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Manoj Misra The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) under the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEFCC) has recently prepared Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for the rejuvenation of 13 Indian rivers and released a document…
Even before COVID-19, the unemployment rate touched a peak in 2017-18 at 6.1%. The urban unemployment rate was 7.8% and the rural unemployment rate was 5.3%. While the unemployment rate declined to 5.8% in 2018-19 and 4.8% in 2019-20, urban unemployment declined marginally to 7.7% and 6.9%, respectively. It was stubbornly around 7-8% during 2021 and later. If we consider the current weekly status quarterly unemployment statistics for urban areas, it was 9.4% in January-March 2021 and rose to 12.6% in April-June 2021.
आशीष कोठारी विश्लेषण आम बजट 2022-23 को तीन भागों के ज़रिये समझने का प्रयास करता है। यह हैं- 1. पर्यावरण क्षेत्र को सीधे किया गया आवंटन 2. गैर पर्यावरणीय क्षेत्र में किया गया आवंटन जो सीधे पर्यावरण पर अनुकूल प्रभाव…
The IQAir World Air Quality Report: 2021, released on March 22, 2022, highlights that India's capital Delhi has been named the world's most polluted capital for the fourth consecutive year. Of the 50 most polluted cities in the world, 35 are in India and 10 of the top 15 most polluted cities in Central and South Asia are in India, four in Pakistan and just one in China. India also ranks fifth among the countries most affected by air pollution. India's air quality is deteriorating day by day due to air pollution (World Air Quality Report, 2021).
The Ukraine crisis has emerged as another major challenge and instigator for the ongoing transition in the much-stressed global order or disorder depending on the way one looks at it. The Russian invasion or ‘special military operation’ as Moscow terms it, was a combination and culmination of the ideological contest, political beliefs, real politics and disregard for genuine concerns, entitlement and abdication of diplomatic paths. It was often perceived that the next big war would happen in Asia as the unbridled growth of China and its military-economic ambitions would herald a situation where confrontation was the eventual outcome.
With the Russian invasion of Ukraine, similarities are being drawn towards an impending Chinese military occupation of Taiwan. The 4 February joint statement between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping mentioned their respective positions in Ukraine and Taiwan. China’s social networking sites equated to the two cases of Ukraine and Taiwan.
Harsh V Pant It’s been 25 years since the formation of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (Bimstec) in 1997. But it is only recently that the grouping has begun to gain traction. The summit…