Low and Middle Income countries Current Affairs, GK & News
What is Five-alarm global fire?
The United Nations recently announced that the world is to face five major risks in 2022. These risks are referred to five – alarm global fire. The five alarms are COVID-19, lawlessness in cyberspace, climate crisis, bankrupt global financial system and diminished peace and security. What is the solution? The UN has suggested that in ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: 2015 Paris Agreement • António Guterres • Bankruptcy • Climate crisis • Cyberspace • Five-alarm global fire • Global warming • high income countries • Human migration • Low and Middle Income countries • low income countries • middle income countries • United Nations
A third of the world’s children poisoned by lead: UNICEF Report
A new report launched by UNICEF and Pune Earth claims that lead poisoning is affecting children on a massive and previously unknown scale. According to the report, 1 out of every 3 children which adds up to around 1800 million globally has blood levels at or above 5 micrograms per deciliter, the level at which ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Lead Poisoning • Lead-Batteries Recycling • Low and Middle Income countries • Pune Earth • UNICEF