Sir David Attenborough, world-renowned broadcaster & natural historian, has been named COP26 People’s Advocate for the U.K.’s Presidency of UN climate change summit in Glasgow this November. Attenborough has already inspired millions of people in the U.K. & around the world with his passion & knowledge to act on climate change and protect the planet for future generations.
COP26:- 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties
The Indian Navy was represented at the 'Passage' exercise by INS Sharda, an offshore patrol vessel (OPV), and the Indonesian Navy was represented by KRI Sultan Hasanudin, a corvette.
The 'Passage' exercises are regularly conducted by the Indian Navy with friendly foreign navies.
China will become the world's first country to ban all synthetic cannabinoid substances. The ban is likely to come into effect on July 1. The move comes as China tries to curb the manufacturing & trafficking of the drug.
Synthetic cannabinoids are highly camouflaged, as some are found in e-cigarette oil,& some are found in cut tobacco made from leaves, flower petals,etc.
Advocate KR Gouri Amma, the legendary politician from Kerala passed away.She was 102 and suffering from age related ailments.Gouri Amma was elected Member of Legislative Assembly 13 times.In the first assembly elections held after the creation of Kerala State, she became the Revenue Minister in the Communist government led by EMS Namboodiripad.
Gouri Amma was the first woman lawyer from Kerala’s Ezhava community.
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Jana Small Finance Bank announced the launch of the “I choose my number” feature for all its customers across India.
This new feature gives the bank’s existing and new customers to choose their favourite numbers as the last 10 digits of their bank account, savings or current.
Ajay Kanwal, MD and CEO, Jana Small Finance Bank
New Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma declared Ajanta Neog as Assam’s first woman Finance Minister.
Ajanta Neog, who was elected to the state Assembly from the Golaghat assembly constituency in eastern Assam, would also hold the social welfare portfolio.
Ram Karan Verma has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Central African Republic.
Earlier, Verma, a 1987 Indian Foreign Services (IFS) was the Ambassador of India to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
He also served as the Director (Central Europe) at headquarters in the Ministry of External Affairs previously.
The Uttarakhand Police has launched a drive called "Mission Hausla" to help people get oxygen, beds, ventilators, and plasma for Covid-19 patients.
Besides these, police will also help the public to get medicines meant for Covid-19 management as part of the mission and rations.
Electricity from renewable energy sources grew at the fastest rate in two decades during 2020, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency. Capacity added jumped 45% to 280 gigawatts last year.
The increase is poised to become the new normal as supportive policies and declining costs drive adoption.
The World Energy Outlook Report is released by the IEA annually.
The UN chief has appointed veteran British diplomat Martin Griffiths, a seasoned negotiator with wide global experience, as the new UN humanitarian chief. Griffiths brings extensive leadership experience in humanitarian affairs at headquarters and country levels, both strategically and operationally.Griffiths has spent the last three years as the UN special envoy for Yemen.
Five permanent Security Council nations -- the US, Russia, China, Britain, and France.
The Reserve Bank of India has cancelled the licence of United Co-operative Bank Ltd, Bagnan in West Bengal due to poor financial condition. However, all the depositors will receive the full amount of their deposits from Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation .
The Reserve Bank cancelled the licence of the bank as the bank does not have adequate capital.
According to a World Bank report,India received over USD83 billion in remittances in 2020, a drop of just 0.2 per cent from the previous year, despite a pandemic that devastated the world economy.In 2019, India had received USD83.3 billion in remittances.India and China are followed by Mexico (USD42.8 billion), the Philippines (USD34.9 billion), Egypt (USD29.6 billion),etc.
Remittances outflow from India in 2020 was USD7 billion, against USD7.5 billion in 2019
Sally Buzbee, senior vice president and executive editor of The Associated Press, was named as executive editor of The Washington Post.
As Associated Press’s top editor since 2017, Buzbee has directed AP’s journalism through the Covid-19 pandemic, Donald Trump’s presidency, the #MeToo movement, Brexit, protests over racial injustice, and the 2020 U.S. election.