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02 Nov, 2023
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The annual publication of Road Accidents in India report was unveiled recently by the Union Ministry of Road transport and Highways.
Findings of 2022 report
According to the report, road accidents claimed 19 lives in India every hour and a total of 1.68 lakh lives in 2022.
The number of road accidents in 2022 increased by 11.9% compared to 2021.
In 2022, Tamil Nadu topped in number of road accidents followed by Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh topped in number of fatalities due to road accidents followed by Tamil Nadu.
According to World Bank report, global economy is better placed than in the 1970s, but escalation of the west Asian conflict with disruptions from the Russian invasion of Ukraine could lead to a dual shock.
Commodity markets is a place which involves trading i.e., buying and selling of various commodities and their derivative products.
Dual shocks in commodity markets refers to disruption in energy market as well as intensified food insecurity.
Key takeaways from the report
Urals oil is considered to be of poor quality compared to Brent oil and it is usually sold at a discount of USD 2-3 per barrel against Brent oil.
India accounts for nearly 40% of the world’s rice exports.
As part of Deep Ocean Mission, India will for the 1st time, embark on a journey to a depth of 6,000 metres in the ocean using an indigenously developed submersible.
Countries such as the U.S.A., Russia, China, France, and Japan have already achieved successful deep-ocean crewed missions.
Matsya-6000 is an indigenously developed deep-ocean submersible vehicle to accommodate 3 members (aquanauts) with an operational endurance of 12 hours to 96 hours.
The United Nations (UN) has declared 2021-2030 as the “Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development”.
India hosts the 6th Assembly of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) started in New Delhi in 2023. ISA Assembly – It is the apex decision-making body of ISA and meets annually at the ministerial level at the ISA’s seat.
International Solar Alliance (ISA) is an international organisation with 109 member countries which works to improve energy access and security worldwide and promote solar power as a sustainable way to transition to a carbon-neutral future.
Renewable energy sources have the potential to supply 65% of the world's total electricity by 2030 and decarbonise 90% of the power sector by 2050.
6th Assembly of ISA
ISA will share India’s successful practices with developing countrie
It is also capable of firing a range of air-to-ground and air-to-air missiles and can destroy air defence operations of the enemy.
The ban comes after the National Green Tribunal in 2017 had imposed a total ban on Manjha threads and other synthetic threads.
The prize was presented in memory of late economist-administrator Dr Rohini Nayyar.
The IL-38 Sea Dragon is a long-range maritime patrol aircraft that was commissioned into the Indian Navy in 1977.
A new study has pointed out that rapid melting of West Antarctica’s ice sheet due to warm waters around it, is now unavoidable, no matter how much carbon emissions are cut. It is the fifth-largest continent. It is larger than Europe and is twice the size of Aust
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It is a self-propelled, indigenously made deep-ocean mining vehicle. It is a part of India’s Deep Ocean Mission. Positioned at a pre-surveyed mineral-rich site, Varaha uses a high-power pressure pump system to facilitate the extraction of precious polymetallic
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India is now ranked 38th out of 139 nations in the Logistic Performance Index (LPI) 2023 of the World Bank. From its previous rankings of 44th in 2018 and 54th in 2014, this is a notable improvement. Earlier, the Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) Report 2022 was published by the
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