Emissions Gap Report 2022: UNEP Ahead of COP27, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released a report titled ‘Emissions Gap Report 2022: The Closing Window — Climate Crisis Calls for Rapid Transformation of Societies’. This is the 13th edition of the UNEP Emissions Gap Report. It assesses the gap between anticipated emissions in 2030 and […]
Tag: 29th Oct 2022
Impact Of Heatwaves On Children: UNICEF
Impact Of Heatwaves On Children: UNICEF UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) released a report titled “Coldest Year of the Rest of Their Lives – Protecting children from the escalating impacts of heatwaves”, showing that nearly all the children across the world will be exposed to more frequent and severe heat waves by 2050. Findings of […]
UNSC’s Counter-Terrorism Meeting
UNSC’s Counter-Terrorism Meeting: The UNSC’s counter-terrorism meeting will be hosted in Mumbai and Delhi on 28 and 29 October, respectively. This will be the first such meeting of the UNSC-CTC in India since its establishment in 2001. The Permanent Representative of India to the UN serves as the Chair of the CTC for 2022. The […]
8th Dakar International Forum On Peace And Security
8th Dakar International Forum On Peace And Security: Minister of State for External Affairs, V. Muraleedharan has recently attended the 8th Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa. This is the first time that India participated at the Ministerial level in the event. It was formerly known as the Dakar Peace and Security […]
Infantry Day 2022
Infantry Day 2022: Infantry Day is commemorated on 27 October every year. It aims to acknowledge the contributions of Infantry, the largest fighting arm of the Indian Army. This day is commemorated to honour the brave soldiers of the infantry who fought and laid down their lives during the India-Pakistan war in 1947. The operation […]
DISHA Meeting To Review Progress On Centrally Sponsored Schemes
DISHA Meeting To Review Progress On Centrally Sponsored Schemes: Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh presides over a DISHA meeting to review progress on various Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) being implemented in the Kishtwar district. Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir has emerged as North India’s power hub with a series of active power projects, in total […]
100 Years Of Saka Panja Sahib
100 Years Of Saka Panja Sahib: October 30, marks 100 years of the Saka Panja Sahib incident. The gurdwara management bodies from both sides of the borderAmritsar-based Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC) will jointly observe the centenary of Shaheedi Saka Panja Sahib (martyrdom massacre), at Hasan Abdal city […]
Global TB Report 2022 : WHO
Global TB Report 2022 : WHO The World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2022 Global TB report, stated that the COVID-19 pandemic has set back years of progress on nearly every TB indicator. Global TB Report 2022: It provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic and of progress in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of […]
India’s First Indigenous Overhauser (OVH) Magnetometer
India’s First Indigenous Overhauser (OVH) Magnetometer: Indian scientists have recently developed an Overhauser Magnetometer. The Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG), an autonomous research institution under Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, has developed the magnetometer as part of its technology development program. It will pave way for reducing the cost of sampling and […]
