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COP 15’: Global Biodiversity Framework - By Ranjeet Shah
Healthy, bio-diverse ecosystems sustain life on Earth. Despite the value nature provides, it is deteriorating worldwide – a decline projected to worsen under business-as-usual scenarios. From December 7-19, 2022 the world was gathered for the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) in Montreal to strike a landmark agreement to guide global

Turning Waste into Wealth : Role of Efficient Waste Management in Fostering India’s Energy Security and Industrial Development - By Satish Kumar Karna
An inevitable consequence of development and industrial progress is generation of waste. Therefore, efficient waste management is a matter of international concern and countries have set up robust regulatory waste management regimes for balancing the objectives of development and environment sustainability. In India, the National Environment Policy, 2006 while suggesting

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) : An Imperative to Reach Net Zero - By Chandrakant Singh
India is signatory to the Paris Agreement under which it has committed to restrict global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, and preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius, over pre-industrial levels. Guided by this commitment, Indian government over the past few years has introduced multiple policies and actions to support and facilitate

Transformation of Global Food Systems - By Sharmila Senthil Kumar
Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. Over the past 100 years, more than 90 per cent of crop varieties have disappeared and

National Geospatial Policy 2022
On 28th December, 2022, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) published the National Geospatial Policy, 2022. Vision To make India a world leader in Global Geospatial space with the best in the class ecosystem for innovation. To develop a coherent national framework in the country and leverage it to move towards
Social Progress Index 2022
On 20th December, 2022, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) along with the Institute for Competitiveness and Social Progress Imperative released the Social Progress Index (SPI). About Social Progress Index (SPI) It is a comprehensive tool that can serve as a holistic measure of a country's social progress at the
Regenerative Agriculture
Recently, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its report on “Climate Change and Land” emphasised the importance of regenerative agriculture. About Regenerative Agriculture Regenerative Agriculture is a holistic land management practice that leverages the power of photosynthesis in plants to close the carbon cycle, and build soil health, crop resilience
World Bank Report on Air Pollution
On 14th December, 2022, the World Bank released a report, titled 'Striving for Clean Air: Air Pollution and Public Health in South Asia'. Background Persistently hazardous levels of air pollution have caused public health crises in South Asia demanding urgent action. Using a modelling approach over South Asia as a whole, the
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Tips to Prepare DAF Section for CSE Interview
DAF, which stands for Detailed Application Form, is a very crucial document, and it defines everything from the career of a candidate to their posting. Hence, extra care should be given while filling the DAF. Here we have discussed the very nitty-gritty of the same. What details are to be filled in Detailed Application Form? Candidates who have been declared qualified in the written part of the Examination have to first get themselves registered before filling up the online Detailed Application Form (DAF) at the website www.upsc.gov.in. Under online Detailed Application form i.e., DAF, a qualified candidate has to provide information regarding his/her