COVID-19 has already infected variant people and claimed nearly half 1,000,000 lives. The sudden halts in economic activity and employment are far worse than anything on record, comprehensive and speed. The economies of developing countries are being harmed by drastic but very necessary measures to safeguard people’s health, and by cross-border disruptions in supply chains, tourism, remittances and commodity prices. The poorest and most vulnerable segments of the population are always affected disproportionally during economic downturns. this can be compounded during the present crisis because the poor have fewer options to safeguard their health and suffer more from disruptions to public services. Recovery won't be quick, and therefore the future will differ in important ways...
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IPCC Report Highlights How Smart Cities Can Help In Coping With Temperature Change; What India Can Learn From It?
The Union budget 2022 had announced the formation of a high-level committee of planners, economists and institutions to create recommendations on urban sector policies. The minister of finance said that by the time India turns 100, nearly half the population are going to be living in urban areas, making it imperative to not only nurture India’s megacities but also facilitate tier-2 and tier-3 cities to set for the long run. India is witnessing and observing one of the most important urban growth spurts in history ever. However, three-quarters of the infrastructure that may exist in cities by 2050 is yet to be built. This presents Indian cities with an unprecedented opportunity to appear in urban planning and development through a long-term strategic lens to enable economic, en...
Read MoreDelhi’s 14 Point Summer Plan To Combat Climate Issue And Promote Green Delhi
Delhi gets into the mode of a new 14 point summer plan to promote green Delhi and clean Delhi. The main motive is to tackle the issue of climate control. At present, it has two ready in to apply plans and 12 long term plans, which will roll out soon according to the action plan. The environment minister of Delhi, Gopal Rai releases the plan on Monday after discussion with officers from irrigation, environment, flood, civic bodies, DDA, Delhi Fire services and many other concerned departments officers. Details Of The 14 Point Plan The two ready to start plan includes "Anti-open burning and Anti-road dust campaigns from 12th April And 15th April", respectively. For the Anti-open burning program, 500 teams will be working from ten different departments. The main aim is to monitor...
Read MoreWind Energy Sector Entered Its Second-Best Year, Implementation Decreased: World Wind Report 2022
According to the whirlwind Report 2022, in 2021 the wind energy sector had its second-best year but wind energy installations must be increased dramatically so it remains heading in the right direction with the net-zero goals. This report has been published by the World Wind Energy Council (GWEC). This report has said that in 2021, 93.6 gigawatts of capacity were installed while in 2020 it absolutely was 95.3 GW. If we see the cumulative capacity for wind energy it has grown to 837 GW. Capacity means the utmost electricity that the installations can produce, not what the installations are generating. In 2021 there were, 21.1 GW offshore wind segments installed. 5 GW were Installed within the onshore wind came segment in 2021, whereas in 2020 it absolutely was 88.4 GW. Acco...
Read MoreForest Fires Increased In Past 20 Years: Council on Energy, Environment and Water Raises Serious Concerns
A study released by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) has found that within the past 20 years the intensity and frequency of forest fires, moreover as a rise within the number of months during which forest fires occur, have increased. The study titled ‘Managing Forest Fires in an exceedingly Changing Climate’ found that within the past 20 years there has been a ten-fold increase in forest fires. The study has also found that over 62% of the states in India are at risk of high-intensity forest fires. Significant and potential forest fires, within the last month, are reported in Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Rajasthan. The recent Sariska Tiger Reserve fire in Rajasthan was also reported to be unseasonal, with high temperatures causing the fireplace to spread. ...
Read MoreDoes Pakistan Really Want To Have Peace Talks With India Or Its Just An Illusion?
Pakistan army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa seems able to resume talks on Kashmir with India, a process that was interrupted by General Pervez Musharraf’s ouster in 2008. What’s more, he's happy to try and do so under Musharraf’s ‘four-point formula’, senior Pakistan Army officers told this author at the Islamabad Security Dialogue, which was persevered on April 1 and a pair. Interestingly, on the primary day of the conference, Moeed Yusuf, who was then the national security advisor, also told the author in a casual chat that the Musharraf formula might be the premise of bilateral interaction between India and Pakistan. Yusuf resigned from his position just after Pakistan President Arif Alvi ordered the dissolution of the national assembly. The formula, in brief, had four step...
