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  • Joined: August 6, 2023
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National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem (NM-SHE)

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The National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem (NM-SHE) is an initiative launched in 2014, as one of the eight missions under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC)  and falls under the observation and implementation of the Department of Science and Technology (DST). The Himalayan ecosystem is one of the largest resources of snow and ice and remains a vulnerable ecosystem due to the consequences of climate change and developmental issues. 

Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan Yojana

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Unorganised Workers are mostly engaged as home-based workers, street vendors, mid-day meal workers, head loaders, brick kiln workers, etc. As per the e-Shram portal, there are over 30.51 crore unorganised workers registered, as on 31 December 2024. Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan Dhan was introduced in the Interim Budget 2019.

From Bridges to Bureaucracy:Policy Failure and the Crisis of Accountability in India

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How many stampedes need to occur, bridges need to collapse, fires need to devastate public places, cities need to get flooded for the nation to act to reform the crippled and crippling systems? Adverse events occur with such regularity that the public accepts them with resignation and cynicism. Many suffer silently, believing that it is God ordained fate. And, the well-off accept that they cannot insulate themselves from these uncivilised living conditions in spite of their wealth.

From Labubu to Luxury: What a Plush Toy Reveals About China’s Consumer Transformation

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Singer Madonna recently celebrated her 67th birthday, and her birthday cake came in the form of a giant Labubu toy. This signals, if anyone had anymore doubts on the score, the arrival of this stuffed toy from China as an icon of contemporary popular culture. And that, in turn, attests to a structural change in the Chinese economy, bringing it in the league of rich world economies, even if China’s per capita income is still that of a middle-income economy, albeit towards the upper end of that income range.

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