Context The World Bank report titled “Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2022: Correcting Course” revealed that the world is unlikely to meet the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 1 of limiting extreme poverty to 3 per cent of the global population by …
Context Livestock diseases have an enormous impact not only on animal health and economy, but also on human health. Further, Livestock house pathogens that can become zoonoses and hence timely detection is necessary to curb outbreaks. Zoonoses According to WHO, …
Context The potential of Urban farming in alleviating food insecurity from cities requires holistic policy support from governments. Urban Farming Urban farming or urban agriculture refers to the practice of growing plants and raising animals for human consumption within cities …
Context The World Health Organization (WHO) in the fourth report of its global review on health and migration, revealed that migrant populations are becoming particularly vulnerable to Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). Anti-microbial Resistance Antimicrobial resistance, also known as drug resistance, …
What’s in the news? At the 27th Session of Conference of Parties (COP27), this year’s UN climate summit, the Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC) was launched with India as a partner. The move, in line with India’s goal to increase …
Context India is among the few countries removed from the United States’ Currency Monitoring List, released by the Department of Treasury recently. In its biannual report to Congress, the US’ Treasury Department announced that it had also removed Italy, Mexico, …
About IIP The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) details the growth of various sectors in an economy such as mineral mining, electricity and manufacturing. It is compiled and published every month by the National Statistical Office (NSO) under the Ministry …
Context Agriculture remains one of the world’s most pressing problems today. The increase in population has led to an increased demand for food. It is believed that 70 percent more food would need to be produced to meet the demands. …
Context Broadly, organic farming or natural farming denotes farming without using chemical fertilizers, insecticides and pesticides. Green Revolution and other research and development in the field of crops cultivation have played an important role in increasing India’s food grains production …