Dear ReadersIntroduction : Abnormally high temperatures have been impacting the nation’s agricultural output. People are finding it hard to handle the extreme heat. In order to elect 543 members of the Lok Sabha, a general election is being held from April 19 to June 1, 2024 in the country. The in...
World Earth Day, observed annually on April 22 worldwide, commemorates contemporary environmental advancements and promotes awareness of the imperative to conserve Earth and its resources. Earth Day 2024 adopts the theme ‘Planet vs. Plastics’ to spotlight the pollution stemming from the escalati...
Whenever there is an election, we find the politicians speaking in hyperboles – and possibly, 2024 Lok Sabha has reached a crest. About prediction of results we see, for the first time, two apparently ‘rational’ poll analysts giving diametrically opposite figures. So statistics, and their anal...
Acid Survivors & Women Welfare Foundationin collaboration with the West Bengal Federation of United Nations Associations announced the launch of their campaign “Silence Will Not Protect Women” on 29th May 2024 at ICCR, Kolkata in the presence of Mr. Manish Gupta, IA...
In the fiscal year 2024, India saw a surge in electric vehicle (EV) sales, reaching 1.67 million units, marking a 42% year-on-year increase, as reported by JMK Research. The electric car segment experienced the highest growth, with a 90% year-on-year increase, despite the limited availability of mod...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been warning about a growing rift in global trade along geopolitical lines. This trend could potentially lead to the collapse of world trade and a slowdown in global growth. But before delving further, it is essential for readers who may not follow internati...
Japan’s economic crisis, ongoing for nearly four decades, continues to deteriorate with no clear end in sight. The more efforts are made to pull the economy out of recession, the deeper it plunges. Between April 26 and 28 this year, the Japanese yen experienced a sharp decline, reaching a 34-year ...
On May 13, India and Iran signed a 10-year contract to operate the Chabahar port in Iran. The agreement between India Ports Global Ltd (IPGL) and Iran’s Port and Maritime Organization (PMO) pertains to the operation of the Shahid Beheshti terminal, one of the two projects at Chabahar port.A brief ...
The basic issueThere has been a sharp reduction in the household net financial savings rate in 2022-23, leading to an overall decline in the financial savings rate. The savings rate refers to the amount of savings as a percentage of GDP, while household savings measure the change in financial assets...
In the mid-1980s, international financial institutions moved away from calling their member countries as poor and rich countries, or as developed and less developed countries. The World Bank began classifying its member countries based on per capita gross national income (GNI) at constant prices (ta...