In March 2022, India completed 12 successive months of double-digit wholesale price inflation (WPI inflation). This is the sixth occasion when inflation has remained over 10% for a year or longer, and it came more than a quarter of a…
Month: April 2022
WORLD MALARIA DAY: 25TH APRIL
World Malaria Day is an occasion to highlight the need for continued investment and sustained political commitment for malaria prevention and control. The theme for this year’s Malaria Day is”Harness innovation to reduce the malaria disease burden and save lives’….
Excess Heat; Shrivelled Wheat; Climate Change; Western Disturbance: Basics Explained
India saw its hottest March in 122 years which has significantly reduced the yield of the (Rabi)harvested crop. Wheat is a temperature-sensitive crop that requires a cool temperature, especially in March when it is…
Kuril Island Dispute: Basics Explained
Recently, Japan described four islands whose ownership it disputes with Russia as illegally occupied in the latest version of a diplomatic Bluebook. The Soviet Union(now Russia), which declared war on Japan days before Emperor Hirohito announced his country’s surrender on…
Indians fail to meet Diabetic ABC targets: Basics Explained
According to recent research published in The Lancet- Diabetes, and Endocrinology, only 7% of over 5,297 diabetics in India were able to meet their blood sugar, blood pressure, and cholesterol targets.ABC control was defined as the proportion of individuals meeting…
India, UK keen on sealing FTA by end of 2022:Basics Explained
British counterpart Boris Johnson was on 2-day visit to India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Boris Johnson, during their talk, agreed to expand the India-UK defence partnership; two sides agreed on a new and expanded defence and…
EARTH DAY 2022
Earth Day is celebrated on April 22 of every year. The theme for Earth Day 2022 is “Invest In our Planet”. Climate change represents the biggest challenge to the future of humanity and the life-support systems that make our world…
WORLD HERITAGE DAY 2022
It was on April 18, 1982 at a symposium organised in Tunisia, that the holding of the “International Day for Monuments and Sites” to be celebrated was suggested. The idea was also approved by the The United Nations Educational, Scientific…