About The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was established in 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and coordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. …
Why in News: The Defence Ministry approved the procurement of arms and military equipment worth Rs 7,965-crore, including 12 light utility helicopters from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. About Light Utility Helicopter LUH is designed and developed as a replacement for Cheetah …
NEWS In any new National Water Policy, the aim should also be to encourage conserving water resources and efficient usage CONTEXT The complexity and scale of the water crisis in India calls for a locus specific response that can …
What’s the news? On the eve of the World Leaders Summit at the Glasgow climate change conference (COP26), WMO’s provisional State of Climate in 2021 report said the mean global sea level rise was 2.1mm per year between 1993 and …
Environmental ethics is a branch of applied philosophy that studies the conceptual foundations of environmental values as well as more concrete issues surrounding societal attitudes, actions, and policies to protect and sustain biodiversity and ecological systems. It studies the moral relationship of …