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News: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) was given permission by the Allahabad High Court to carbon date a “Shivling” found inside the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The object inside the Gyanvapi mosque, according to the petitioners, is a “Shivling.” The Muslim side refuted the assertion, claiming that the object was a component …
Read MoreNews: To create a tool that would assist regulators and the market in efficiently addressing the dangers of greenwashing in financial services, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will collaborate with 12 other international regulators in the first-ever Greenwashing TechSprint organised by the Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN). Greenwashing is the practise of deceiving the …
Read MoreNews: The WPI inflation rate has reached its lowest level since July 2020. The Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based INFLATION RATE dropped to a nearly three-year low of (-) 0.92% in April, entering negative territory for the first time in 33 months, according to statistics issued by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Food, gasoline, and …
Read MoreNews: With the signature of the 250th contract, the first one under the Mission DefSpace, Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) recently achieved a significant milestone. The Ministry of Defense’s (MoD) flagship programme, iDEX (Innovations for Defence Excellence), was introduced in April 2018. By involving industries such as MSMEs, start-ups, individual innovators, R&D institutes, and academics, …
Read MoreNews: In the most current report of the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR) water hole census, 374 creatures from 18 different wild species of animals and birds were counted. The Sahyadri Ranges of the Western Ghats in Maharashtra are home to the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR). In the southern region of Maharashtra, it combines the Chandoli …
Read MoreContext Indian goods exports slumped to $34.6 billion in April, the lowest since last October and Imports shrank by a sharper 14% to trip to a 15-month low of under $50 billion thereby witnessing a trade deficit. Implications Deepening of Contraction: Both exports and imports have seen a deepening of the pace of contraction. Merchandise …
Read MoreAccording to a report by the United Nations global progress on improving maternal and newborn health has halted since 2015. India related findings: The report said that India was among the 10 countries that together accounted for 60% of global maternal deaths, stillbirths and newborn deaths. India accounted for over 17% of such deaths in …
Read MoreNews: New report from the United Nations (UN) has found that progress in reducing the number of women and babies who die every year during pregnancy, childbirth, or the first weeks after birth has stopped since 2015. Key Findings of the Report: The report highlights that India is at the forefront of the global burden …
Read MoreNews: The European Union (EU) has announced that its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will be introduced in its transitional phase from October 2023, which will levy a carbon tax on imports of products made from the processes which are not Environmentally sustainable or non-Green. CBAM will translate into a 20-35 % tax on select …
Read MoreNews: The Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways recently launched ‘Harit Sagar’, the Green Port Guidelines. Harit Sagar Guidelines is to minimize waste through Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose and Recycle to attain zero waste discharge from port operations and promote monitoring based on Environmental Performance Indicators. These guidelines have been formulated with the aim of promoting …
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