Hatti Community

10POINTER- The central government decision to bring the Hatti community under the Scheduled Tribes list in Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmaur district is spreading resentment among some sections.

‘One nation, one police uniform’

10POINTER- Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently mooted the idea of 'One Nation, One Police Uniform'.

C-295MW Transport Aircraft

10POINTER- The Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone of the Vadodara transport aircraft manufacturing facility on October 30.

Floating Trash Barrier

10POINTER- A floating trash barrier (FTB), developed by AlphaMERS Ltd. and deployed in eight cities across India to trap trash in water bodies, has won the Cleaning and Restoring India’s Water Bodies Challenge.

Emission Gap Report 2022

10POINTER- Recently, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released ‘Emissions Gap Report 2022

India’s biotech regulator recommends environmental release of GM mustard

https://www.10pointer.com/current-affairs/indias-biotech-regulator-recommends-environmental-release-of-gm-mustard

BSE launches Electronic Gold Receipts

10POINTER- The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has launched Electronic Gold Receipt (EGR) on its platform, a move that will help in efficient and transparent price discovery of the metal.

ISRO to upgrade ‘Indian GPS’, NavIC, to widen user base

10POINTER-The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is working on a series of improvements to the NavIC, or India’s equivalent of the Global Positioning System (GPS), so that more people are motivated to install it and use it.

Countries’ targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions insufficient: UNFCCC

10POINTER- The Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) pledged by countries to arrest climate change are insufficient, noted a new report released by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Emperor penguins listed as endangered by US

10POINTER- The emperor penguin has been officially declared a threatened species by the US government due to the existential risk posed to the birds by the climate crisis.

Sukapaika river, National Green Tribunal, Odisha

10POINTER- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Odisha government to revive a dead river in next six months by earmarking a dedicated fund for the purpose.

Government asks RRBs to expand their portfolios

10POINTER- In order to provide credit to rural consumers, the government is planning to leverage the 15,000-odd strong network of the 43 Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) in the country by asking them to expand their portfolio by adding new segments.