Global Hunger Index – 2017
- GHI is designed to measure and track hunger globally and by country and region.
- It is calculated each year by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
- The GHI ranks countries on a 100-point scale. Zero is the best score and 100 is the worst.
- The components are -
- Undernourishment - The proportion of undernourished people as a percentage of the population.
- Child wasting - The proportion of children under the age of five who suffer from wasting i.e low weight for their height, reflecting acute under-nutrition.
- Child stunting - The proportion of children under the age of five who suffer from stunting i.e low height for their age, reflecting chronic under-nutrition &
- Child mortality - The mortality rate of children under the age of five.
- India ranks 100 among 119 countries with a score of 31.4 and hunger situation in the “Serious” category.
- Over three-year duration, the country has seen a slide of 45 positions from 55 in 2014.
- According to the report, India is better only than Pakistan and Afghanistan among the Asian countries.
RE-Invest 2017
- Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is organising the 2nd edition of RE-Invest with France as the partner Country.
- It is the flagship event to highlight achievements and attract investments in the clean energy sector.
- It has been envisioned as a global event to deliberate upon strategies for development and deployment of renewable.
- A highlight of this edition will be the founding ceremony of the International Solar Alliance (ISA).
- The formal founding of the ISA follows ratification of membership by the minimum 15 member states.
- The Pacific island Kiribati became the 41st member to join the ISA.
UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- US have recently announced its withdrawal from UNESCO, accusing the organisation as Anti-Israel bias.
- UNESCO is the first UN agency to have admitted Palestine as a full member in 2011.
- The withdrawal goes into effect at the end of 2018.
- UNESCO is responsible for promoting peace, social justice, human rights and international security through International cooperation on educational, science and cultural programs.
- It has 195 member states and is based in Paris, France.
- It is a global development agency with missions that include promoting sex education, literacy, clean water and equality for women.
- It is known for its World Heritage Mission which encourages world countries to protect Natural and Cultural Heritage sites.
- It publishes Global Education Monitoring report and Gender Parity Index.
- It also leads the initiative of Man and Biosphere Programme for protecting Biosphere reserves across the world.
Srisailam Reservoir
- The Srisailam dam is constructed across the Krishna River in Andhra Pradesh.
- Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have been at loggerheads about release of water from the reservoir to irrigation schemes.
- Consequently, the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB), an autonomous board was constituted.
- It regulated the drawing of water from common irrigation projects Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar.
- The recent rain brings copious inflow to the reservoir and it is being opened up for the first time in this water year.
- Nagarjuna Sagar Dam was also built across the Krishna River where the river forms the boundary between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
TOPEX/Poseidon
- It is the joint satellite mission launched by NASA and French space agency in the year 1992 to map ocean surface topography.
- It is the first satellite to precisely measure the rising sea levels.
- It mapped global tides for the first time and monitored effects of currents on global climate change
- MedWatch
- The Indian Air Force has launched an innovative mobile health App named 'MedWatch'.
- It comprises a host of features that will provide authentic health information to all IAF personnel.
- It acts as a reminder for timely immunisation for the children of all Air Warriors, enabling ‘Mission Indradhanush' programme.
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