Current Affairs

The European Union's ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement has brought it beyond the required threshold - ratification by more than 55 Parties to the Convention accounting for at least 55 per cent of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This will ensure that the Agreement will enter into force on November, 2016.

Forest land, as much as thrice the size of Bengaluru, has been encroached upon in Karnataka as of October 2016. According to data from the ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEF), a total of 187,000 hectares of forests were encroached in this southern state.

Forest land, as much as thrice the size of Bengaluru, has been encroached upon in Karnataka as of October 2016. According to data from the ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEF), a total of 187,000 hectares of forests were encroached in this southern state.

The polio virus is very good at finding children and paralysing them. We must be better than the virus and find the children,” Sona Bari, the spokesperson for polio eradication at the World Health Organization (WHO), had once said. Polio, a potentially fatal infectious disease, has no cure but safe and effective vaccines are available.

India, the largest among the democratic developing nations, has valiantly ratified the Paris Climate Agreement. With this, India has committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions per unit of GDP by 33 to 35 per.

Sitting in a surgical oncologist's cabin, Shyam Babu (name changed) curses the day he gave in to his old habit of chewing tobacco and consuming alcohol. Just six years ago, the 63-year-old Delhi-based textile businessman had successfully defeated mouth cancer. He now suffers a relapse of the disease.

A global report focuses on sustainable agricultural growth, increased wages and creation of off-farm jobs to bring about rapid rural development.The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) report says economic growth alone is not enough to eliminate rural poverty, particularly in the Asia and Pacific region.

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, in collaboration with the International Telecommunication Union, has come up with the e-agriculture strategy to help countries use information and communication technology to drive rural development.

India has a long tradition of tolerance and plurality. When there is an existential threat to it, the people and the institutions have to work hard to preserve it.

While fundamental rights are crucial to the survival of a vibrant democracy, there's an equally important aspect to an organized society that we often ignore. For a polity to survive, citizens should have a high sense of duty.