INTRODUCTION As per the agreement between the World Food Programme and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics the World Food Programme (WFP) and the...
INTRODUCTION Hardeep Singh Puri, the union minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, inaugurated the Swachh Survekshan 2022 on September 27, 2021. Swachh Survekshan, the world’s biggest urban...
INTRODUCTION On September 30, 2021, the Klauea volcano, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, erupted on Hawaii’s Big Island. The volcano is said to have erupted...
INTRODUCTION A plant discovered in Uttarakhand in 2019 has been identified as a new species of Allium, a genus that has 1,100 species globally and includes numerous...
INTRODUCTION Climate change, according to experts, is causing huge wildfires in the Siberian country of Sakha, commonly known as Yakutia. Average temperature in the month of June...
INTRODUCTION The work of the first three-person crew, who spent 90 days aboard, will be continued by China’s second crewed expedition. Before returning to Earth in mid-September,...
INTRODUCTION The 26th UN Climate Change Conference aims to solidify the Paris Agreement’s pledges. Its precise concerns are as follows: achieving global net-zero carbon emissions by the...
INTRODUCTION On October 18, 2021, NITI Aayog unveiled a Geographic Information System (GIS)-based Energy Map of India. NITI Aayog produced the Geospatial Energy Map in partnership with...
INTRODUCTION Several ice shelves shelter the Antarctica Ice Sheet, which is the world’s largest ice reservoir. These ice shelves are supported below sea level by bedrock that...
INTRODUCTION On October 12, 2021, the Chief Executive Officer of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) stated that the lender will increase its climate finance targets by $20...