Climate Equality: A Planet For The 99% : Oxfam Report As per the recently released Oxfam report (Climate Equality: A Planet for the 99%), the richest 1% of the global population emitted carbon equivalent to the poorest 66%, leading to 1.3 million heat-related deaths. Climate inequality refers to the unequal distribution of the impacts of […]
Tag: 23rd Nov 2023
Emissions Gap Report 2023: UNEP
Emissions Gap Report 2023: UNEP United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has released a report titled- the Emissions Gap Report 2023: Broken Record – Temperatures hit new highs, yet world fails to cut emissions (again), stating that urgent Climate Action is crucial to avoid the alarming trajectory of Temperature Rise. The report is the 14th edition […]
Risk Weight : RBI
Risk Weight : RBI The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has increased the cost of funds for banks and non-bank financial companies (NBFCs) by increasing the risk weight of such loans. The Reserve Bank of India has raised the risk weight on consumer credit by banks and NBFCs to 125%, compared to 100% earlier. […]
Naval Anti-Ship Missile Short Range
Naval Anti-Ship Missile Short Range: The Indian Navy, in association with DRDO, successfully undertook Guided Flight Trials of the first indigenously developed Naval Anti-Ship Missile Short Range (NASM-SR) from a Sea King 42B helicopter recently. Naval Anti-Ship Missile Short Range (NASM-SR) is the first indigenous air-launched anti-ship cruise missile developed for the Indian Navy. It […]
Qianlong Shouhu : Unknown Dinosaur Species
Qianlong Shouhu : Unknown Dinosaur Species Researchers in China recently discovered a previously unknown dinosaur species named ‘Qianlong shouhu’ alongside dozens of its unhatched eggs. Alongside the adult specimens, the Chinese researchers also uncovered around 50 fossilised eggs of the same species, spread out across five different nests that contained the skeletal remains of the […]
Exercise Vajra Prahar 2023
Exercise Vajra Prahar 2023: The Indo-US Joint Special Forces exercise “VAJRA PRAHAR 2023” commenced at the Joint Training Node, Umroi, Meghalaya. VAJRA PRAHAR is a joint exercise conducted between the Indian Army and the US Army Special Forces. It aims at sharing best practises and experiences in areas such as joint mission planning and operational […]
Tantalum : Found In The Sutlej River Sand
Tantalum : Found In The Sutlej River Sand A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar, found the presence of tantalum, a rare metal, in the Sutlej river sand in Punjab. Tantalum is a rare metal with the atomic number 73—the number of protons found in one atom of the element. […]
Atmospheric Waves Experiment : NASA
Atmospheric Waves Experiment : NASA NASA is set to launch the Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) to study ‘airglow’ to understand space weather. Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) is a first-of-its-kind NASA experimental attempt aimed at studying the interactions between terrestrial and space weather. It is planned under NASA’s Heliophysics Explorers Programme. This mission will study the […]
Gambusia Fish : Released To Address Mosquito Menace
Gambusia Fish : Released To Address Mosquito Menace Various government and non-governmental organisations in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and Punjab have released Gambusia fish into local water bodies to address a mosquito menace. Gambusia fish is known as mosquitofish and, is widely used as a biological agent for controlling mosquito larvae. It is native to the […]
