'The central government moved the Appropriation (No 5) Bill, 2022, and the Appropriation (No 4) Bill, 2022, in the Rajya Sabh recently aimed to authorize payment and appropriation of certain further Read More...
'Members of the European Union agreed in principle to implement a minimum tax of 15% on big businesses.' The global minimum corporate tax rate, or simply the global minimum tax, is a minimum rate o Read More...
'The ‘Friends of Library’ programme, under which books would be directly given to those who are unable to access state-run libraries, was introduced by the Tamil Nadu government.' The Read More...
'Japan recently unveiled its biggest military build-up since World War Two with a $320 billion plan that will buy missiles capable of striking China.' The sweeping, five-year plan, once unthinkable Read More...
'Parliament recently passed the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022, giving sweeping powers to the central government to create a carbon credit trading mechanism.' Amendments brought into Read More...
'The famous Tal Chhapar blackbuck sanctuary in Rajasthan’s Churu district has received a protective cover against a proposed move of the State government to reduce the size of its eco-sensitive Read More...
'Gujarat’s Vadnagar town, the iconic Sun Temple at Modhera, and the rock cut sculptures of Unakoti in Tripura have been added to the tentative list of UNCESO World Heritage Sites.' The Sun Read More...
'The 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) recently. The framework has 23 targets that Read More...
'Scientists working on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have successfully trialled a new method for freezing and storing coral larvae they say could eventually help rewild reefs threatened by cli Read More...
'With India’s century of independence 25 years away, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in partnership with McKinsey & Company has launched ‘India&rsquo Read More...
