Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
NITI Aayog and IEA launches Renewables Integration in India report
On 22nd July, 2021 a report named Renewables Integration in India 2021 was jointly launched by NITI Aayog and IEA. This report is based on the outcome of workshops held in three states along with the Governments of Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat to understand the energy transition challenges which is faced by these renewable-rich states. ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2021
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission • IEA • IEA modelling • Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited • NITI Aayog
WHO Report on Drowning Prevention in Asia-Pacific
WHO on 23rd July launched its first Regional Status Report on Drowning Prevention in the South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions. This report said that nearly two-thirds of all global deaths due to drowning occur in the Asia Pacific region. Highlights Drowning is the third leading cause of unintentional injury and death worldwide and ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2021
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Drowning • Regional Status Report on Drowning Prevention in the South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions • South-East Asia • Western Pacific • WHO
Study: 46.2% Indians report poor quality of life
A study conducted by Danone India, a French packaged foods and beverages company, along with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), has gauged the standard of psychological and physical, social relationships, and environment among more than 2,700 adults in India. It came up with the report that 46.2% Indians report a poor quality of life. ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2021
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) • COVID 19 pandemic • COVID-19 • Danone India • poor Quality of Life • Quality of life
ICMR Sero Survey: Two-thirds of Indians Exposed to Covid.
The latest serological survey conducted nationwide by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has found that up to two-thirds of the country’s population who are above the age of six have already been infected with the Coronavirus. Highlights of the survey The fourth serosurvey was conducted in the months of June and July, ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2021
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Director General of ICMR • Dr Balram Bhargava • ICMR • SARS-CoV2 virus • serosurvey
Urban unemployment rate at 20.8% in the April-June quarter 2020
On July 19, 2021, Labour minister Bhupender Yadav has said that Urban India witnessed an unemployment rate of 20.8% in the quarter of April-June 2020. This period witnessed stringent nationwide lockdown to arrest the spread of the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Key Points Urban joblessness in the country had hit a high ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2021
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana • Employees' Provident Fund Organization • Rural Unemployment • Unemployment • Urban Unemployment
