Recently, the Vice President of India has highlighted the fact that Single use plastic is a major cause of concern for the world today. A Glance at the Magnitude of the issue: In today’s Era, around 300 million metric tonnes …
What is it? Every January, thousands of volunteers across Asia and Australasia visit wetlands in their country and count waterbirds. This citizen science programme is the Asian Waterbird Census (AWC). It is an annual exercise conducted since 1987. The AWC …
What’s in the news? The Union Cabinet has approved the expansion of interest subvention scheme to also include grain-based distilleries besides molasses-based distilleries for the production of ethanol. The government would bear interest subvention for five years including one year …
About UNSC The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) was established in 1946 as one of the six principal organs of the UN. It is generally viewed as the apex of the UN system. It is responsible for the maintenance of …
Recently, the Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of Light House Projects (LHP) under Global Housing Technology Challenge-India (GHTC-India) across six States. Significance of Technology in Urban Transformation As of now, Urbanisation in India is around 31% whereas Global urbanisation …