WHO Air Quality Database- 2022 Update

According to the World Health Organisation’s air quality database 2022 update, around 99 percent of the population of the planet breathes air that exceeds the air quality limits of WHO and also threatens the health of the people. Overview: According ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report- Highlights

The latest series of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report has highlighted that without immediate emissions reductions across all sectors, it would be difficult to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Overview: The report also ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022

Category: Environment Current Affairs • Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Hurun Richest Self-Made Women in the World 2022

Three Indian women Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw of Biocon, Falguni Nayar of Nykaa, and Radha Vembu of Zoho have been featured in the latest Hurun Richest Self-Made Women in the World 2022 (Hurun list of women self-made billionaires). Who has topped this ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

WWF Report on Online Wildlife Trade

The World Wildlife Fund has released a report stating that in Myanmar illegal purchases of wildlife online are increasing which is causing a threat to both endangered species and public health. Findings of the report Following the 2021 military takeover ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022

Category: International / World Current Affairs • Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

State of World Population Report

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) publishes the State of World Population (SoWP) report annually. The 2022 version of this report has been released recently. Overview: The recently released State of World Population Report 2022 has been titled “Seeing the ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Study on India’s Space Economy

Two premier research and educational institutions have released a study shedding light on the space economy of India. Even as India’s space programme expanded by leaps and bounds, the parameters surrounding it are vague. Overview: This study is a first-of-its-kind ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2022

Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Final Estimates of 2020-21 of Area and Production of Horticultural Crops

The information regarding the Final Estimates of 2020-21 and First Advance Estimates of 2021-22 of Area and Production of various Horticultural Crops have been released by the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. 2020-21 (Final) Highlights Total Horticulture production in ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2022

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Warming of Tropical Indian Ocean

Jitendra Singh, MoS Ministry of Earth Sciences, has told Rajya Sabha that a rapid increase in ocean warming has been experienced by the tropical Indian Ocean. It has been observed that there was around a 1-degree Celsius (°C) average rise ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2022

Category: Environment Current Affairs • Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

UNEP ‘Annual Frontier Report, 2022’

In the UNEP Annual Frontier Report 2022 which is titled ‘Noise, Blazes and Mismatches’, Dhaka has been ranked as the noisiest city in the world which is followed by Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh. Overview: Five Indian cities have been ranked in ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2022

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey

According to the newly released National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey 2019-2021, the highest incidents of pulmonary tuberculosis cases across the country were recorded in Delhi with the lowest being in Kerala. Overview: After six decades, this survey has been conducted and ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2022

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs