November 2021

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: 25 November

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: 25 November

The United Nations designated International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women is celebrated worldwide on November 25. The premise of the day is to raise awareness of the fact that women around the world are subject to rape, domestic violence and other forms of violence; furthermore, one of the aims of the day is to highlight that the scale and true nature of the

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Magdalena Andersson elected as first female Prime Minister of Sweden

Magdalena Andersson elected as first female Prime Minister of Sweden

Sweden’s Prime Minister-elect Magdalena Andersson on November 24, 2021 handed in her resignation hours after being appointed by parliament, after her budget failed to pass and the junior Green Party quit the coalition government. She will replace incumbent Prime Minister Stefan Lofven. Magdalena Andersson is the current Finance Minister of the country. She will assume

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Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjeepens book titled ‘Cooking to Save your Life’

Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjeepens book titled ‘Cooking to Save your Life’

Indian-born American economist & Nobel laureate, Abhijit Banerjee has authored a new book (cookbook) titled “Cooking to Save your Life”. The book illustrated by France based illustrator Cheyenne Oliver is published by Juggernaut Books. Abhijit Banerjee is a professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He won the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences jointly

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“Resolved: Uniting Nations in a Divided World”, an autobiography of Ban Ki-moon

“Resolved: Uniting Nations in a Divided World”, an autobiography of Ban Ki-moon

A book titled ‘Resolved: Uniting Nations in a Divided World’ is an autobiography of the Former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The book has been published by HarperCollins India. In his autobiography, Ban has described how he became a man of peace from a child of war. It consists of life experiences and challenges that the author faced

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AIM, Vigyan Prasar collaborates to drive ATL and Engage with Science

AIM, Vigyan Prasar collaborates to drive ATL and Engage with Science

Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), a flagship initiative of Niti Aayog announced a collaboration with Vigyan Prasar, an autonomous organization of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India to drive synergies between AIM’s Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) and Vigyan Prasar’s unique interactivity platform, Engage With Science (EWS). Engage with Science: It will onboard all 9200+

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NITI Aayog releases SDG Urban Index and Dashboard 2021–22

NITI Aayog releases SDG Urban Index and Dashboard 2021–22

NITI Aayog under Indo-German Cooperation has released Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Urban Index and Dashboard 2021–22. The SDG Urban Index and Dashboard ranks 56 urban areason 77 SDG indicators across 46 targets of the SDG framework. Shimla tops the Index followed by Coimbatore, Chandigarh, Thiruvananthapuram Worst performers: Patna, Guwahati, Itanagar, Meerut, Dhanbad Urban areas have been classified as: Aspirant: 0–49 Performer:

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