Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar released the India State of Forest Report (ISFR). The total forest and tree cover of the country is 80.73 million hectares which…
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The Citizenship Amendment Bill, which now, after being passed by both the houses has become an Act after President Kovind gives his nod. It entitles Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis,…
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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,…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreTo 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreFor good nutrition among pregnant women and children in a southern Assam district administration has been given a gooseberry candy twist.The tablets(iron-folic acid tablets) given to these groups are often not consumed…
Read MoreThe composite water management index (CWMI) 2.0 was released by NITI Aayog. The states are ranked across nine themes, including attention to groundwater and restoration…
Read MorePV Sindhu became the first Indian to win the BWF World Championships, crushing Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara 21-7, 21-7 in just 38 minutes in a one-sided final. With the win, Sindhu now has a…
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