Category: The Hindu

India has highest number of children and adolescents living with HIV in South Asia: UNICEF report

• An estimated 120,000 children and adolescents aged 0-19 were living with HIV in India in 2017, the highest number

• Every year, several lives across the world are lost or debilitated due to vector-borne diseases such as dengue and

• The Centre has prepared guidelines for setting up of crèches at workplaces, which prescribe trained personnel to man the

• United Nations adds reggae music to its list of international cultural treasures to be preserved. • Other inclusions are

• Development processes and the development industry the role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and associations, donors, charities, institutional and

• A NASA spacecraft designed to burrow beneath the surface of Mars landed on the red planet Monday after a

• The Narcondam hornbill, its habitat restricted to a lone island; the Nicobar megapode, a bird that builds nests on

• The Transport Department has thrown open the gates for researchers and developers to try their hand at solving the

• Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (RIMES) for Africa and Asia has termed ‘Titli’. • the severe cyclonic storm

• Spraying sun-dimming chemicals high above the earth to slow global warming could be “remarkably inexpensive”, costing about $2.25 billion