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Context: Recently, For the first time ever, global temperatures are now more likely than not to breach 1.5°C (2.7°F) of warming within the next five years, the World Meteorological Organization said on May 17. But that did not necessarily mean the world would cross the long-term warming threshold of 1.5°C above preindustrial levels set out …
Read MoreContext: Recently, Ravneet Kaur, a 1988-batch Punjab-cadre IAS officer, has been appointed first woman to head the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for a period of five years. Status of women: At the international level International Parliamentary Union’s annual Women in Parliament report, which shows that the global proportion of MPs who are women is …
Read MoreNews: At the “flag in” ceremony on May 23 at the Indian Naval Watermanship Training Centre (INWTC), INS Mandovi, Goa, the six-person crew of the INSV Tarini, including two women officers, will be officially welcomed into the Indian Navy. After successfully completing the 17000 nautical mile trans-ocean, cross-continental journey in seven months, INSV Tarini is …
Read MoreNews: The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) in Dehradun’s Centre of Excellence on Sustainable Land Management was officially opened by the Union Minister. During the 14th Conference of the Parties (COP-14) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), which took place in September 2019, the Prime Minister of India announced …
Read MoreNews: The largest self-help organisation network in the nation, Kudumbashree, celebrated its silver anniversary during President Droupadi Murmu’s recent visit to Kerala. In Kerala, Kudumbashree was founded in 1997 with the goal of eradicating poverty and empowering women in accordance with the recommendations of a task force that the government had appointed. The mission was …
Read MoreNews: Recently, Union Minister Parshottam Rupala unveiled the ambitious Sagar Parikrama Yatra Phase-V project of the Indian government. A seaside town in Maharashtra’s Raigad district called Karanja hosted the Sagar Parikrama Yatra Phase-V’s opening ceremony. Around 6,000 fishermen, fish producers, and notable visitors attended the occasion, highlighting the significance of this undertaking. The Sagar Parikrama …
Read MoreNews: The 44th annual ISO COPOLCO Plenary will take place in India from May 23–26, 2023, in New Delhi. COPOLCO: The International Organisation for Standardization’s Committee on Consumer Policy The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), India’s national standards authority, is in charge of organising this event. The ISO COPOLCO Plenary is expected to have a …
Read MoreNews:The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is prepared to launch the navigation satellite NVS-01 from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. The geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) of the NVS-01 navigation satellite is what the GSLV-F12/NVS-01 mission is intended to achieve. The ISRO’s UR Rao Satellite Centre in Bengaluru is developing …
Read MoreNews: On the sidelines of the FIPIC Summit in Papua New Guinea, the Prime Minister of India meets with the leaders of Pacific Island countries. Today’s FIPIC Summit, the third meeting for cooperation among the islands of the Indo-Pacific, was co-hosted by Papua New Guinea. The summit was co-chaired by the prime ministers of India …
Read MoreNews: A Pangenome Reference Map has been developed utilising the genomes of 47 anonymous individuals, mostly from Africa but also from the Caribbean, the Americas, East Asia, and Europe (19 men and 28 women), according to a recent study published in the journal Nature. Scientists utilise a reference genome or reference map, which is similar …
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