Middle East Green Initiative Summit 2022: Union Minister for Environment Forest and Climate Change attended the Middle East Green Initiative Summit 2022 at COP 27 Egypt The Middle East Green Initiative aims to reduce carbon emissions from regional hydrocarbon production by more than 60%. It also plans to plant 50 billion trees across the […]
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G20 Presidency
G20 Presidency: Prime Minister will unveil the logo, theme and website of India’s G20 Presidency on 8th November 2022. G20 Presidency offers India an opportunity to contribute to the global agenda on pressing issues of international importance. G20 is the premier forum for international economic cooperation representing around 85% of the global GDP, over 75% […]
Justice Rituraj Awasthi : Chairperson Of 22nd Law Commission
Justice Rituraj Awasthi : Chairperson Of 22nd Law Commission The Retired High Court Chief Justice Rituraj Awasthi has been appointed as the chairperson of the Law commission. Law Commission of India is a non-statutory body and is constituted by a notification of the Government of India. The Charter Act 1833 which was enacted by the […]
UN Resident Coordinator For China
UN Resident Coordinator For China: Siddharth Chatterjee, who rose to become the United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator for China, is currently leading the UN and its 26 agencies in China. In 2020, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed senior UN official Siddharth Chatterjee of India as the UN Resident Coordinator in China. A National Defence Academy […]
State Of Food And Agriculture Report 2022 : FAO
State Of Food And Agriculture Report 2022 : FAO The recently released FAO’S State of Food and Agriculture report 2022 looked at how agricultural automation in our agri-food systems can contribute to achieving sustainable development goals. Highlights of the report: Agricultural automation plays an important role in making food production more efficient and environmentally friendly. […]
Janjatiya Gaurav Divas
Janjatiya Gaurav Divas: To commemorate the contribution of the tribal freedom fighters, the Ministry of Education is celebrating the ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Divas’. The government had declared 15th November as ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Divas’ dedicated to the memory of brave tribal freedom fighters. 15th November is the birth anniversary of Birsa Munda who is revered as Bhagwan […]
World’s Longest Passenger Train
World’s Longest Passenger Train: The world’s longest passenger train was operationalized in Switzerland during the 175th anniversary of Swiss Railways. The passenger train is 1.9 km-long, having 100 coaches. It travelled 15.5 miles from the Albula Tunnel in Preda to the Landwasser Viaduct, at the outskirts of Filisur. The journey ended at Bergün. It travelled […]
Unified District Information System For Education plus (UDISE+) Report
Unified District Information System For Education plus (UDISE+) Report: The Union Education Ministry released the detailed report on Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2021-22 on school education of India. Findings of the UDISE Plus 2021-22 Report: A total of 94.95 lakh students entered pre-primary classes in 2021-2022, registering a drop of 10% […]
New Species Of Endemic Honeybee
New Species Of Endemic Honeybee: A new species of endemic honeybee has been discovered in the Western Ghats. The finding has been published in the September issue of Entomon, a peer-reviewed journal brought out by the Association for Advancement of Entomology. The new species has been named Apis karinjodian and given the common name Indian […]
Seema Darshan Project
Seema Darshan Project: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged the citizens to visit Nadabet and other border areas as part of Seema darshan to further tourism. It was initiated with the aim to provide an opportunity to the people so that they can visualize the life and work of the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel […]
