Coalfields Projects Get Environmental Clearances During 2015-16
New Delhi (ABC Live) : During the year 2015-16 (as on 01.12.2015), Twelve projects have been accorded Environmental Clearance (EC) and four projects have been accorded Stage II Forestry Clearance...
View ArticleRain in Tamil Nadu:Latest on Rescue and Relief
New Delhi (ABC Live) : As on 03 Dec 15, The Army has 40 Rescue and Relief teams and 5 Engineer teams carrying out rescue operations in the most critical areas of Chennai.These teams have been operating...
View ArticleParliament to Pass 16 Bills in Winter Session
New Delhi (ABC Live): Government has proposed a heavy legislative agenda for consideration and passing by both the Houses of Parliament as the third week of current Winter session of Parliament begins...
View ArticleAgricultural Technology to Top Sustainable Development Agenda 2030
New Delhi (ABC Live): The General Assembly would underline the instrumental role of agricultural technology in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development under the terms of a draft...
View ArticleClimate Change Through Nuclear Power: An IAEA Appeal
New Delhi (ABC Live): In December 2015, world leaders gathered in Paris to hammer out a global treaty designed to ratchet back emissions of CO2 into the atmosphere caused by the burning of fossil...
View ArticleFighting Hunger Through Reduction in Food Wastage
New Delhi (ABC Live): Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the CGIAR research program on Policies,...
View ArticleUN Green Cities Get 2 Trillion Dollars Commitments
New Delhi (ABC Live):A new report by Yale University finds that the combined greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments recorded in two UN Green Cities, regions and companies alone surpasses the...
View ArticleCBDR Plays Balancer Between Poor and Rich in COP@21
New Delhi (ABC Live):Union Environment Minister Shri Prakash Javadekar has reiterated that India would ensure that the principle of Common But Differentiated Responsibilities (CBDR) is respected and...
View ArticleUDAY to Make DISCOMs Debt Free
New Delhi (ABC Live):The Scheme – UDAY (Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana) has been launched to improve financial and operational efficiencies of power distribution companies (DISCOMs). It envisages to...
View ArticleIndia Population to Bypass China in 2022
New Delhi (ABC Live): As per the latest World Population Prospects released by United Nations (revision 2015), the estimated population of India will be 1419 million approximately...
View ArticleAntibiotic Drug Resistance Comes under ICMR Scanner
New Delhi (ABC Live): Antibiotic drug resistance is developed in the micro-organisms. ICMR is carrying out surveillance of drug resistance to antibiotics through its Antimicrobial Resistance...
View ArticleRBI Releases Data on Foreign Liabilities and Assets
Mumbai (ABC Live):The Reserve Bank of India today released, on its website, the data related to the Census on Foreign Liabilities and Assets of Indian Direct Investment Companies for the year 2014-15....
View ArticleSEBI Offers BSDA Facility to Individuals
Mumbai (ABC Live); Facility for Basic Services Demat Account (BSDA) , SEBI vide circular no. CIR/MRD/DP/22/2012 dated August 27, 2012 had introduced the facility of “Basic Services Demat Account”...
View ArticleLibya National Unity Government Emerges
New Delhi (ABC Live):The new United Nations envoy for Libya announced today that the parties to the country’s political dialogue process have agreed to set 16 December as the target date to sign the...
View ArticleSecurity Council Bats for Minsk Agreements in Ukraine
New Delhi (ABC Live): Minsk Agreements would be the basis of permanent peace in east Ukraine. Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s briefing to the...
View ArticleStudy Climate Change in Mountains by Nuclear Techniques
New Delhi (ABC Live): Nuclear techniques are being used in to study Climate Change in Mountains and its impact on the quality of land, water and ecosystems in order to better conserve and manage...
View ArticleIndia Signs MoU for Establishing Three IIITs
New Delhi (ABC Live): The Central Government today signed Memorandum of Understanding and documentation for establishing three IIITs at Ranchi, Nagpur and Pune. These IIITs are operated on a...
View ArticleIndia Launches Safeguard investigation on certain Hot-rolled flat Sheets, Plates
New Delhi (ABC Live):On 10 December 2015, India notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards that it initiated on 7 December 2015 a safeguard investigation on Hot-rolled flat sheets and plates (excluding...
View ArticleParis Climate Change Agreement Targets 1.5 Celsius
New Delhi (ABC Live): An historic Paris Climate Change Agreement to combat climate change and unleash actions and investment towards a low carbon, resilient and sustainable future was agreed by 195...
View ArticleIAEA Adopts Resolution on Iran Nuclear Programme
New Delhi (ABC Live):The IAEA Board of Governors today considered the Director General’s Final Assessment on Past and Present Outstanding Issues Regarding Iran’s Nuclear Programme and adopted a...
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