India scored the lowest among 180 countries in the 2022 Environment Performance Index (EPI), an analysis by researchers of Yale and Columbia University which provides a data-driven summary of the state of sustainability around the world.The EPI ranks 180 countries on 40 performance indicators including climate change, environmental public health, biodiversity, among others.
Tamil Nadu topped the State Food Safety Index (SFSI) this year, followed by Gujarat and Maharashtra.
Among the smaller States, Goa stood first, followed by Manipur and Sikkim.
Among the Union Territories, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi and Chandigarh secured the first, second and third ranks.
The rating is done by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
Union Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has launched a national aero sports policy, which established a four-tier governance structure to promote 11 disciplines including ballooning, para gliding and aerobatics.
The policy has been made with a vision of making India one of the top air sports nations by 2030.
Air Sports Federation of India (ASFI) will be the apex governing body.
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the two-day Conference of Vice-Chancellors of Central Universities and Directors of Institutions of National Importance at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The President is the Visitor of 161 Central Institutes of Higher Education.
Creating a history of sorts, Shreyas G. Hosur, became the first officer from the Indian Railways to complete the gruelling ‘Ironman’ Triathlon, considered to be the toughest single-day sports event in the world.
This event includes 3.8 km of swimming, 180 km of cycling and 42.2 km of running.
He completed the event in 13 hours and 26 minutes in Hamburg, Germany.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Biotech Startup Expo - 2022 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi and address the gathering.
It is being organised by the Department of Biotechnology and Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC).
The theme of the Expo is ‘Biotech Startup Innovations: Towards AatmaNirbhar Bharat’.
Nobuyuki Idei, who led Japan's Sony from 1998 through 2005, steering its growth in the digital and entertainment businesses, has died.
He was 84.
During his seven years as CEO from 1998, Mr Idei made an immense contribution to Sony's evolution as a global company. Tokyo-based Sony is among Japan's stellar brands, having brought the world the Walkman portable music player.
The centre has appointed Alok Kumar Choudhary as State Bank of India (SBI) managing director for a period of two years. Choudhary, who was deputy managing director (finance) until this appointment, had started his career at SBI as a probationary officer.
He would hold the position of MD till his superannuation on June 30, 2024.
The six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) led by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das voted unanimously to raise repo rate by 50 basis points to 4.90 percent.
>> Standing Deposit Facility and Marginal Standing Facility rates also raised by 50 basis points. Standing Deposit Facility rate now 4.65 percent, and Marginal Standing Facility rate now 5.15 percent.
The government plans to monetise assets worth Rs 75,220 crore in the coal mining sector in the current financial year.
The monetisation of coal blocks is likely to generate a revenue of Rs 52,200 crore, followed by Rs 20,320 crore from projects on Mine Developer and Operator (MDO) model, Rs 2,000 crore from discontinued mines and Rs 700 crore from washeries.
World Oceans Day is celebrated annually on 8 June to remind us of the important role of the oceans in sustaining our livelihoods and the necessity to prevent them from destruction. According to the United Nations (UN), oceans are the lungs of our planet and a major source of food and medicine, and a critical part of the biosphere.
2022 theme:- "Revitalization: Collective Action for the Ocean."
The World Bank cuts India's economic growth forecast for the current fiscal to 7.5 per cent as rising inflation, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions taper recovery.
This is the second time that the World Bank has revised its GDP growth forecast for India in the current fiscal 2022-23 (April 2022 to March 2023).
The GDP growth compares to an 8.7 per cent expansion in the previous 2021-22 fiscal.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the three-day 39th Commanders' Conference of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) in New Delhi.
The event was marked by the presence of Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar, DG ICG VS Pathania and other senior officials of the Ministry of Defence and the ICG.
Virender Singh Pathania, is the current Director General of the Indian Coast Guard.
Home Minister Amit Shah has said that the National Tribal Research Institute will play a crucial role in tribal development.
Inaugurating the newly-built National Tribal Research Institute at India Institute of Public Administration Campus in New Delhi.
It is being established at a cost of ten crore rupees.
Israel has signed a free trade agreement with the United Arab Emirates, its first big trade accord with an Arab state and a move aimed at boosting trade between the two Middle Eastern nations.
The trade agreement defined tax rates, imports and intellectual property, which would encourage more Israeli companies to set up offices in the UAE.
The government has revised the premium rates of its two flagship social security schemes, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, PMJJBY & Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana, PMSBY. Premium rates for PMJJBY has revised to 436 from the earlier premium of 330 rupees per annum. For the PMSBY, the revised premium will be 20 rupees instead of the existing 12 rupees per annum.