Loss and damage fund approved at COP28 summit: What is the fund, why is it required, and how will it operate? 🔗
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The Indian Express
Loss and damage fund approved at COP28 summit: All you need to know
The fund will help developing countries that are vulnerable to the consequences of climate change. A few crucial details, however, remains unclear. The need of the hour is several trillion dollars, according to some economists.
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Loss and damage fund approved at COP28 summit: What is the fund, why is it required, and how will it operate? 🔗 #explained_climate #express_explained
•COP28 initiated a $475 million loss and damage fund in Dubai.
•Contributors: UAE ($100M), EU ($275M), US ($17.5M), Japan ($10M)
•Aims to assist vulnerable countries impacted by climate change.
•Compensation for economic and non-economic losses due to emissions, including methane, nitrous oxide, water vapor, and CO2.
•Consequences: rising sea levels, floods, droughts, cyclones, affecting lives, livelihoods, biodiversity, and cultural traditions.
•World Bank oversees initially; scale and replenishment cycle unclear.
•Urgent need for trillions of dollars emphasized by economists.
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IK Gujral’s death anniversary: What was the Gujral Doctrine of foreign policy, its significance 🔗
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The Indian Express
IK Gujral’s death anniversary: What was the Gujral Doctrine of foreign policy, its significance
IK Gujral is the only PM with a foreign policy approach identified with his name. How did a mild-mannered politician not seen as a 'mass leader' leave such lasting influence on India's foreign policy?
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IK Gujral’s death anniversary: What was the Gujral Doctrine of foreign policy, its significance 🔗 #explained_politics #express_explained #i.k._gujral
focusing on his lasting impact through the Gujral Doctrine in foreign policy.
This doctrine, rooted in five principles, emphasized non-reciprocal cooperation with neighboring countries, non-interference in internal affairs, and peaceful dispute resolution.
Gujral's approach, though criticized for being soft on Pakistan, resulted in successful agreements with Bangladesh and Bhutan
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The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) classifies cyclones broadly into two categories: extratropical cyclones and tropical cyclones.
🌪️🌈A cyclone is a large-scale system of air that rotates around the centre of a low-pressure area. It is usually accompanied by violent storms and bad☁️ weather.
As per NDMA, a cyclone is characterised by inward spiralling winds that rotate anticlockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere 🌪️⛈️
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🔍Why India will continue to rely on coal for foreseeable future
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Why India will continue to rely on coal for foreseeable future
In recent years India has steadily increased its coal production. However, it stands in stark contrast to the country’s ambitious plans of achieving net-zero. What's behind the contradiction?
Highlights
- PM Modi proposes India as the host for COP33 in 2028.
- India commits to reducing emissions intensity by 45% by 2030.
- The goal is to increase the share of non-fossil fuel to 50%.
- India aims for net zero emissions by 2070.
- PM Modi emphasizes the need for a balanced approach between development and environmental conservation at the COP28 summit in Dubai.
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RBI monetary policy: Why is the Monetary Policy Committee likely to leave repo rate unchanged? 🔗
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RBI monetary policy: Why is the Monetary Policy Committee likely to leave repo rate unchanged?
Economists said that the six-member rate-setting panel of the RBI is unlikely to tinker with the repo rate — the rate at which RBI lends money to banks to meet their short-term funding needs — in the upcoming policy.
Dengue is coming to Europe: Why non-travel cases are the highest in decades 🔗
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The Indian Express
Dengue is coming to Europe: Why non-travel cases are the highest in decades
2023 saw the highest number of local, rather than imported, cases of dengue on the European mainland in nearly 80 years.
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This Navy Day, Know more about Operation Trident 🔱, and how things unfolded in 1971
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Operation Trident - The finest hours of Indian Navy
This video is one of the most detailed accounts of the Indian Navy's Operation Trident in the India-Pakistan 1971 war. The operation is considered as the finest hours of the Indian Navy and on the basis of this very operation, Indian Navy celebrates Navy…
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