Index, Reports and Summits in News

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

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’

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

What is the News? The 12th meeting of Interpol’s Match-Fixing Task Force (IMFTF) concluded with a call to harmonize global efforts to curb competition manipulation. Note: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was one of the participants at this meeting. What did the participants discuss at this meeting? The members deliberated on various mechanisms to improve… Continue reading Macolin Convention: Calls for global efforts to curb match-fixing

What is the News? The World Meteorological Organization(WMO) has released the Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update Report. What are the key findings of the report? Globally Temperature reaching 1.5 °C: There is a 50:50 chance of the annual average global temperature temporarily reaching 1.5 °C above the pre-industrial level for at least one of… Continue reading Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update Report – WMO report: Below normal mercury in India from 2022 to 2026

What is the News? The Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying have released the Breed-Wise Report Of Livestock And Poultry based on the 20th Livestock Census. What is the Breed-Wise Report Of Livestock And Poultry?  The Breed-Wise Report Of Livestock And Poultry was done along with the 20th Livestock Census during the year… Continue reading Union Minister releases Breed-Wise Report of Livestock and Poultry Based on 20th Livestock Census

What is the News? The Indian Prime Minister has addressed the Second Global Covid-19 Summit. What is the Second Global Covid-19 Summit? Organized by: United States (as first COVID Summit Chair), Belize (as CARICOM Chair), Germany (holding the G7 Presidency), Indonesia (holding the G20 Presidency) and Senegal (as African Union Chair). Aim: To galvanize new… Continue reading Second Global Covid-19 Summit – India to expand genome sequencing network to neighborhood: PM Modi

Contents1 What is the News?2 What are the key findings of the report?2.1 Cancer Cases in India in 20212.2 Future Projections on Cancer Cases in India3 What are the major factors that are contributing to the increased risk of cancers? What is the News? Indian Council for Medical Research(ICMR) has released a report titled ‘Burden… Continue reading Burden of cancers in India: India’s Cancer Burden to rise to 29.8 million in 2025: ICMR

Contents1 What is the News?2 What are the key findings of the report?2.1 Global findings2.2 Report on India3 What are the recommendations given by the report?4 What do the other reports say about India’s drought situation? What is the News? The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification(UNCCD) has released the Drought In Numbers, 2022 Report… Continue reading Drought In Numbers, 2022: Desertification: ‘Droughts reduced India’s GDP by up to 5% in 20 years’

What is the News? The National Family Health Survey(NFHS-5) has released data on the gap in Child Nutrition. What does NFHS say about Child Nutrition? Minimum Acceptable Diet: Around 89% of children between the formative ages of 6-23 months do not receive a “minimum acceptable diet’’. This is only marginally better than the 90.4% recorded… Continue reading 89% children between 6-23 months don’t get adequate diet: NFHS

Contents1 What is the News?2 What is the Wealth Index?3 What are the key findings of the index?3.1 Wealth distribution across the country3.2 District Wise3.3 Religion and Caste wise3.4 Correlation between Education and Wealth3.5 BPL Households What is the News? According to the National Family Health Survey(NFHS) Wealth Index, a vast chunk of India’s poor… Continue reading How India fares on NFHS Wealth Index, in 5 charts

What is the News? The National Family Health Survey(NFHS-5) has released data on the Total Fertility Rate(TFR) in India. What does NFHS-5 say about the Total Fertility Rate(TFR) in India? Total Fertility Rate(TFR): India’s total fertility rate(TFR) has declined from 2.2 in 2015-16 to 2.0 in 2019-21. Note: The TFR is the average number of… Continue reading NFHS-5 data shows literacy and delivery of services, not religion, influences fertility

Contents1 What is the News?2 What is the State of India’s Birds(SoIB) report?3 What are the key findings of the report?3.1 Findings related to the Global level4 Findings related to the Indian level5 Reasons for Declining Bird Species What is the News? The State of India’s Birds(SoIB) report has been released. What is the State… Continue reading State of India’s Birds(SoIB) report: Future looms dark for 48% of bird species

Contents1 What is the News?2 What does the WHO say on Covid linked deaths in India?3 How did India respond to this WHO report?4 What does India’s Civil Registration System(CRS) Report say on Covid deaths? What is the News? The World Health Organization(WHO) has released a report on the Covid-19 related deaths. What does the… Continue reading WHO estimates 4.7 million COVID-19-linked deaths in India

