Jubilee News Desk The Union Cabinet chaired by Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the signing of the Air Services Agreement between the Government of India and the Government of Co-operative Republic of Guyana. The Air Services Agreement will come into force after the exchange of diplomatic notes between the …
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India is among the world’s top 50 regions at risk of damage from climate change
Dr. Seema Javed After China, India has the highest number of states (9) in the top 50, which include Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab and Kerala. A new report has found nine states in India are among the world’s top 50 regions at risk of …
Read More »Fossil fuel prices are linked to current cost of living pressures in India
Dr. Seema Javed Fossil-fuel related items – transport and household energy, contributed about 20% to India’s annual rate of inflation between April and May 2022 according to a recent report by Cambridge Econometrics. At that time, India’s annual inflation rate (CPI) was between 7 and 8%. The report highlights that …
Read More »AICTE and BPRD Jointly Launch a National Level Hackathon
Jubilee News Desk Advancing India’s cyber-preparedness, KAVACH-2023, a national level hackathon was launched today to identify innovative ideas and technological solutions for addressing the cyber security and cybercrime challenges of the 21st century. While addressing media, Dr. T G Sitharam, Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), said that …
Read More »Climate pledges of leading companies are misleading
Dr. Seema Javed The climate strategies of 24 of the worlds’ largest ‘climate leader’ companies are wholly insufficient and mired by ambiguity. Long-term net-zero pledges distract from the fact that climate pledges for 2030 go less than halfway to what is required to stay below the 1.5°C temperature limit. The …
Read More »Rising Sea is a major threat for countries like Netherlands, Bangladesh, India and China
Dr. Seema Javed According to the latest Sea-level rise report – rising sea level is a major threat for countries like Netherlands, Bangladesh, India and China some of which comprise large coastal populations. Several big cities on all continents are threatened, such as Shanghai, Dhaka, Bangkok, Jakarta, Mumbai, Maputo, Lagos, …
Read More »Climate Models are predicting El Niño, with Intense Heatwaves and Less Rain this year
Dr. Seema Javed La Nina is all set to bid adieu, with the anomalies of cool temperatures in the Pacific waters are likely to dissolve. According to the latest forecast by NOAA, a transition from La Niña to ENSO-neutral will occur mostly during the February-April 2023 season. This is the …
Read More »Special pan India enforcement drives to implement ban on Single Use Plastic
Jubilee News Desk Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today informed that the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, as amended, provide the statutory framework and the prescribed authorities for enforcement of the rules, …
Read More »73 airports have been operationalized under UDAN scheme
Jubilee News desk Ministry of Civil Aviation has launched Regional Connectivity Scheme – UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) on 21.10.2016 to stimulate regional air connectivity and making air travel affordable to the masses. UDAN is a market driven scheme. Interested airlines based on their assessment of demand on particular …
Read More »Glorious history of Indian cinema
Jubilee Feature Desk Indian cinema has a rich and diverse history that dates back to the early 1900s, with the first Indian silent film, Raja Harishchandra, released in 1913. Indian cinema has gone through many transformations over the years and has produced numerous iconic films and legendary actors, directors, and …
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