📢 Big News in Biopharma! 🇮🇳🇺🇸🇯🇵🇰🇷🇪🇺

India, South Korea, Japan, the US, and the EU just launched a groundbreaking alliance to strengthen the global biopharmaceutical supply chain. 🤝💊

The announcement was made at the Bio International Convention 2024 in San Diego,California, world largest biopharmaceutical exhibition ☀️🌊

🤝 Key Goals:

1) Reliable and sustainable supply chain
2) Coordinated bio policies and regulations
3) Joint research and development
4) Detailed supply chain map

This is a major step towards preventing future drug shortages and ensuring access to essential medicines for all. 🙌🌏

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Nepal takes a step towards a greener future!

Nepal Parliament approves ratification for Framework Agreement related to International Solar Alliance (ISA).

✅ The House of Representatives has passed a proposal to join the International Solar Alliance (ISA), which will help increase the use of solar power in the country and combat the impacts of climate change.
✅ The ISA was conceived as a joint effort by India and France to mobilise efforts against climate change through the deployment of solar energy solutions and announced on the sidelines of the 21st COP21 to the UNFCCC at Paris in 2015.

Countries,which Signed and ratified the ISA Framework Agreement
https://isolaralliance.org/membership/countries


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CII's Report on FDI
✅ A report by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the High Commission of India in the UK reveals that Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Delhi are the top 3 states in India for foreign direct investment (FDI) into the UK.
✅ In 2023, Maharashtra accounted for 20% of FDI, followed by Karnataka (12%) and Delhi (8.6%).
✅ The top 10 states, which also include Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh, make up 78% of total FDI from India into the UK.

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The Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2024.
✅ It uses 58 performance indicators across 11 issue categories to rank 180 countries on climate change performance, environmental health, and ecosystem vitality.
✅ Key Highlights:
👉 Estonia secured the top position, while Vietnam secured bottom.

🌳 India ranked 176th rank, highlighting serious environmental challenges. While India showed some progress in climate change mitigation, it scored poorly in air quality and sanitation.

👉 The EPI highlights the challenge of "paper parks," protected areas on paper that are not effectively managed for conservation, posing a threat to international biodiversity commitments.
👉 Oman made a significant jump to 50th position globally, up from 149th in 2022, due to increased biodiversity sites and conservation efforts.

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✅ ISRO Releases Stunning Images of Sun Captured By Aditya L1 during a major geomagnetic storm in May,2024.
✅ The two remote sensing payloads, namely the Solar UltraViolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) and the Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC), along with other payloads, captured these images from the Lagrange point in space.
✅ The images released by ISRO clearly show magnetically active regions with large solar flares on the Sun’s surface. The solar emissions depict the relative brightness of sunspots, umbra, penumbra, and plages.

The Aditya-L1 spacecraft was launched by PSLV-C57 on 2 September,2023.
It reached its designated orbit on 6 January 2024 ( after 126 days)

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⭕️ On 7 June 2024, The Survey on Household Consumption Expenditure released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI).
Key Findings:-
❇️ The average monthly per capita consumption expenditure (MPCE) in rural sector has risen more sharply by 40%, while the MPCE in urban sector has risen 33%
❗️Table: Average Monthly Spending per Person (in 2011-12 prices)

Area 2011-12 2022-23 Change
Rural Rs. 1430 Rs. 2008 +40%
Urban Rs. 2630 Rs. 3510 +33%

❇️ People in rural areas are spending more money, and this spending is growing faster than in urban areas.
❇️ While city dwellers still spend more, the difference between rural and urban spending is shrinking.
❗️The difference between the urban and rural MPCE has fallen from 84 percent in 2011-12 to 75 percent in 2022-23, the survey on Household Consumption Expenditure: 2022-23 showed.
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✅ Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions, a potent greenhouse gas, have increased ⬆️ by 40% since 1980.
✅ China 🇨🇳 is the top emitter. ✅ N2O significantly contributes to global warming, and its atmospheric concentration 📈 is rising.
✅ To limit temperature rise, emissions must be reduced by at least 20% by 2050.

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The ongoing severe heat wave in many parts of India has triggered fresh discussions on including heatwave as a notified disaster under the Disaster Management (DM) Act, 2005.

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✅ PM Modi congratulated the G7 on its 50th anniversary milestone.
✅ PM Modi emphasized the need to prioritize the concerns of the Global South, particularly Africa.
✅ He also highlighted India's energy transition pathway, which is based on availability, accessibility, affordability, and acceptability.
✅ He mentioned that India is working towards achieving the target of Net Zero by 2070.
✅ PM Modi launched the "Plant4Mother" (Ek Pedh Maa Ke Naam) campaign on World Environment Day, calling upon the global community to join the tree plantation drive.
✅ PM Modi spoke about India's AI mission, which is premised on "AI for All", aiming to foster progress and well-being for all.


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World Sickle Cell (WSC) Day 2024

✅ Every year on June 19,WSC Day is observed.
✅ The theme for 2024 is "Hope Through Progress: Advancing Sickle Cell Care Globally."

✅ Gov. of India embarked on the ‘Mission for Elimination of SCD by 2047’, with PM Narendra Modi launching the National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission from Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh on 1st July, 2023.
✅ The mission entails awareness creation, universal screening of 7 crore people in the age group of 0-40 years in the affected tribal areas.
✅ The focus is on tribal dominated districts of 17 states with higher prevalence of the disease.
✅ The National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission is a sub mission of National Health Mission.

✅ Gujarat was the first state in the country to launch a sickle cell anemia control program in 2006.

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