Read MoreIndian Connection Of Pakistan’s Sharif Family; Check Out Shahbaz Sharif’s Ancestral Connections
The people of Jati Umra, the native village of former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and former Pakistan's Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, are praying that Shahbaz Sharif should become the Prime Minister of Pakistan. The name of Shahbaz Sharif has emerged as the United Opposition's candidate for the selection of the new Prime Minister after the no-confidence motion was passed against the Imran Khan government in Pakistan. This has created happiness among the villagers in Jati Umra, the native village of the Sharif family. People in his native village are praying for him to become the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Jati Umra is the village of the ancestors of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif. Village sarpanch Rachpal Singh, form
Read MoreHow Scaling Up The ORGANIC FARMING Led To The Financial Disaster In SRI LANKA??
organic farming may sound like a solid idea regarding an environment-friendly solution in the food and health industry. But this same thing led to a huge disaster in the economy of Sri Lanka says the experts. Organic farming is so much in vogue these days as the environmentalists are backing the idea of food free of chemicals and fertilizers. But the reality is that it's now impossible to switch to Organic farming in a go. As we clearly see the most recent example of Sri Lanka which followed this policy. Today, Sri Lanka is facing its worst crisis ever in terms of economic, social, and political matters. Lessons To Be Learned From Lanka's Failure : According to Ted Nordhans, organic farming is a practical approach when we talk about agriculture activities with respect to climate a...
Read MoreIndonesia, the biggest producer, and exporter of oil are experiencing domestic shortages that the government has been forced to place curbs on shipments and introduce price controls. For the year 2021-22 (October to September), Indonesia’s vegetable oil production has been predicted to be 45.5 million tonnes (mt) consistent with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). This is around 60% of the world’s total production of vegetable oil. The second-largest producer is Malaysia (18.7 mt). Indonesia is additionally the world’s largest exporter of vegetable oil (29 mt) and Malaysia (16.22 mt) comes in second place. In Indonesia, the costs of domestic branded oil have increased to 22,000 Indonesian rupiahs (IDR) per litre from 14,000 IDR between March 2021 to March On 1st Fe...
Read Morerecently, the govt introduced and passed the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill within the Lok Sabha, seeking to switch the Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920 which regulates how the police can gather data from convicted or suspected criminals. The Bill exemplifies the present trend to pass laws that are crammed with ambiguity and lack safeguards. It also reflects a desire to expand the facility of the govt. to interfere with the lives of citizens. The Bill was passed, the kind of information collected by the police would shift dramatically, from basic fingerprint and footprint impressions to a variety of other samples, including iris and retina scans, behavioural attributes, and “biological samples”. The National Crime Records Bureau would hold the collected data for 75 yea...
Read MoreConstitution Has No Meaning Without Institutions: Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi, at a recent book launch event, The Dalit Truth, talked about the weakening of Constitutional Institutions. Rahul said, "Constitution has no meaning without the institutions." He said that the biggest weapon of a democratic nation is the Constitution. "As it gives us the power to stand for equality. Also, it gives us the power to execute our right to choose not only the government but to speak against it, when it fails to deliver," he said. The Book "The Dalit Truth" is written by K.Raju. This book talks about the social discrimination of the people belonging to the Dalit caste and also their use as a vote bank. Rahul Talks On Misuse Of Institutions This is not the first time that the Congress leader has spoken against the BJP and its founding organisation RSS on a...
Read MoreIMF Praises India’s PMGKAY; How This Scheme Provides Food Security And Controls Poverty?
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has praised India’s efforts for food distribution during the COVID-19 pandemic. They said that the state averted extreme poverty rise during this era by providing food security through the govt initiative Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY). The IMF has also stated that India’s extreme poverty is a smaller amount than 1%and this was also maintained in 2020. The IMF presented a research paper based on the consumption and poverty estimates in India during the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper had a title called ‘Pandemic, Poverty, and Inequality: Evidence from India.’The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana played an enormous role in preventing the rise in extreme poverty levels across the state. As India’s food subsidy program w...
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