We cover News & Events both Global and those specific to India which have reference to environment , community and governance.
Niti Aayog pitches for raising import duty on edible oils to make India self-sufficient in production
Kerala landslides: 173 people dead 221 people were admitted to hospitals from the disaster-hit areas and of them 91 are still undergoing treatment.
.Assam floods and Wayanad landslides aside, one-fourth of India faces rainfall deficit. The rainfall in July was unevenly distributed, both spatially and temporally
India’s jobless are finally getting some love — and money
Tuesday’s revised Union Budget promised five new programs, totaling 2 trillion rupees ($24 billion) in fiscal sops, to employers and new hires.
Tom Yum Remedy: From Elephant Conflict to Coexistence
How the Thai national dish serves as an innovative, sustainable solution in solving the long-standing human-elephant conflict.
Remnants of green India under concerted attack. Panel set up after activists dissatisfied with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order move the apex court
Lessons in the rise of tomato prices. India is the largest producer of vegetables and fruits in the world after China.
Food choices key to tackling global warming, study finds.The team noted that the growth of the global population and rising demand for emission-intensive food are likely to boost emissions further.
‘Black Gold’ dependence.
Coal use climbs worldwide despite promises to slash it.
China, India, Indonesia, Turkey and Zimbabwe were the only countries that both added new coal plants and announced new projects
TN Agriculture Budget: Rs 14,000 crore for cooperative crop loan, one-stop portal, overseas tours for farmers; and more
Rs 2,337 crore was allocated as the state government’s share of premium subsidy for crop insurance.
EVs to increase India's dependence on China, says GTRI report.The report also said that there is a need for life cycle impact evaluation for the EVs sector. EVs result in the release of pollutants during battery manufacturing, disposal, and charging and about 70 per cent of materials used to manufacture EVs in India are imported from China and a few other countries.
30 major hydro power projects coming up in Himalayan belt states .Out of 30 under-construction projects, only two projects ,Phata Byung and Tapovan Vishnugad in Uttarakhand, were impacted due to natural events
Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees not plausible: Report says social change is essential to meeting the temperature goals set in Paris
Parag MIlk foods follows Mother Dairy and Amul; hikes milk prices of Gowardhan brand by Rs 2 per litre
Sugar output up 3.4% till Jan 31; diversion for ethanol rises 38.6%.Overall production estimated 6.2% higher than year-ago period
India Energy Week: Rising demand for fossil fuel dominated the talks-
The coal entrepreneurs seem to have cottoned on to the fact that there is no doomsday arriving for the sector anytime soon
New wheat crop arrivals start, mandi prices rule above MSP-
The FCI sold 0.92 MT of wheat in the open market in the first e-auction held across 22 states last week. The next auction is slated for February 15.
Adani Shock Rips Through ESG Funds as Strategy Fails Test-
Adani stocks are spread across large numbers of ESG funds
ESG fund exposure to fraud risk raises doubts about policies
Wheat prices fall by Rs 5/kg after launch of open market sale: Union Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra said the prices of wheat in wholesale & retail markets reduced by about Rs 5/kg after the Centre's decision to sell 3 million tonnes of the grain in the open market
