the country, looking into the country’s vast coal […]
Czech Republic
Czech Republic: A day after the Czech Republic expelled 18 Russian diplomats, Russia retaliated by announcing it would send back 20 Czech diplomats, exacerbating relations that have already been strained in recent times. Prague had accused Russian embassy officials of being intelligence operatives and said that it suspected them of being involved in a 2014 […]
Travel Bubble of India and Sri Lanka Postponed
Travel bubble:Postponed: Sri Lanka has decided to postpone launching the proposed “travel bubble” with India, in the wake of the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in India. Travel bubble: Creating a travel bubble involves reconnecting countries or states that have shown a good level of success in containing the novel coronavirus pandemic domestically. Such a […]
Kulbhushan Jadhav Case : Latest Development
Kulbhushan Jadhav Case: Pakistan has urged India to appoint a lawyer to represent death row convict Kulbhushan Jadhav to implement the verdict of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). About the Kulbhushan Jadhav Case: Kulbhushan Jadhavwas sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism in April 2017. India approached […]
RESPOND Programme ISRO
RESPOND Programme: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced that it will support eight joint research projects mooted by the Space Technology Cell (STC), IIT-Delhi. The ISRO has extended support to the projects under its RESPOND programme. ISRO started the RESPOND (Research Sponsored) programme in the 1970s, with the objective of encouraging academia to participate […]
The Council Of The European Union
The Council Of The European Union: The Council of the European Union approved conclusions on a European Union strategy for cooperation in the Indo-Pacific to reinforce its strategic focus to contribute to regional stability at a time of “rising challenges and tensions in the region. The Council tasked the High Representative and the Commission with […]
