Cities in Asia Current Affairs, GK & News

Report: 99 of 100 cities with environmental risk are in Asia

A private firm Verisk Maplecroft has found that the Asian cities face the greatest risk from environmental issues. This includes natural disasters and air pollution. Key Findings of the report Of the hundred most vulnerable cities, ninety-nine are located in Asia. Of the 100, around thirty-seven are in China and forty three are in India. ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021

Category: Environment Current Affairs • Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: Air pollution • Cities in Asia • Climate change • climate risks • Earthquakes • Flood • Greenhouse gas • Natural Disaster • typhoon • Water pollution • Water scarcity

Three cities features in global ‘inclusive prosperity’ index

Bengaluru, Delhi and Mumbai have been named in a list that ranked 113 cities across the globe in terms of inclusive prosperity, measuring not only the quality of economic growth but also its distribution across their population. Bengaluru ranked 83rd, while Delhi and Mumbai stood at 101st and 107th positions respectively. The Prosperity & Inclusion ..

Topics: Cities in Asia • Geography of India • Mumbai

Sports Journalist K R Wadhwaney passes away

Veteran sports journalist and author K R Wadhwaney recently died in Delhi. He was born in Karachi (now in Pakistan), migrated to Lucknow after the partition in 1947. After working in top organisations, Wadhwaney later went on to become the Sports Editor of the Indian Express newspaper.

Topics: Aslam Farrukhi • Cities in Asia • Countries • Delhi • Geography of Asia • Karachi • Lucknow • Muhajir people • Musa Ghazi • Pakistan

K R Wadhwaney, veteran sports journalist and author, passes away

K R Wadhwaney (90), the veteran sports journalist and author, has passed away in Delhi. Born in Karachi (now in Pakistan), migrated to Lucknow after the partition in 1947. He started his career in Lucknow before moving to New Delhi in the 1960s. He remained active as a sports journalist for almost 50 years. After ..

Topics: Cities in Asia • Delhi • Geography of Uttar Pradesh • Karachi • Lucknow • Muhajir people • Seema Mustafa • States and union territories of India

Ramesh Pandey selected for UNEP’s Asia Environmental Enforcement Award

Ramesh Pandey, the 1996-batch Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer, has been selected for the prestigious UNEP’s Asia Environmental Enforcement Award for his excellent work in combating transboundary environmental crime. He will receive the award on November 13 at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) in Bangkok.  Pandey is posted as Chief Conservator Forests (CCF) in ..

Topics: Cities in Asia • Environmental crime • Geography of India • Government of India • Indian Forest Service • Lucknow • Poaching