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“Don’t Choose Extinction”: UNDP Video on Climate Change
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released a creative video titled “Don’t Choose Extinction” on Climate Change. Key Points In the video, UNDP highlights that, it is time to act and act now for the climate crisis. To drive home the ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2021
WWF on Snow Leopard: More than 70% of habitat unexplored
The World Wildlife Fund recently claimed that more than 70% of snow Leopard habitats are unexplored. The organisation recently released its report “A spatially explicit review of the state of knowledge in the snow leopard range”. Key Findings of the ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
India’s First Social Impact Bonds
The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal corporation (PCMC) and United Nations Development Programme, India signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create the first Social Impact bond of India. What are Social Impact Bonds? A Social Impact Bond is also called pay-for-success bond ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Pakistan to create National Sex Offenders Register
President Arif Alvi of Pakistan recently passed the Anti-Rape Ordinance 2020. The ordinance was passed following the protests in the country after a mother was gang raped in front of her children when her car broke down near Lahore. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
SDG Investor Map for India launched by UNDP and Invest India
The Invest India and the United Nations Development Programme has launched the sustainable development goal investor map for India. It has laid out 18 Investment Opportunity Areas. This investment opportunity areas are in six critical sustainable development goals that were ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
EVIN: India’s Plan to store COVID-19 Vaccines
The Government of India has started to identify private facilities and government facilities to create a hub to store COVID-19 vaccines. India is under the plan of rolling out multiple vaccines for COVID-19. The Government of India is to use ..