6th Ministerial (2021) Meeting Of The Conference On Interaction And Confidence-Building Measures (CICA): The External Affairs Minister addressed the 6th Ministerial (2021) meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures (CICA) in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. Last year, Kazakhstan assumed the chairmanship of CICA. The 5th Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the CICA […]
Category: Current Affairs
Silicosis
Silicosis: In India, countless workers engaged in mines, construction and factories are silently dying of exposure to dust. This is better referred to as silicosis. Silicosis can be described as an occupational disease or hazard due to dust exposure. It is incurable and can cause permanent disability. However, it is totally preventable by available control […]
Global Climate Risk Index 2021
Global Climate Risk Index 2021: The international environmental think tank ‘Germanwatch’ released the Global Climate Risk Index 2021. This is the 16th Edition of the Index. It is published annually. Germanwatch, based in Bonn and Berlin (Germany), is an independent development and environmental organisation which works for sustainable global development. The Index analyses the extent […]
Draft Regional Plan 2041
Draft Regional Plan 2041: The National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) has recently approved the ‘Draft Regional Plan 2041’ according to which the National Capital Region (NCR) is likely to reduce in size. NCRPB was set up in 1985, to promote balanced development of the NCR and to avoid haphazard development The geographical size of […]
Global Minimum Tax Deal
Global Minimum Tax Deal: The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has announced that a global deal to ensure big companies pay a Global Minimum Tax (GMT) rate of 15% has been agreed by 136 countries (including India). The countries behind the accord together accounted for over 90% of the global economy. GMT is […]
Ecological Threat Report 2021
Ecological Threat Report 2021: The Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP), an international think tank released the Ecological Threat Report (ETR) 2021: Understanding ecological threats, resilience and peace. This is the second edition of the ETR, which covers 178 independent states and territories. The ETR includes the most recent and respected scientific research on population […]
Kalapani Dispute
Kalapani Dispute: Nepalese political parties have a general consensus over the fact that Kalapani in Uttarakhand is part of Nepal’s sovereign territory, said former Nepalese Foreign Minister. However, India rejected this claim. Kalapani is Located in the easternmost corner of Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district. Shares a border on the north with the Tibet Autonomous Region of […]
Nobel Prize For Economic Sciences 2021
Nobel Prize For Economic Sciences 2021: The 2021 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences has been awarded in one half to Canadian-born David Card and the other half jointly to Israeli-American Joshua D Angrist and Dutch-American Guido W Imbens. David Card has been awarded for his empirical contributions to labour economics. Joshua D Angrist and Guido […]
Sustainable Urban Plastic Waste Management In New Delhi: NITI Ayog
Sustainable Urban Plastic Waste Management In New Delhi: NITI Ayog: NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar has launched the NITI Aayog – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Handbook on Sustainable Urban Plastic Waste Management in New Delhi. It provides a comprehensive overview of managing plastic waste by representing and discussing components of the entire plastic […]
Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award or Excellence
Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award or Excellence: Vice President of India presented Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence to Director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Dr. Randeep Guleria. The Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence was instituted by Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management (LBSIM), Delhi, promoted by Lal […]
