• In an effort to address climate change goals and global impact of COVID-19, countries like Australia, Canada, Mexico etc are asking for making environmental-related services trade more affordable through increased market opening by WTO members. Key highlights: • However,…
• From the Labour and Employment Ministry base year will be revised to 2016 from 2001. • This giving more weight to non-food items (spending on housing, education and health) in inflation index calculation. Key highlights: • To spending on…
• US, Brazil and Colombia at World Trade Organisation (WTO) suggested binding commitments on members for early implementation of provisions under TFA. • India opposed this binding commitment at the time of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. However, India has already…
• Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas inaugurated IndianOil’s compact reformer plant and launched the trial run of Delhi’s buses on Hydrogen-blended CNG (HCNG). About: • HCNG is a hydrogen-enriched compressed natural gas (CNG). • In Delhi, instead of…
• NGT was established in 2010 under NGT Act 2010. About: • It aims for effective and expeditious disposal of cases relating to environmental protection and conservation of forests and other natural resources etc. • It is guided by principles…
• Study used the latest available food price and wage information from the National Sample Survey’s 2011 dataset. Key findings: • Cost of a recommended diet (CoRD) in India in 2011 (the most recent year for which expenditure and consumption…
• Recently, DW have brought out a manifesto demanding universal registration of employers and domestic workers and national legislation. • In the wake of COVID-19, many are denied their earnings, protective gear, and the rightful access to information about the…
• In a vital discovery which may help understand the mystery behind declining star formation activity in the Milky Way, a team of astronomers from the Pune-based National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA-TIFR) and Raman Research Institute (RRI) in Bengaluru…
• GHI Is a tool for comprehensively measuring and tracking hunger at global, regional, and national levels, score. • GHI is published by Concern Worldwide (international humanitarian organization) and Welthungerhilfe (private aid organisations in Germany). Key findings: • Nearly 690…
• India and France were re-elected as president and co-president of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) for a term of two years at its third assembly on Wednesday, an official statement said. • The Third Assembly of the ISA was…
• Draft Regulations propose pooling of the existing approved pipeline tariffs to arrive at one single tariff to be charged across the pipelines. This will be called the Unified Pipeline Tariff (UPT). • There would be cross subsidisation of consumers…
• In response to an RTI application, RGI clarified that Aadhaar is not mandatory for birth, death registration. • It also stated that if Aadhaar is provided voluntarily, it must not be printed on any document or stored in any…
