The 29th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ended on November 24 in Baku, Azerbaijan. New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance Baku to Belem Roadmap
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PM Modi honoured with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Global Peace Award
During the event, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was honoured in absentia with the ‘Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Global Peace Award for Minority Upliftment.’
UNHCR launches Global Appeal for 2025
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has launched the $10 billion Global Appeal for 2025 to meet critical needs and implement sustainable solutions for millions of refugees, displaced persons and stateless people worldwide.
Global Matchmaking Platform (GMP)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Climate Club launched the Global Matchmaking Platform (GMP) at COP29 in Baku . Promoting the green energy transition is a key priority for the COP29 Presidency and the GMP will play an Read More …
ICA Global Cooperative Conference 2024
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated ICA Global Cooperative Conference 2024 and launched the UN International Year of Cooperatives 2025 on 25th November at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. Key points About International Cooperative Alliance (ICA)
Biofloc Technology (BFT)
According to a recent media report, India’s aquaculture sector has increasingly adopted Biofloc Technology (BFT) and Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS). Biofloc Technology (BFT) Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS)
Cashew nutshell liquid biofuel
Several ships in Singapore and Rotterdam reported operational problems in recent months after using marine fuel blended with cashew nutshell liquid biofuel, fuel testing agency CTI-Maritec said in an advisory. About Cashew nut liquid
MeerKAT radio telescope
An international team of astronomers has employed the MeerKAT radio telescope to investigate giant radio galaxies in the field of the Cosmological Evolution Survey (COSMOS).
Prehistoric rock-cut footprints found in Kerala
Recently, 24 pairs of prehistoric footprints and a human figure have been found carved into rock on private property at Kanhirapoil in Madikkai panchayat in Kerala.
India’s first modern gaushala with a state-of-the-art Compressed Biogas (CBG) plant
On October 2, 2024, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated Gwalior’s new 100 TPD cattle dung-based Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) plant, exemplifying his vision for a “Waste to Wealth” initiative. The CBG plant is Gwalior’s largest cowshed, Adarsh Gaushala, located in Read More …
Sesame oil
Researchers have identified a new microbe responsible for a peculiar disease that has been affecting the sesame fields of Midnapore in West Bengal.
Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT)
India and Sweden co-chaired the Annual Summit of the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT), held on the sidelines of COP29 to the UN Climate Change Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan in November 2024.
Project Veer Gatha 4.0.
More than 1.76 crore school students from all 36 States and UTs have participated enthusiastically in Project Veer Gatha 4.0.
Jobs at Your Doorstep report 2024
Union Minister for Education along with Minister of Labour and Employment launched a report titled Jobs at Your Doorstep: A Jobs Diagnostics for Young People in Six States.
Oreshnik missile
President Vladimir Putin said that Russia would keep testing the hypersonic Oreshnik missile it fired at Ukraine.