India is ranked 102 of 117 countries in the Global Hunger Index 2019, behind its neighbours Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh.In 2018, it was ranked 103 out of 119 countries. In 2000, the country was ranked 83 out of 113 countries. Now,…
Month: October 2019
Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded for new discovery on how humans respond to oxygen
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Medicine has been jointly awarded to William Kaelin Jr., Sir Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg Semenza for their pioneering research into how human cells respond to changing oxygen levels. …
RBI cuts repo rate
The Reserve Bank of India has decided to lower interest rate as it reduced repo rate to 5.15%. Reverse repo rate has been revised to 4.90 per cent; The marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and bank rate stands at 5.40 per cent; Maintains the accommodative policy stance;suggesting…
Government initiative of converting Used Cooking Oil to Biodiesel
To mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on 2nd October as Rashtriya Swachhta Diwas, Secretary, Petroleum and Natural Gas flagged off the publicity vans in Delhi, to generate awareness among the people about the OMCs’ initiative of converting Used…
National Nutrition Survey
The Comprehensive first-ever National Nutrition Survey conducted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and UNICEF between February 2016 and October 2018 is the first study undertaken, yet to be made public, to measure malnutrition, including micronutrient deficiencies through biochemical measures such as blood…