NEWS To combat climate change, Saudi Arabia has launched the Saudi Green and Middle East Green initiatives. SAUDI GREEN INITIATIVE This initiative aims at: raise the vegetation cover, reduce carbon emissions, combat pollution and land degradation, preserve marine life. …
CONTEXT The political and social handling of the COVID-19 pandemic have added to the persisting issues of food insecurity faced by millions. India, even prior to the novel coronavirus pandemic, has consistently been ranked poorly in all international rankings on …
Small Indian Civets Small Indian civets are known to occur in south and central China, Hong Kong, most of India, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam, Cambodia and Sri Lanka. They are recorded in semi-evergreen and deciduous forest, mixed deciduous …
Israel-Palestine Conflict Israel’s Arab minority comprises just over 20% of its population of 9.3 million, while at least 2.5 million Palestinians live in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, and 3,50,000 in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem. About 1.9 million Palestinians live in the …
About ADB The Asian Development Bank (ADB) was founded in 1966 with the primary mission of fostering growth and cooperation among countries in the Asia-Pacific Region. It is headquartered in Manila, Philippines. At present, ADB comprises 68 members (including India)- …