India’s GDP growth to be 7.3 % in 2018-19: World Bank
As per the recent forecast by World Bank, India’s GDP is expected to grow at 7.3% in the fiscal year 2018-19, and 7.5% in the following two years.
Biomedical Waste Management in India: Still a looming concern
Bio-medical waste management (BMWM) in India has necessitated the MoEFCC to amend and enforce the “parent rules” of 2016, yet again.
Fungus-Candida auris
Recently C. auris reached New York, New Jersey and Illinois, leading the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to add it to a list of germs deemed “urgent threats.”
Bacteria to degrade aromatic compounds by IIT Bombay- Pseudomonas putida CSV86
IIT Bombay researchers can selectively remove from the environment toxic, aromatic pollutants by using a unique strain of bacterium isolated from soil contaminated with petroleum products.
Swiss protest over global warming
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in several Swiss cities against climate change.
Rise in Forex Reserves
According to latest data released by RBI, the country’s foreign exchange reserves rose to a ten-month high of $411.91 billion as on March 29, as against $406.67 billion a week earlier.
Small Finance Banks
As per the recent Data from RBI, the small finance banks, in total, saw their deposits grow 31.6% in the third quarter (ended December) of the last financial year.
Ujjwala Yojana
A new study is conducted from the Research Institute for Compassionate Economics (r.i.c.e) on Ujjwala Yojana.
How Election Commission runs poll machinery
A war of words has broken out between Mamata Banerjee and the Election Commission, with Mamata questioning the latter’s decision to transfer four senior police officers in her state, and the EC responding that it is within its rights to act against police officers on poll duty.
To achieve development goals, Asia-Pacific countries need to spend $1.5 tn/yr: UN report
A new report by a regional arm of the United Nations says that an additional annual investment of $1.5 trillion ”” equivalent to a dollar per person per day ”” would allow countries in the Asia-Pacific region to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030