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The Ministry of Tribal Affairs and NCERT collaborated to organise a NISHTHA Capacity Building Programme for teachers and principals of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS).

120 EMRS teachers and principals completed the 40-day NISHTHA-National Initiative for School Heads’ and Teachers’ Holistic Advancement Program.

The capacity building programme aims to improve the quality of school Education through integrated teacher training and to build competencies among teachers and school principals. The teachers came from three different states: Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh.

More EMRS teachers from across the country will participate in the programme.

According to the 6th Edition of Report 2021 (SDR 2021) released by Sustainable Development solutions Network (SDSN).

India with a score of 60.1 has been placed at a hundred and twentieth rank out of a hundred sixty-five countries. Finland topped the Index accompanied by way of Sweden & Denmark.

For the 1st time seeing that 2015, all countries have shown a reversal in progress in accomplishing Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

SDR 2021 has been written by way of a crew of authors led via Professor Jeffrey Sachs, President of the SDSN and has been published by Cambridge University Press.

According to Annual Bank Statistics of 2020 launched through Swiss National Bank (SNB), the Central Bank of Switzerland. India with Swiss Francs (CHF) 2.55 billion (INR 20,706 Crore) has been positioned at 51st place in the list of overseas clients cash in Swiss Banks during 2020.

The United Kingdom (UK) topped the listing with CHF 377 billion, accompanied by means of the US (152 billion). India was once ahead of countries like New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Mauritius, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in phrases of foreign clients in Swiss banks.

According to railways and telecom ministerAshwini Vaishnaw,the first bullet train in India will begin service in August 2026. The project will stimulate the economy because several of the suppliers to the project have begun receiving export orders. The government intends to start operating the first bullet train in August 2026. The goal is to run the bullet train on a larger section in 2027.

The Indian railways is building the countrys first bullet train from Ahmedabad, Gujarat to Mumbai, Maharashtra over 508-kilometer route. The high-speed train will run at top speed of 350 kms per hour, covering the distance in three hours. The ministry of railways updated the progress of the Bullet Train project and informed that the whole project has progressed by 26.33%.

In its latest report, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said extreme weather conditions caused 573 disasters in India between 1970 and 2021 that claimed 1,38,377 lives. The report said the USA alone incurred US$1.7 trillion, accounting for 39 per cent of economic losses worldwide in the 51 years.

But Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States suffered a disproportionately high cost in relation to the size of their economies. Globally, 11,778 reported disasters led to more than two million deaths and USD 4.3 trillion in economic losses during this period.

According to WMO, economic losses have soared but improved early warnings and coordinated Disaster Management has slashed the human casualty toll over the past half a century. Over 90 percent of reported deaths worldwide occurred in developing countries.

Asia reported 3,612 disasters attributable to weather, Climate and water extremes, with 9,84,263 deaths and USD 1.4 trillion in economic losses. Between 1970 and 2021, Asia accounted for 47 per cent of all reported deaths worldwide, with tropical being the leading cause of reported deaths. Tropical Cyclone Nargis in 2008 led to 1,38,366 deaths, the WMO said.

Bangladesh reported the highest number of human deaths (5,20,758) in Asia due to 281 events, the data showed.

In India, 573 disasters reportedly killed 1,38,377 people between 1970 and 2021. India recorded 2,227 human casualties due to extreme weather events in 2022, according to the Annual Statement on Climate of India, issued by the India Meteorological Department.

In Africa, 1,839 disasters caused 7,33,585 deaths and USD 43 billion in economic losses. Droughts caused 95 per cent of the reported deaths. Tropical cyclone Idai in March 2019 was the costliest event that occurred in Africa (USD 2.1 billion).

The WMO issued the new findings for the quadrennial World Meteorological Congress which opened in Geneva in Switzerland on Monday with a high-level dialogue on accelerating and scaling up action to ensure that early warning Services reach everyone on earth by the end of 2027.

The United Nations Early Warnings for All initiative is one of the top strategic priorities due to be endorsed by the World Meteorological Congress, WMOs top decision-making body.

The frequency of extreme weather events such as floods and heatwaves is projected to rise manifold in India in the future due to Climate Change, according to a report released by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, last year.

The study said the risk will increase significantly under the warming climate and variability in the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) — a recurring climate pattern involving changes in the temperature of waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.

Climate change has increased the instability in the Atmosphere, leading to an increase in convective activity — thunderstorms, lightning and heavy rain events. Cyclonic storms in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea are also intensifying rapidly and retaining their intensity for a longer duration due to Global Warming, according to meteorologists.

Jackfruit has recently been in the news. A shipment of fresh jackfruit from Tripura was shipped to London. It is a significant step toward maximising the export potential of agricultural and processed food products from the northeastern region.

Jackfruit is a tree species that belongs to the fig, mulberry, and breadfruit families (Moraceae).

It is a multi-fruit made up of hundreds to thousands of individual flowers and fleshy petals.

Artocarpus heterophyllus is the scientific name for this plant.

India, Thailand, Indonesia, and Nepal are the world’s major producers.

Kerala, Nadu, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, and Assam are the major production states in India.

Kerala is the world’s largest producer of jackfruit.

Kerala and Tamil Nadu have it as a state fruit.

It will serve as a resource for both Ayush practitioners and the general public.

Aim: To collect data on clinical outcomes achieved by Ayurvedic practitioners on a large scale.

It is expected to document the capabilities of Ayush systems in the treatment of a variety of disease conditions.

It has a section dedicated to reporting and publishing information about Covid 19 cases treated by Ayush Systems.

Recognising the Women driving the governmentsSwachhtamission across cities and to make them free from garbage, the Centre has identified nearly 70,000 suchwomen influencerswho are engaged in door-to-door collection, segregation and management of municipal waste. Most of them are part of women-led (SGHs).

The housing ministry said on Wednesday that out of the 9,000 SHGs, nearly 4,000 are working in the solid Waste Management sector and efforts are being made to extend assistance to such groups so that their members have better income and also take up more work. According to the ministry, four lakh women are directly engaged in sanitation and waste management as an enterprise in urban India.

GSAT 7B, an advanced Communication satellite will be launched by 2026 for the Indian Army that will aid them in their complex missions.

The Ministry of DEFENCE collaborated with NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) for a project worth Rs 3,000 crore to support and increase Armys overall capabilities.

The satellite will be indigenously built by ISRO with its unique security features. This will strengthen the army personnel in India by providing high-level communication facilities to troops deployed in various fields.

ISROs big rocket LVM3 took off early morning today i.e. March 26, 2023 (Sunday). The launch was initiated at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The LaunchVehicle Mark-III (LVM3)placed a total of 36 satellites.

Moreover, these spacecraft align with India-2 Mission owned by UK-based OneWeb Group. The production has integrated 36 satellites that were successfully executed by the space station into orbit. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is the fast-growing and Indias leading Space Technology centre that carries out multiple missions.