What is the News? The National Family Health Survey(NFHS-5) Report has highlighted the recent trends in Fertility and Obesity. What is the National Family Health Survey(NFHS)? Read here: National Family Health Survey (NFHS)? What are the key findings of NFHS-5? Total Fertility Rate(TFR): The Total Fertility Rate(TFR), the average number of children per woman, has… Continue reading Fertility falls, obesity goes up in India , says National Family Health Survey

What is the News? The Global Report on Food Crises 2022 has been released. What is the Global Report on Food Crises? Released by: Global Network Against Food Crises, an international alliance of the United Nations, the European Union, and governmental and non-governmental agencies working to tackle food crises together.  Focus of the report: The… Continue reading Global Report on Food Crises 2022: 40 million more pushed into acute hunger last year: United Nations

What is the News? India’s ranking in the 2022 World Press Freedom Index has fallen to 150 out of 180 countries. What is the World Press Freedom Index? Released by: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Click Here to read more about the index Note: RSF is an international NGO whose self-proclaimed aim is to defend and… Continue reading India’s position on the World Press Freedom Index

What is the News? The World Press Freedom Index 2022 has been released. What is the World Press Freedom Index? Released by: Reporters Without Borders(RSF). Aim: To assess the state of journalism in 180 countries and territories. Indicators: The index ranks countries based on five indicators: the political context, legal framework, economic context, sociocultural context… Continue reading India slides 8 places to 150 in 2022 Press Freedom Index

What is the News? According to the Tech Policy think tank Access Now, India for the fourth year in a row recorded the highest number of internet shutdowns in the world in 2021. Internet Shutdowns in India Between 2016 and 2021, internet services faced varying restrictions in at least 567 instances in India. This is… Continue reading The cost of Internet shutdowns in India, in charts

What is the News? The Reserve Bank of India has released the Report on Currency and Finance (RCF) for the year 2021-22.  Theme of the Report: ‘Revive and Reconstruct’ in the context of nurturing a durable recovery post-Covid and raising trend growth in the medium-term. What are the key highlights from the report? Covid-19 Impact… Continue reading Economy may take more than a decade to overcome COVID-19 losses: RBI report

What is the News? The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has released Special 301 Report 2022. What is the Special 301 Report? Released by: Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) Purpose: To identify trading partners that do not adequately or effectively protect and enforce Intellectual Property (IP) rights or otherwise… Continue reading Special 301 Report 2022: India among most challenging economies, says USTR

Contents1 What is the News?2 What are the key findings of the study?2.1 Increase in Tropical Cyclones3 Opposite Impact on the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea What is the News? A study has been published in the Science Advances estimating the impact of Climate Change on Cyclones. What are the key findings of… Continue reading Climate change is real: Strong cyclones to reduce in Bay of Bengal, rise in Arabian Sea by 2050, says study

What is the News? The International Monetary Fund(IMF) has released the World Economic Outlook Report. What is the World Economic Outlook Report? The report is published by the IMF twice a year: One each in April and October. It also provides updates to these two reports in January and July. Aim: To provide analysis and… Continue reading World Economic Outlook: Downward revision cycle for global economic outlook has begun

Contents1 What is the News?2 What are the key findings of the report?2.1 Disasters2.2 Impact of Disasters on Women and Children3 Shadow Pandemic What is the News? The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has released a report titled “Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2022: Our World at Risk: Transforming Governance for… Continue reading Increase in disasters leads to spike in intentional homicides of women: UN Report

Contents1 What is the News?2 What is the International Religious Freedom Report?3 What are the key findings of the report?4 What are the concerns raised by the report on India? 5 What is the likely impact of the USCIRF’s recommendation on India? What is the News? The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom(USCIRF) has released… Continue reading International Religious Freedom Report 2022: India’s designation by the USCIRF

What is the News? The National Association of Software and Services Companies(NASSCOM) has released the India Patents report. The focus of the report: The report is one among a series of Nasscom’s Emerging Technology-focused reports that aim to understand how Indian technology companies are creating IP assets in their largest market. What are the key… Continue reading India Patents report: Indian companies filed 1.38 lakh tech patents during 2015-22

What is the News? The World Bank has published the paper titled ‘Poverty has Declined over the Last Decade But Not As Much As Previously Thought’. What are the key findings of the report? Decline in Extreme Poverty: Extreme poverty in India declined by 12.3 percentage points between 2011 and 2019. It decreased from 22.5%… Continue reading Extreme poverty dipped in India: World Bank report

Contents1 What is the News?2 What are the key findings of the Ecowrap Report?2.1 States opting for Freebies3 Higher Fiscal Deficit of States3.1 Dichotomy in Growth Numbers What is the News? State Bank of India’s(SBI) Economic Research Department has released the Ecowrap Report. What are the key findings of the Ecowrap Report? States opting for… Continue reading Ecowrap Report: States need to reset spending, cut freebies: SBI advisor’s report

