The State Of Inequality In India Report: The ‘State of Inequality in India’ Report was released by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM). Highlights of the Report: The share of the top 1% accounts for 6-7% of the total incomes earned while the top 10% accounts for one-third of all incomes earned. […]
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India Recorded Highest Ever Annual FDI Inflow : FY 2021-22
India Recorded Highest Ever Annual FDI Inflow : FY 2021-22 India has recorded highest ever annual FDI inflow of USD 83.57 billion in the Financial Year 2021-22. In terms of top investor countries of FDI Equity inflow, ‘Singapore’ is at the apex with 27%, followed by U.S.A (18%) and Mauritius (16%) for the FY 2021-22. […]
World Bee Day 2022 : Theme
World Bee Day: This year, World Bee Day is being celebrated under the theme – ‘Bee Engaged: Celebrating the diversity of bees and beekeeping systems’. World Bee Day is celebrated on May 20. On this day Anton Janša, the pioneer of beekeeping, was born in 1734. The purpose of the international day is to acknowledge […]
NASM-SR Missile
NASM-SR Missile: The Navy recently tested an indigenous Naval Anti-Ship Missile (Short Range) or NASM-SR from a Sea King helicopter at the Integrated Test Range in Balasore, Odisha. The NASM-SR has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The NASM-SR has a range of 55 km and weighs 385 kg. This missile […]
Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2022
Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2022: The World Economic Forum (WEF) has released a report named Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2022, which calls for urgent action by both private and public sectors to ensure a resilient energy transition to address the challenges to environmental sustainability, energy security and energy justice and affordability. Findings of the Report: […]
New Development Bank (NDB) New Regional Office
New Development Bank (NDB) New Regional Office: New Development Bank (NDB) is setting up a regional office in Gujarat, India for funding and monitoring infrastructure projects in that country and Bangladesh. NDB is a multilateral development bank operated by the BRICS states (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). It was agreed to by BRICS […]
Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Lower respiratory infection attributable to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) was responsible for more than 1,00,000 deaths in children under five worldwide in 2019, according to a new estimate published in The Lancet The study is the first to examine RSV disease burden in narrow age brackets. According to the report the incidence […]
Shri Ram Nath Kovind Visit To Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
Shri Ram Nath Kovind Visit To Saint Vincent And The Grenadines: After completing the state visit to Jamaica, President Ram Nath Kovind arrived in Kingstown, the capital city of Saint Vincent and Grenadines. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island country in the Caribbean. It is located in the southeast Windward Islands of the […]
National Endangered Species Day
National Endangered Species Day: The National Endangered Species Day is observed across the globe annually on every third Friday. This year the day is being observed on 20th May 2022. The aim of this day is to generate awareness among the people of the planet about endangered species and the ways they can be protected. […]
World Economic Situation And Prospects (WESP) Report
World Economic Situation And Prospects (WESP) Report: According to the World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) report that was released by the United Nations on 18th May 2022, the global economy this year is expected to grow by only 3.1 per cent. The earlier prediction in January was 4.0 per cent but the rate was […]
