Lancet Countdown On Health And Climate Change: A report was released titled Lancet countdown on health and climate change: health at the mercy of fossil fuels, showing that from 2000-2004 to 2017-2021, heat-related deaths increased by 55% in India. This report comes ahead of this year’s United Nations climate change conference (COP27), to be held […]
Category: Current Affairs
First Indian-Origin British Prime Minister : Rishi Sunak
First Indian-Origin British Prime Minister : Rishi Sunak Rishi Sunak became the United Kingdom’s first Indian-origin British Prime Minister. He was previously appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer from 13 February 2020 to 5 July 2022. He was Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 24 July 2019 to 13 February 2020, and Parliamentary Under Secretary of […]
Tiger Triumph Exercise 2022
Tiger Triumph Exercise: The Tiger Triumph exercise was jointly conducted by the United States and Indian militaries in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The “Tiger Triumph” tabletop simulation was organized at India’s Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam from October 18 to 20 this year. It is a comprehensive endeavor of the Indian and US military and diplomatic […]
Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDC)
Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDC): 18 Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDC), who usually present a common front at climate negotiations issued a statement. Highlights: The COP 27 is scheduled to be held at Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt in November this year. The LMDC statement reiterated about the inequity in fund allocations for global warming mitigation efforts. […]
Dirty Bomb Attack : Russia -Ukraine War
Dirty Bomb Attack : Russia -Ukraine War Russia intends to raise at the United Nations Security Council its accusation that Ukraine is planning a “dirty bomb” attack. Key Highlights: Russia has warned that the use of the “dirty bomb” by Ukraine will be regarded as an act of nuclear terrorism. Earlier, the General Assembly […]
Sukapaika River
Sukapaika River: The Sukapaika River which stopped flowing 70 years ago, is set to be rejuvenated as the Odisha government has started working on its revival plan following a recent direction from the National Green Tribunal (NGT). Sukapaika is one of the several distributaries of the mighty Mahanadi river in Odisha. It branches away from […]
New Species Of The Genus Allmania
New Species Of The Genus Allmania: A new species of the genus Allmania named Allmania multiflora has been identified. Allmania multiflora grows to a height of about 60 cm and is only the second species of this genus discovered to date. The first species, Allmania nodiflora, was originally published under the genus Celosia as Celosia […]
77th Anniversary Of The United Nations
77th Anniversary Of The United Nations: The World has celebrated the 77th anniversary of the United Nations(UN) on 24th October 2022. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization founded in 1945. It has currently 193 Member States. Its mission and work are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter […]
Agni Prime : New Generation Ballistic Missile
Agni Prime: New Generation Ballistic Missile The Agni Prime new generation ballistic missile was successfully test fired off the coast of Odisha. The ‘Agni Prime’ is a two-stage canisterised solid-propellant missile with dual redundant navigation and guidance system. The nuclear-capable missile has been designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The […]
Partial Solar Eclipse
Partial Solar Eclipse: India and a few other places in the world will witness a partial solar eclipse on October 25, 2022. An eclipse happens when the moon while orbiting the Earth, comes in between the sun and the Earth, due to which the moon blocks the sun’s light from reaching the Earth, causing an […]
