Oran land: Residents from around 40 villages of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan have walked 225 kilometers to protect community-conserved sacred spaces known as ‘orans’. Currently, the biodiversity hotspots are classified as wastelands. The current categorization is causing a loss of biodiversity and is affecting the livelihood of the locals in the area, as huge chunks of land […]
Tag: 21st Dec 2022
Gloom In The Classroom: The Schooling Crisis In Jharkhand
Gloom In The Classroom: The Schooling Crisis In Jharkhand Following the pandemic, attendance of students in Jharkhand schools dropped to 58 per cent at the upper primary level and 68 per cent at the primary level, according to a survey ‘Gloom in the Classroom: The Schooling Crisis in Jharkhand’ conducted by Gyan Vigyan Samiti Jharkhand. […]
District Mineral Foundation Scheme
District Mineral Foundation Scheme: Odisha’s Keonjhar district is India’s highest recipient of funds under the District Mineral Foundation (DMF) scheme, and has spent ₹3,000 crore under the scheme over the past seven years. Keonjhar is hugely rich in mineral reserves, especially iron ore. The district has 2,555 million tonnes of iron ore available beneath its […]
India’s First-Ever Surety Bond Insurance Product
India’s First-Ever Surety Bond Insurance Product: Surety bond can be defined in its simplest form as a written agreement to guarantee compliance, payment, or performance of an act. Surety is a unique type of insurance because it involves a three-party agreement. The three parties in a surety agreement are: Principal: The party that purchases the […]
ATL Marathon 2022-23
ATL Marathon 2022-23: NITI Aayog recently opened applications for ‘ATL Marathon 2022-23’. ATL Marathon is a flagship innovation challenge under Atal Innovation Mission’s Atal Tinkering Labs program. This is a national-level innovation challenge for young innovators across India who can solve community problems of their choice, and develop innovative solutions in the form of working […]
Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework: The 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) on December 19, 2022. Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF): The framework has 23 targets that the world needs to achieve by 2030. The countries will monitor and report every five […]
Carbon Markets
Carbon Markets: The Energy Conservation (Amendments) Bill, 2022, passed by the Rajya Sabha recently, has several significant features. It will foster a carbon market in India, through the creation of a National emissions trading system (National ETS). Article 6 of the Paris Agreement provides for the use of international carbon markets by countries to fulfil […]
INS Vagir
INS Vagir: The fifth submarine of the Project – 75, Kalvari Class submarines, Yard 11879 was delivered to the Indian Navy on December 20, 2022. INS Vagir: Vagirwas launched into water on November 12, 2020 and commenced sea trials on February 1, 2022. It is having “superior stealth features” like advanced acoustic absorption techniques. The […]
