What’s in the news? India has emerged as a preferred investment destination which is evident from the fact that India has recorded the highest ever annual Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflow of 83.57 billion US dollars in the last fiscal …
What’s the news? According to a report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the past seven years were the warmest on record, and 2021 did not see record-breaking temperatures because of a La Niña event at the start and end …
What’s the news? Pollution caused nearly 9 million deaths in 2019, or about one in six deaths worldwide. This number had been unchanged since the last such analysis in 2015 by the Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health, according to …
About NCAP National Clean Air Program (NCAP) is a pollution control initiative that was launched by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in 2019. This is the first ever effort in the country to frame a national framework …
What’s in the news? An umbrella body of child rights organisations set up by Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, which appeared before the parliamentary panel studying the Bill on raising the age of marriage for women to 21 from 18 years, …
About NMCG National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) is registered as a society under the Societies Registration Act 1860. NMCG aims to ensure effective abatement of pollution and rejuvenation of the river Ganga by adopting a river basin approach to …
About AIM The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) is a flagship initiative set up by the NITI Aayog to promote innovation and entrepreneurship across the length and breadth of the country. AIM’s objective is to develop new programmes and policies for …
What’s the news? The “Drought in Numbers” 2022 report presented by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) at the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) has revealed that many parts of India fall under the list of regions that …