1.7 million requests to the Environment Ministry seeking to withdraw draft EIA
About five hundred experts from the country have written a letter on Wednesday to the Union Environment ministry with the request to withdraw the draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification 2020. The experts being the scientists, researchers and academics from top institutes including Indian Institutes of Technology requested stating that draft EIA might be a…
Australia experiences first recession in nearly three decades
The economy of Australia has contracted with a first recession in nearly past 30 years due to the massive fallout inflicted by Coronavirus pandemic. The Gross domestic product (GDP) shrank 7 % in the three month quarter April – June as compared with the previous three months. Biggest fall since 1959 Australia, quite popularly known…
Afghanistan has initiated releasing Taliban prisoners
Afghanistan has started the controversial process of releasing hundreds of prisoners belonging to Taliban. As per the AFP news agency, the Afghanistan authorities have liberated 200 prisoners since Monday, whereas, The Taliban have set-free four Afghan commandos. Ending the two decades conflictTaliban and Afghanistan have a 19 years long conflict and to settle it withnegotiations,…
India calls for the removal of Jammu and Kashmir issue from UNSC under ‘Outdated Agenda Item’
India at the United Nations has called for permanent removal of Jammu and Kashmir issue under outdated agenda item from the agenda of the Security Council. Pakistan’s UN envoy, Munir Akram was bringing up the J & K issue during the virtual meeting on the report of the Security Council. Akram mentioned that the Security…
Karnataka has a longer battle to meet Sustainable Development Goals
Karnataka will have to prepare for a whopping sum of ₹ 9.87 lakh crore foraccomplishing the targets of Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) by 2030. The state is currently facing a tough battle with issues in hand such as poverty, hunger, gender equality and other issues. From the 400 page vision document curated by the government, Karnataka…
Karnataka holds second position for COVID-19 positive medical staff
Karnataka has taken up the second position in the country to have the most number of COVID- 19 positive healthcare staff following Maharashtra. The count of virus-infected medical staff has reached to as high as 12,260 and 46 have died with the severity. As per the Indian Council of Medical Reserach (ICMR), the infected healthcare…
Thousands taken into police custody based on ‘virus related crimes’ in China
Around 5,800 people are suspiciously arrested for death of healthcare workers, sales of defective equipment and concealing their travel history in China from January. These cases are significantly linked with the safety issue pertaining to Coronavirus – epidemic related crimes. One case consisted of a shopper harassing another customer to follow the safety precautions and…
Karnataka to get AIIMS in 2021
The Union Government is planning to establish an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Karnataka during the following financial year. This is a part of the centre’s initiative to widen the government based medical infrastructure in the country, as stated by the Union Minister of Health and Family welfare, Harsh Wardhan. Harsh Wardhan…