The bank was recognized for the Best Fintech Collaboration category and Best AI & ML Punjab National Bank (PNB), nation’s leading public sector bank, won two prestigious awards at the 18th Annual Banking Technology Conference, Expo and Awards 2022. At the conference following the theme of “Future of Digital & …
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MoU Inked between SMALL INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT BANK OF INDIA (SIDBI) and AGENCE FRANÇAISE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT (AfD) for Greening the Finance for Net Zero 2070
SIDBI, and AGENCE FRANÇAISE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT (AfD) joined in partnership with the aim of strengthening the cooperation on climate change and greening finance. AFD is a public development finance institution which objective is to support both India’s international commitments on reducing greenhouse gases emissions and to ensure economic and social …
Read More »MCD officials aware of air pollution, feel they can do little about it: Study
Dr. Seema Javed The national capital of Delhi is among the most polluted cities in the world, with its citizens exposed to unsafe levels of toxic ultrafine air particulate matter (PM) and other pollutants throughout the year. While probable solutions to the crisis are discussed in plenty, gaps in policy …
Read More »COP 27 in Sharm- Al-Sheikh failed to ensure a world free of fossil fuels
Dr. Seema Javed The scale of influence of the fossil-fuel industry and its supporting states was on full display in Sharm-Al-Sheikh,Egypt during the UN climate dialogue. The UN climate talks which closed in Egypt today started to address the symptoms of the climate crisis in a breakthrough decision for the …
Read More »Uttar Pradesh Moving Fast to Realise 1 Trillion Dollar Economy
Chief Secretary of UP in the inaugural of APAC ‘India Digital Empowerment Meet & Awards’… Lucknow. Uttar Pradesh moving fast to realise 1 Trillion Dollar economy. This was stated by Durga Shanker Mishra, IAS, Chief Secretary of UP in the inaugural of ‘3rd India Digital Empowerment Meet & Awards’ which …
Read More »Nine new countries sign up for Global Offshore Wind Alliance in COP27
COP27 has seen nine new countries including Belgium, Colombia, Germany, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, the UK, the US join the Global Offshore Wind Alliance (GOWA), pledging to a rapid ramp up of offshore wind in order to tackle the climate and energy security crises. The Global Offshore Wind Alliance …
Read More »Loss and Damage in the Sundarbans
Dr. Seema Javed The Sundarbans are a cluster of low-lying islands in the Bay of Bengal, spread across India and Bangladesh. The region is recognised internationally for its unique biodiversity and ecological importance – including the single largest mangrove forest in the world, encompassing a total area of 10,200 km2. …
Read More »The closing window: inadequate progress on climate action makes rapid transformation of societies only option
Dr. Seema Javed As intensifying climate impacts across the globe hammer home the message that greenhouse gas emissions must fall rapidly, a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report finds that the international community is still falling far short of the Paris goals, with no credible pathway to 1.5°C in place. …
Read More »Have India learnt from last year’s T20I World Cup debacle?
Dr. Subhasis Ray & Dr. Bhaskar Basu Another T20 World Cup tournament is knocking at our door. But have we learnt from our debacle in the last World Cup (i.e. T20I WC held in 2021 in UAE)? Our hearts think so, but heads don’t. India’s fate was decided quite early …
Read More »Mulayam Singh Yadav founder of Samajwadi Party dies at 82
Jubilee News Desk Former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and founder of Samajwadi Party Mulayam Singh passed away on Monday at the age of 82. He was to turn 83 in six weeks. Samajwadi Party quoted Mulayam Singh’s son Akhilesh Yadav as saying, “My respected father and everyone’s Neta-ji has …
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