Contents1 What is the News?2 What is National Policy on Biofuels-2018?3 What are the amendments approved to the National Policy on Biofuels-2018?4 What is the present status of ethanol blending in India?5 Why has the Ethanol blending target been advanced to 2025 from 2030? 6 Why is it so difficult to raise the ethanol blending to… Continue reading Cabinet approves Amendments to the National Policy on Biofuels -2018
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Global Food Policy Report 2022: 9 Crore Indians At Risk Of Hunger By 2030 Due To Climate Change: Report
Contents1 What is the News?2 What are the key findings of the report?2.1 Global findings2.2 Findings related to India3 What are the recommendations given by the report? What is the News? International Food Policy Research Institute’s(IFPRI) has released the Global Food Policy Report 2022 titled ‘Climate change and food systems’. What are the key findings… Continue reading Global Food Policy Report 2022: 9 Crore Indians At Risk Of Hunger By 2030 Due To Climate Change: Report
Need to triple investments for restoring degraded land by 2030: Seoul Declaration
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is the World Forestry Congress?3 Where was XV World Forestry Congress organized?4 What are the key highlights from Congress? What is the News? The Seoul Declaration was adopted at the XV World Forestry Congress. What is the World Forestry Congress? World Forestry Congress is a forum for the exchange… Continue reading Need to triple investments for restoring degraded land by 2030: Seoul Declaration
Explained: How Sikkim became a part of India
Contents1 What is the News?2 The arrival of the East India Company3 Administrative Control of British4 The scenario of Sikkim after 19475 Accession into India What is the News? It was on May 16, 1975 that Sikkim became the 22nd State of the Union of India. Let’s understand how Sikkim became a part of India.… Continue reading Explained: How Sikkim became a part of India
World may miss net zero by 2050, courtesy COVID-19: International Science Council
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is the International Science Council?3 What are the key highlights from the report?4 What are the recommendations given by the report? What is the News? The International Science Council has released a report titled “Unprecedented and Unfinished – COVID-19 and Implications for National and Global Policy”. According to the… Continue reading World may miss net zero by 2050, courtesy COVID-19: International Science Council
Lancet Planetary Health Report: ‘At 2.4 million in 2019, India led world in pollution deaths’
What is the News? The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health has published “The Lancet Planetary Health Report”. What are the key highlights from the report? Global findings Pollution was responsible for 9 million premature deaths in 2015 making it the world’s largest environmental risk factor for disease and premature death. Ambient air pollution accounted… Continue reading Lancet Planetary Health Report: ‘At 2.4 million in 2019, India led world in pollution deaths’
Union Minister chairs meeting on Lab Grown Diamonds; Focus on Research and Development, setting up common facilities and skilling of adequate manpower
What is the News? The Union Minister for Commerce & Industry chaired a meeting with the representatives of Lab-Grown Diamonds Industry today in New Delhi. What are Lab Grown Diamonds? Lab-grown diamonds are diamonds which are grown inside a lab using cutting-edge technology that replicates the natural diamond growing process and the result is a… Continue reading Union Minister chairs meeting on Lab Grown Diamonds; Focus on Research and Development, setting up common facilities and skilling of adequate manpower
Kerala did virtually nothing for Endosulfan victims for 5 years: SC
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Endosulfan?3 Effects of Endosulfan4 Ban on Endosulfan What is the News? The Supreme Court has slammed the Kerala government for State’s inaction in providing relief to the Endosulfan pesticide exposure victims. This also amounts to a breach of the Supreme Court’s 2017 judgment which had ordered the State… Continue reading Kerala did virtually nothing for Endosulfan victims for 5 years: SC
Assistive aids remains inaccessible to bulk of those with disabilities, says global report
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is the Global Report on Assistive Technology(GReAT)?3 What is Assistive Technology(AT)?4 What are the key findings of the report?5 What are the recommendations given by the report? What is the News? The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have jointly released the first Global… Continue reading Assistive aids remains inaccessible to bulk of those with disabilities, says global report
Explained: What are urban heat islands, and why are they worsening during summers?
Contents1 What is the News?2 What are Urban Heat Islands?3 Why are cities hotter than rural areas?4 Why do cities absorb more heat?5 How can urban heat islands be reduced? What is the News? Several parts of India are reeling under heatwave conditions. Cities, especially, are a lot hotter than rural areas. This is due… Continue reading Explained: What are urban heat islands, and why are they worsening during summers?
