Author: Nishita Sisodia

World Water Day is to encourage everyone to conserve water and promote the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, including ensuring universal access to water and sanitation by 2030. Water scarcity is affecting several nations throughout the world. It is a result of expanding population and greater use of freshwater sources. Every year on March 22, World Water Day has been held to promote public awareness about the significance of water. The day’s primary vision is to encourage people to conserve water.The day also urges increased support for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The sixth SDG aims to deliver water…

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As per World Happiness Report Finland Leads Again as World’s happiest Nation in 2022, which means fifth year in a row. Highlights World Happiness Report has based on the happiness score from 0 to 10 — a three data average. Northern Europeans took the top ranks once again, with the Danes coming second behind the Finns, trailed by the Icelandic, Swiss, and Dutch. The United States climbed three places to 16th, one spot ahead of the United Kingdom. France has risen to 20th place, its best ranking too far. On March 18, 2022, the tenth edition of the study got…

Broadcast Audience Research Council India (BARC) India resumes news channel ratings after a 15-month break with Week 10 data for 2022. In October 2020, BARC India temporarily stopped the audience ratings of news channels due to claims of a television rating point (TRP) fraud. According to BARC India, the BARC team and BARC TechComm came up with the Augmented Data Reporting Standards for news and unique interest genres after consulting with the entire industry. The standards are associated with the needs of the industry, BARC India said. According to the new accepted guidelines, viewership figures for these genres will only be…

Members of the Rajya Sabha have expressed concern over the recent increase in cancer cases in India. Members of the Rajya Sabha suggested ways to combat the sickness, which included frequent check-ups in rural regions and placing a warning on processed meat packaging. Mahesh Poddar, a member of the BJP, raised the issue during Zero Hour. He suggested that “packets of processed meat should have a cancer warning like tobacco products.” WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) had warned in 2015 that processed meat and red meat might cause cancer, he added. Increased consumption of highly processed meat…

According to Forbes statistics revised on March 16, Sharma was removed from the billionaire list as he has lost around INR 88 Cr every day. As of March 15th, Sharma’s wealth was $999 million. Before Paytm’s IPO, it was $2.35 billion, but now it’s down to $999 million. One97 Communications is the parent company of the digital payments’ platform. Paytm’s stock dropped almost 70% on November 18th of last year since its initial public offering. The fintech powerhouse was once the buzz of the town. The company has seen its value drop by about 70% since its IPO price of…

The Stealth Omicron variant has driven the latest epidemic in China, which is perhaps the country’s largest in two years.  The deadly coronavirus has changed throughout time, creating new variants that drove every pandemic wave.  During the second wave, the Delta Variant was the most lethal. The third wave got fueled by the Omicron Variant, which got found in South Africa.  The virus mutates because of environmental conditions and geographical location, resulting in many changes in the virus’s nature and structure. This new Omicron sub-variant differs from the parent variant. The “stealth” sub-variant of Omicron is problematic since it is…

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), the government of India, is encouraging entrepreneurs to come up with new technological and commercial solutions to problems in India’s urban water sector. The challenge is called the India Water Pitch-Pilot-Scale Start-up Challenge under AMRUT 2.0. “Pitch, Pilot, and Scale” ideas from startups can help solve problems in the urban water industry. To start building a startup environment in the water industry. Promotion of the ‘Make in India’ program via promoting Indian-origin startups and technology solutions. Collaboration with the private sector, institutions, industry groups, and others to implement solutions. Startups that accomplish…

Pallavi Joshi, a versatile actress, model, and film producer, makes a significant impact by delivering films that expose gruesome truths to society.  Pallavi Joshi has only appeared in a few films, yet she has made a name for herself. Pallavi Joshi is well-known for her ability to choose storylines. She also mentions parallel cinema, which has moved from what is now called mainstream Bollywood. “I kept receiving the same kinds of characters. These were roles I’d played several times before. There was nothing new to do or a new challenge. I continued turning down those offers. I also get a…

Zomato and Swiggy faced a technical outage on the evening of March 11, 2022, and netizens couldn’t get enough of it. People praised their collaboration of being outage together while posting memes on social media. Users complained last night about the downtime of the food ordering apps Zomato and Swiggy. Users of the food app complain that their orders got canceled. But the money got deducted from their wallets. Netizens started making memes as soon as the news hit the internet. Users say that services are down from Mumbai to Delhi. Users are having trouble accessing the applications and placing…