What is the News? The World Bank has released its bi-annual report titled “South Asia Economic Focus”. The report analyzes the economic impact on South Asia of the war in Ukraine, presents growth forecasts and concludes that reshaping economies goes hand in hand with reshaping norms. What are the key findings of the South Asia… Continue reading South Asia Economic Focus: World bank cuts India growth forecast on Ukraine crisis

What is the News? Oxfam has released a report titled “First Crisis, Then Catastrophe”. What are the key findings of the report? Increase in Poverty: The combined impact of COVID-19, inequality and food price hikes could result in 263 million more people living in extreme poverty in 2022. This could result in a total of,… Continue reading First Crisis, Then Catastrophe report: Quarter-billion people face extreme poverty in 2022 as the rich get richer: Oxfam

Contents1 What is the News?2 What are the Key Findings of the Global Wind Report 2022?3 Scope of Wind Energy Sector in India4 What are the challenges faced by the Wind Energy Sector?5 What are the suggestions given by the report? What is the News? The Global Wind Report for 2022 has been released by… Continue reading Global wind energy sector needs four-fold higher growth to meet 2050 Net Zero goal: Report

What is the News? Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) has released a study titled ‘Managing Forest Fires in a Changing Climate’. What are the key findings of the study? Increase in Forest Fires: There has been a ten-fold increase in forest fires in the past two decades, and more than 62% of Indian… Continue reading Forest fires frequency, intensity went up in past 2 decades: study

Contents1 What is the News?2 What are the key findings of the study?3 Increase in Pollutants3.1 Premature Deaths due to exposure to PM 2.5 What is the News? According to a study published in the journal Science Advances, there is a rapid degradation in air quality and an increase in urban exposure to air pollutants… Continue reading Air pollution kills: Study counts 100,000 premature deaths in 8 Indian cities

Contents1 What is the News?2 What is State Energy and Cli­m­ate Index-(SECI)?3 What are the key findings of the index?4 What is the significance of the index?5 What is India’s Performance in Global Energy Indices? What is the News? NITI Aayog has released the State Energy and Cli­m­ate Index-(SECI) Ro­und 1. What is State Energy… Continue reading Launch Event of the State Energy and Climate Index Round 1

Contents1 What is the News?2 What is the World Food Price Index?3 Why is the World Food Price index at an all-time high?4 What about India and Food prices? What is the News? Food and Agriculture Organization’s(FAO) World food price Index averaged 159.3 points in March 2022 breaking an earlier record of 137.6 points scaled… Continue reading FAO: Food prices record high due to Ukraine war disruptions

Contents1 What is the News?2 What are the key findings of the report?3 What are the recommendations given by the report to control Wildfires?4 How can indigenous practices be adopted to control wildfires? What is the News? The United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP) has released a report titled “Spreading like wildfire: The rising threat of extraordinary… Continue reading UN takes note of global indigenous fire practices to control wildfires

What is the News? The United Nations Population Fund(UNFPA) has released its flagship State of World Population Report 2022 titled “Seeing the Unseen: The case for action in the neglected crisis of unintended pregnancy”. What are the key findings of the report? Women’s sexual and reproductive health rights: Only 57% of women are able to… Continue reading Nearly half of all pregnancies are unintended—a global crisis, says new UNFPA report

Contents1 What is the News?2 What are the key findings of the World Energy Transitions Outlook 2022?3 What steps should be taken to move towards clean energy? 4 What are the benefits of the transition to Clean Energy? What is the News? The International Renewable Energy Agency(IRENA) has released a report titled “World Energy Transitions Outlook… Continue reading World Energy Transitions Outlook 2022: Energy transition holds key to tackle global energy and climate crisis: IRENA

Contents1 What is the News?2 What are the key findings of the report?3 What are the permissible sound levels?4 What are the suggestions given by the report to reduce noise pollution? What is the News? The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has released a report titled ‘Frontiers 2022: Noise, Blazes and Mismatches’. The report measured noise… Continue reading UP’s Moradabad world’s 2nd noisiest city on UN list, 4 more Indian cities exceed noise levels

Contents1 What is the News?2 About the paper on the Space Economy of India2.1 Key highlights from the paper related to the Space Economy of India3 What is the significance of this paper? What is the News? The Centre for Development Studies(CDS) and the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) has released a… Continue reading India’s ‘space economy’ valued at ₹36,794 crore