Today's Headlines - 06 April 2024
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At the United Nations Environment Assembly in March 2024, African countries called for a moratorium on climate engineering, urging all precautions. Other nations, including the United States, pressed for a formal scientific group to study the risks and benefits before making any decisions.
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The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has announced a Rs-496-crore (until 2025-26) scheme to support pilot projects that either test the viability of green hydrogen as a vehicle fuel or develop secure supporting infrastructure such as refueling stations.
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A notification by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on hedging of foreign currency risk caused a stir among stock market brokers as it restricted the use of exchange-traded currency derivatives (ETCD) offered by bourses such as NSE and BSE for hedging with effect from 5 April.
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The External Affairs Minister repeated to China that it must respect the international rule based order which China expects everyone to follow.
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Cooperation on climate change and clean energy technologies is fast emerging as one of the key pillars of an upgraded economic partnership between India and Australia.
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Israel said it approved the reopening of the Erez crossing into northern Gaza and the temporary use of Ashdod port in southern Israel, following U.S. demands to increase humanitarian aid supplies into Gaza.
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The Supreme Court stayed the operation of an Allahabad High Court judgment that struck down a 20-year-old Uttar Pradesh law regulating madrasas and ordered the transfer of their students to regular schools.
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Even though the fact sheet on the Consumption Expenditure Survey (CES) has been officially released, the debate on poverty is still ongoing.
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The Department of Posts has opened a second branch of the post office at the Bharati research station in Antarctica.
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The RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das announced the first monetary policy of the financial year 2024-25. The policy broadly mirrored the last policy in both its tone and action.
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Kosovo's government began its first nationwide census since 2011, which will include, for the first time, surveying the ethnic Serb minority in the north.