Mechanism To Settle Trade Payments In Indian Rupee : RBI RBI has set up a mechanism to settle trade payments in Indian rupee. The central bank has put in place this additional arrangement for invoicing, payment, and settlement of exports and imports in rupee. The move is aimed at promoting growth of global trade with […]
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International Child Sexual Exploitation (ICSE) Initiative
International Child Sexual Exploitation (ICSE) Initiative: India’s Central Bureau of Investigation has joined the Interpol’s International Child Sexual Exploitation (ICSE) initiative. This will allow it to collaborate with investigators in other countries for detecting child sex abuse online and identifying abusers, victims, and crime scenes from audio-visual clips using specialised software. Interpol is the world’s […]
Genomics Democracy
Genomics Democracy: The World Health Organization’s Science Council, in its first report, has called for accelerating access to genomics across the world. The report argues that it is not justifiable ethically or scientifically for countries with lesser resources to gain access to such technologies long after the rich countries do. The field of genomics tries […]
HPV Vaccine : Cervical Cancer
HPV Vaccine : Cervical Cancer Cervavac, a vaccine developed by the Serum Institute of India (SII), has recently acquired market authorization from the Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI). It is India’s first Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccination (qHPV) designed to protect women from cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is a prevalent sexually transmitted infection. It’s a […]
Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray
Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray: Ministry of Culture organised a curtain raiser for two days International Conference on the “Contributions of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray as a Chemist and Freedom Fighter” at the Department of Chemistry, Delhi. The Conference will be held on the 161st birth anniversary of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray on 2nd-3rd August 2022, […]
Global Gender Gap Index, 2022
Global Gender Gap Index, 2022: India ranks 135 among a total of 146 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index, 2022, released by the World Economic Forum. In 2021, India ranked 140 out of 156 nations. The country is the worst performer in the world in the “health and survival” sub-index in which it is […]
India Has Achieved Clean Energy Targets
India Has Achieved Clean Energy Targets: India has achieved clean energy targets nine years ahead of schedule, Union Power Minister R.K. Singh said at the Sydney Energy Forum in Sydney. India has installed 162 GW (1 GW is 1,000 MW) of renewable energy capacity, which is 41% of the 402 GW of electricity installed. “We […]
District Climate Change Missions
District Climate Change Missions: The Tamil Nadu government has established District Climate Change Missions in all 38 districts. The missions will be headed by the Collectors as Mission Directors. The District Forest Officers will function as Climate Officers. The missions will help strengthen the government’s climate response at the grassroots, said Supriya Sahu, Additional Chief […]
First I2U2 (India-Israel-UAE-USA) Leaders Virtual Summit
First I2U2 (India-Israel-UAE-USA) Leaders Virtual Summit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the First I2U2 (India-Israel-UAE-USA) Leaders’ Virtual Summit on July 14, 2022 along with his Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid, UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the US President Joe Biden. The Leaders will discuss the possible joint projects within the framework […]
The Impact Of Inflation On India’s Poor
The Impact Of Inflation On India’s Poor: The impact of inflation on India’s poor would be negligible as per a United Nations Development Programme report on ‘Addressing the Cost of Living Crisis in Developing Countries’, which also looked at the ripple effects of the Russia-Ukraine war such as energy and food market disruptions. While soaring […]
