Arctic Report Card Shows Continuing Warming in Arctic Region
New York (ABC Live): Arctic Report Card : The Arctic continued in 2017 to warm at double the rate of the global temperature increase, resulting in the second warmest air temperatures, above average...
View ArticleMicroplastics Affect on Marine Organisms: New IAEA Research
Vienna (ABC Live): Marine Organisms : As many as 5.25 trillion plastic particles weighing 250 000 tons are floating in the oceans, according to recent estimates. This presents a serious environmental...
View ArticleICAO Organises GANIS and SANIS 2017
Montreal (ABC Live) : SANIS 2017 : ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu opened ICAO’s first Safety and Air Navigation Implementation Symposium (SANIS/1) last week, as part of the back-to-back events...
View ArticleChina Petroyuans All set to Challenge US Dollars in Oil Trading
New Delhi (ABC Live): Petroyuans : China continues challenging the supremacy of the US dollar. Before the end of 2017, China is going to introduce something that is going to create serious competition...
View ArticleKnow Voting Technologies Available to Indian Democracy
New Delhi (ABC Live) Voting Technologies : A democracy is a government where supreme power vests in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually...
View ArticleUNICEF Asks World to Save All New Year Day Born Babies
New York (ABC Live): New Year Day Born Babies : 1 January 2018 – Nearly 386,000 babies will be born on New Year’s Day – some 90 per cent in less developed regions – and the United Nations Children’s...
View ArticleKnow the IAEA Agenda Year 2018
Vienna (ABC Live): IAEA Agenda Year 2018 : What’s ahead for the IAEA and the global nuclear agenda in 2018? Here is a preview of selected meetings and events: February Through its programme to fight...
View Article17.2 Percent Births in India by Caesarean Section
New Delhi (ABC Live): Caesarean Section : According to NFHS 4 (2015-16) survey data, 17.2% births are delivered by caesarean section while according to NFHS 3 (2005-06) survey data, 8.5% births are...
View ArticleMuslim Women Protection of Rights on Marriage Bill 2017
New Delhi (ABC Live): Muslim Women Protection Rights : The Lower house of Indian Parliament on 28/12/2017 has passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017 protect the rights of...
View ArticleFinland Onkalo Repository Takes Lead in Spent Nuclear Fuel
Vienna (ABC Live): Finland Onkalo Repository ; Countries operating nuclear power plants store their spent nuclear fuel either at reactor sites or away from them. Spent fuel can be dangerous to people...
View ArticleLa Niña to Impact World Weather in 2018
New York (ABC Live): La Niña : La Niña is expected to impact weather around the world in 2018, a United Nations relief official said, urging governments and the international community to act early to...
View ArticleFive High Courts Get New Chief Justices
New Delhi (ABC Live): High Courts : Five High Courts of India may soon get new Chief Justices with the Supreme Court Collegium’s recent recommendations. As per information the Supreme Court Collegium...
View ArticleUNEP Joins WHO for Combating Environmental Health Risks
New York (ABC Live):Environmental Health Risks : Two United Nations agencies are teaming up in a major new initiative taking on the herculean task of combatting environmental health risks, which claim...
View ArticleApex Court Criticizes HC for Suspending Gangrape Sentence
New Delhi (ABC Live): Punjab and Haryana High Court : The Supreme Court bench of Justice SA Bobde and Justice L Nageswara Rao on Thursday criticized the order dated September 13, 2017, passed by bench...
View ArticleKnow the UK Model for Managing Nuclear Energy Risks
Vienna (ABC Live):Managing Nuclear Energy Risks : Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) have long lifetimes and low running costs, but they require high up-front capital expenses and a long planning and...
View Article2018 Starts with Extreme Weather Worldwide
New Delhi (ABC Live): Extreme Weather : The start of 2018 has been marked by extreme weather, including heat, cold, precipitation and high winds, with widespread impacts on public safety, transport,...
View ArticleRoad Accidents Block Economic Growth in Developing Countries
WASHINGTON (ABC Live): Road Accidents : A new World Bank study, funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, finds that reducing road traffic deaths and injuries could result in substantial long-term income...
View ArticleKnow the Letter Written by Four Supreme Court Judges to CJI
New Delhi (ABC Live): Supreme Court Judges : In a one of the most shocking days in the history of Indian Justice Delivery system. Today the four senior most judges of the Supreme Court of India have...
View ArticleISRO PSLV Injects 31 Remote Sensing Satellite into Space
New Delhi (ABC Live): ISRO PSLV : ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, in its forty second flight, successfully launched the 710 kg Cartosat-2 Series Remote Sensing Satellite along with 30...
View ArticleSpaceX Fails to Inject Zuma Satellite into Space
New York (ABC Live): Zuma Satellite : The Zuma satellite, made in the interests of the US government, was launched from Cape Canaveral on Sunday evening. Nothing is known about the purpose of the...
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