On December 12, 2015, during the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Paris, France, several nations submitted their first nationally determined contributions (NDCs) in accordance with the Paris Agreement. The deal was finalized on November 4, 2016.
The Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector is the backbone of the Indian economy, contributing around 30% to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). According to the Ministry of MSME, India is home to over 58 million MSMEs, which collectively generate approximately 120 million jobs. This makes MSMEs the second-largest employment provider in India, second only to the agriculture sector.
India, one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, has experienced a rapid increase in energy demand over the past few decades. The country faces the dual challenge of providing reliable energy access to its vast and diverse population while reducing its dependence on fossil fuels, contributing to environmental pollution and climate change. In November 2015 our PM Narendra Modi proposed the International Solar Alliance which aims to promote solar power utilisation on a global scale, encouraging member countries to adopt solar energy as a means to achieve sustainable and low-carbon growth.
Every year on June 30, Our world celebrates the International Day of Parliamentarism, also known as World Parliament Day. On this day in 1889, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) was established by a small group of parliamentarians who believed that parliamentary dialogue and diplomacy are essential to settling differences rather than going on to war, 135 years later, nearly every country in the world has some form of parliament, accounting to a total of 190 today.
The official 22nd India-Russia annual summit took place in Moscow on the 8th of July 2024. This was also the first time PM Modi visited Moscow since the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in 2021.
The National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) was launched by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) at the start of 2019 to improve the air quality of 131 cities across 24 states/UTs in India. It is the first-ever effort by the Indian government to provide a national-level framework with time-bound reduction.
The International Monetary Fund recently developed the AI Preparedness Index to evaluate the level of AI readiness in various organizations. This index assesses AI preparedness in 174 countries by examining factors like digital infrastructure, human capital and labor market policies, innovation and economic integration, as well as regulation and ethics.