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Public Affairs Index 2022
The Bengaluru-based Public Affairs Centre (PAC) recently released the seventh edition of the Public Affairs Index (PAI 2022). Key findings The PAI 2022, which assesses the delivery of economic, political, and social justice in the states, recognized Haryana as the best-governed state under the big states category, which ranked 18 states. It was followed by ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2022
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Haryana Physical Activities and Sports Policy-2015 • Public Affairs Centre (PAC) • public affairs index • social justice
Supreme Court CJI rules out limited shut down of the court
On February 15, 2020, the Chief Justice of India Bobde announced that total shutdown of Supreme Court and other courts are not possible. The SC on the other hand is to launch virtual courts. The SC Court commences on March 16, 2020 after Holi holidays Legislation Article 145 of the Constitution empowers Supreme Court to ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: CJI • CLAT • Corona virus • COVID-19 • Elections • Justice Bobde • public interest litigation • social justice • Supreme court • Supreme Court of India
Kerala launches ‘Safe homes’ initiative
The Department of Social Justice of the state of Kerala has unveiled a unique initiative to open ‘safe homes’ to provide safe accommodation to inter-caste and inter-religious couples in all districts. The objective of the scheme is to ensure security for them while the scheme is implemented with the support of voluntary organisations. The Department ..
Topics: Government of Kerala • Kerala • social justice
Climate change is damaging health of children: Lancet report
According to the new report published in the Lancet, scientists and health experts warn that children across the world will suffer from infectious diseases, malnutrition and air pollution worsened by climate change. ‘The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change is a comprehensive yearly analysis tracking progress across 41 key indicators. The annual project is ..
Topics: Effects of global warming on humans • Food and drink • Global health • Health • Health in India • malnutrition • Pollution • RTT • social justice • The Lancet
WFP launchs campaign ‘Feed Our Future’ against hunger and malnutrition in India
On the occasion of 2019 World Food Day (WFD), the United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP) has launched its global cinema campaign ‘Feed Our Future’ in India with support from UFO Moviez to engage and motivate moviegoers to help in spreading awareness and working towards creating a world with Zero Hunger. The new campaign aims ..
Topics: Food and drink • Health • Hunger • Motivation • Neuropsychology • ShareTheMeal • social justice • UFO Moviez • World Food Day • World Food Programme
India ranked 102nd out of 117 nations at 2019 Global Hunger Index
India ranked 102nd at the 2019 Global Hunger Index (GHI) that tracks hunger and malnutrition. The GHI is a peer-reviewed annual report, which is jointly published by Ireland’s Concern Worldwide and Germany’s Welthungerhilfe. It scores countries on a 100-point “severity scale”, where zero is the best score (no hunger) and 100 is the worst. With ..
Topics: Concern Worldwide • Development studies • Food and drink • Food politics • GHI • Global Hunger Index • Hunger • malnutrition • Neuropsychology • social justice • Welthungerhilfe