On this Day 8th June: World Ocean Day In 2008, the United Nations recognized World Oceans Day on June 8 as a time to celebrate the immense bodies of water that make up roughly 70% of the Earth’s surface. Celebrated annually since then, the goal of the day is to promote conservation efforts […]
Subject: Environment Context: With the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to UNFCCC pushed back a full year – to November, 2021 – the UNFCCC’s Climate Ambition Alliance has launched a global campaign called “Race to Zero” Concept: It is an “international campaign for a healthy, resilient zero carbon recovery” The campaign aims to codify commitments made […]
Subject: Environment Context: Deep sea hotspots of biodiversity are also likely to get affected by micro plastics deposition, according to a recent study published in Science Concept: The researchers found thermohaline driven currents caused microplastics to accumulate in the same regions where underwater organisms flock in the benthic region Reason for flocking of organisms is […]
Subject: Science and tech Concept: COVID 19 A term coined by the World Health Organization (WHO) to denote the disease that has led to a pandemic. On February 11, 2020, WHO announced a name for the mysterious disease originating in China, caused by a new corona virus. It called it coronavirus disease 2019, abbreviated as […]
Subject: Economy Context: Concept: In 2015, India made major changes to its compilation of national accounts and bring the whole process into conformity with the United Nations System of National Accounts (SNA) of 2008. GVA As per the SNA, gross value added, is defined as the value of output minus the value of intermediate consumption […]
Subject: Economy/polity Context: Thomas Piketty in his new book “Capital and Ideology” examines a trajectory of inequality in the world, with an optimistic suggestion on how to realise a better future for all. Concept: Scholars look at income inequality in purely economistic terms, but Piketty is among those who look at such issues holistically, in […]