Gender Inequality Hurdles in Getting SDG 1 Target
New Delhi (ABC Live):The end of poverty can only be achieved with the end of gender-based discrimination. All over the world, gender inequality makes and keeps women poor, depriving them of basic...
View ArticleWFP Chief India Visit Aims Zero Hunger by 2030
New Delhi (ABC Live): Zero Hunger by 2030 : United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Ertharin Cousin today concluded a three-day visit to India where she met senior government...
View ArticleSikkim Organic Farming As Sustainable Agriculture
New Delhi (ABC Live):Sikkim Organic Farming : The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today inaugurated the Sikkim Organic Festival 2016, and addressed the Plenary Session of the National Conference on...
View ArticleRBI Interacts with NBFCs,ARCs on Strategic Debt Restructuring
Mumbai (ABC Live): Strategic Debt Restructuring: Senior officials from the Reserve Bank of India, including the Governor, Dr. Raghuram Rajan, Deputy Governors Shri R. Gandhi and Shri S.S. Mundra, as...
View ArticleSEBI Gets New Address in Patna
Patna (ABC Live): SEBI :Shri Nitish Kumar, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Bihar, inaugurated the new premises of the Local Office of Securities and Exchange Board of India at Patna today, in the presence of...
View ArticleCBI Arrests Chennai PF Commissioner for Taking Bribe
New Delhi (ABC Live): Chennai PF Commissioner: The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Regional Commissioner–I, Chennai Region, Employees Provident Fund Organisation, Chennai; two...
View ArticleCBI File FIR Against NIPER Director K K Bhutani for Fraud
New Delhi ( ABC Live): NIPER Director K K Bhutani Arrest :The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against then Director; Officiating Director; Registrar & CVO; then Officiating...
View ArticleIndia Achieves Full Digitization of Ration Cards
New Delhi (ABC Live): Digitization of Ration Cards : The Government has achieved significant mile stones in the reforms of PDS. Almost 100 % (99.9%) ration cards have been digitised across the country....
View ArticleKnow India Fast Breeder Reactor Technology
New Delhi (ABC Live): Fast Breeder Reactor Technology :Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) has been carrying out a comprehensive R&D on sodium cooled fast breeder reactor technology...
View ArticleGlobal Spices Trade Adopts Codex Standards
New Delhi (ABC Live): Codex Standards :In a major recognition of India’s efforts to benchmark global spices trade, the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) has adopted three Codex standards for black,...
View ArticleDelhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Overlaps other Corridors
New Delhi (ABC Live): Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor :India is developing various Industrial Corridors for accelerating its industrial growth following is the funds available for them: Status of...
View ArticleIndia All Set to Amend Amasr Act 2010
New Delhi (ABC Live): Amasr Act 2010 :The proposal for amendment of the Amasr Act, 2010 has been approved by the Cabinet and the pertaining Bill has been moved to Lok Sabha. The proposal is to allow...
View ArticleKnow Criminal Cases Against Overseas Placement Agents
New Delhi (ABC Live):Overseas Placement Agents : The Government has been receiving from time to time complaints/grievances from emigrants and their family members/relatives of being cheated by illegal...
View ArticlePassports Act Requirements for Getting Indian Passport
New Delhi (ABC Live): Passports Act : An application for issue of a passport under the Passports Act, 1967 may be made to a Passport Issuing Authority for which the applicant must fulfill the following...
View ArticleLabour Commission Recommends Labour Codes
New Delhi (ABC Live): The Second National Commission on Labour has recommended that the existing Labour Laws should be broadly grouped into four or five Labour Codes on functional basis. Accordingly,...
View ArticleForest Resources for Sustainable Development Goals
New York (ABC Live):Sustainable Development Goals :The United Nations agriculture agency has created new guidelines to help countries develop a strong mechanism to monitor national forest resources....
View ArticleMosul Cries for Massive Humanitarian Relief
New York (ABC Live):Mosul :Witnessing “complete devastation” in districts of Mosul, a senior United Nations relief official visiting Iraq lauded the massive humanitarian effort under way while...
View ArticleUK to Ban Petrol Diesel Cars by 2040
London (ABC Live):Petrol Diesel Cars : The Government confirmed today that it will end the sale of all new conventional petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2040, as it unveiled new plans to tackle air...
View ArticleWHO Releases New Study on World Hepatitis Day
New York (ABC Live): World Hepatitis Day :On the eve of World Hepatitis Day, the United Nations health agency released a study that reveals efforts to eliminate disease are gaining momentum globally....
View ArticleECOSOSC Sets Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals
New York (ABC Live): ECOSOSC :A week after the High-Level Political Forum (HPLF) assessed the progress on implementing the 2030 Agenda, the newly elected President of the United Nations Economic and...
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