Jubilee News Desk  The third e-auction to offload wheat under OMSS (D) was held on 22 February. Stocks were offered from 620 depots spread over 23 Regions of FCI across the country. Total quantity of 11.79 LMT was offered and 5.07 LMT of wheat has been auctioned. Against the all …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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, …

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 …