-The Hindu Global warming to trigger extreme rain in South India, it says The current global warming trends overall are likely to lead an increase in annual mean precipitation over India, with more severe rains expected over southern India in the coming decades, says the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Sixth Assessment Report, public on Monday. The planet was irrevocably headed towards warming by 1.5° Celsius over pre-industrial times in the next...
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Can a large volcanic eruption slow down global warming? Here’s what the latest IPCC report says -Preetha Banerjee
-Down to Earth Before the end of the century, there will be at least one large volcanic eruption, the scientists predict Amid the grim predictions emerging from the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, there is a ray of hope: A major volcanic eruption can counteract anthropogenic global warming to a small extent. All statements about global warming breaching the 1.5 degree Celsius rise over pre-industrial levels assume that no...
More »Baptism Through Disruptions: Parliamentary Practice in a Democracy Under Siege -Jawhar Sircar
-TheWire.in We must change the parameters we use to judge the "productivity" of parliament. My first few days in the Rajya Sabha were tumultuous enough to realise that classics like Erskine May’s Parliamentary Practice, the bible of Westminster, would really have to be ‘tropicalised’ a lot to adjust to the gross realities of the world’s largest and beleaguered democracy. The small endoscopic view of parliament’s functioning also leads to the belief that...
More »Government to launch Ujjwala 2.0 on August 10 in UP
-The Hindu Business Line The Ministry said procedures have also been simplified with less paperwork Now low-income families will get kitchen gas connection under ‘Ujjwala’ Scheme as the Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to unveil newer version of the scheme on August 10. “Modi will launch Ujjwala 2.0 (Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana - PMUY) by handing over LPG connections, at Mahoba Uttar Pradesh via videoconferencing,” a statement issued by the Oil Ministry...
More »COVID vaccination certificate in three easy steps: Health Ministry
-The Hindu Send a WhatsApp message to a number and receive the certificate at once, says Health Minister The Health Ministry on Sunday said the general public can obtain their certificate for COVID vaccination via WhatsApp by following three easy steps. Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in his tweet said anyone who wants to download their vaccination certificate can send a WhatsApp message to a number and will receive the certificate at once. “Revolutionising common...
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