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Why in news?Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has  recently  inaugurated the virtual 3rd Global Renewable Energy Investment Meeting and Expo (RE-Invest 2020).The summit is organised by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy .About RE-Invest 2020:The theme f

Why in News?After cyclones ‘Amphan’, ‘Nisarga’ and ‘Gati’, ‘Nivar’ is heading towards Karaikal in Puducherry and is expected to make the landfall on November 25.Nivaris the third name to be used from the new list of names

Why in News?The first commercial consignment of Geographical Indications(GI) certified Jardalu mangoes from Bhagalpur, Bihar was exported to the United Kingdom.About Jardalu Mangoes:Jardalu Mangoes is grown in the Bhagalpur district of Bihar. It received the Geographic

Why in News?Greenpeace, an environmental NGO released a report titled “Greenpeace Southeast Asia analysis of the cost to the economy due to air pollution.About the report:The report is based on a Cost Estimator. It is an online tool that estimates the re

Why in News?Migratory birds are important for ecological balance. However, they are facing several threats, leading to their extinction.What are migratory birds?Bird migration is their regular seasonal movement. Birds fly hundreds and thousands of KMs to find the best hab

Wildlife populations have fallen by more than two-thirds over the last 50 years, according to a Living Planet Report 2020 of the World Wildlife Fund.Some facts related to Biodiversity:There has been a reduction of 68% in the glob

Recently, the World Bank released the Human Capital Index (HCI) report for 2020. The index benchmarks key components of human capital across countries.India has been ranked at the 116thposition in the HCI 2020.Important FactsHuman Capit

Why in News?India and ADB sign pact for development of infrastructure projects in Tripura.The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India signed a $ 42 million project financing agreement for the development of basic projects in Tripura.Through this ag

Indian Army has picked Russia’s Igla-S missile system as choice for its multibillion dollar contract for man-portable air defence systems (MANPADS). Igla-S bid around $1.47 billion from Russia’s Rosoboronexport had emerged lowest bidder for Indian Army’s Very Short R

About It :Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of compounds consisting of metal ions or clusters coordinated to organic ligandsto form one-, two-, or three-dimensional structures.They are a subclass of coordination p