'The United Arab Emirates, which is hosting the ongoing COP28 climate summit, announced that it would contribute $30 billion to a new fund aiming to divert private sector capital towards climate inves Read More...
'The Rajya Sabha recently passed the Post Office Bill to govern all services offered by post offices, such as saving accounts, benefit transfer by the government, and insurance schemes, replacing the Read More...
'India reported a total of over 1.7 lakh suicides in 2022, nearly one-third of whom were daily wage earners, agricultural labourers, and farmers, according to the National Crime Record Bureau’s Read More...
'Recently, the UK announced the completion of half a million whole-genome sequences, almost 0.7% of its population.' Asia, and India, are not far off vis-à-vis population-level sequencing ei Read More...
'Recently, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, examining the three new criminal law Bills set to replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), and the India Read More...
'Disability as an identity and entity exists at the intersection of multiple vulnerabilities — social, economic and gender — with each facet requiring careful consideration when conceptual Read More...
'India was re-elected to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council with the highest tally, and the term of council will be for the biennium 2024-25.' The highest votes are indicative of Read More...
'Delhi is the most unsafe metropolitan city for women in the country, recording on an average three rape cases daily, according to the annual report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).' Read More...
'Malaysia has become the latest country to extend the advantage of visa-free travel to Indian citizens.' The facility will be extended to Indian travellers till December 31, 2024 and will be valid Read More...
'Recently, for the first time in 28 years of climate change negotiations, the climate-health nexus will take centre stage at the United Nations Conference of Parties (COP28) summit in the UAE.' U Read More...