'India has been ranked 105th out of 127 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2024, placing it in the "serious" category for hunger levels.' The GHI, a tool used to measure and track hunger gl Read More...
'The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) last week wrote to chief secretaries of all states and Union territories, recommending that madrasa boards be “closed down”, Read More...
'Seeking to restrain companies from making false or misleading claims about the environment-friendly nature of their products or services, the Centre released new guidelines that make it mandato Read More...
'A hundred million tonnes of nitrogen are now removed from the atmosphere and converted into fertilizer via the Haber-Bosch process, adding 165 million tonnes of reactive nitrogen to the soil.' To Read More...
'THAAD is a missile defense system designed to intercept and destroy short- to medium-range ballistic missiles during their final flight phase.' It uses a "hit-to-kill" approach where an intercepto Read More...
'Elon Musk-owned SpaceX successfully intercepted the returning booster back of its Starship rocket by using the mechanical arms in its launch pad, achieving a tremendous feat.' This is the first Read More...
'The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2024 to three US-based economists — Daron Acemoglu, Simon John Read More...
'The Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, has been one of the most empowering laws for Indians. ' From exposing corruption in the delivery of basic rights to bringing to light the truth behind the Read More...
'In India, this year’s summer shattered records, with red alerts issued nationwide. Over 200 lives were lost to heatwaves (official), but countless more went unrecorded.' Delhi experienced Read More...
'The Delhi High Court last week issued directions aimed at improving the availability of so-called “orphan drugs”, which are medications used to treat “rare diseases” — d Read More...
