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5. e-DAR portal to speed up accident compensation claims

The Ministry of Roads, Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has developed the portal named ‘e-DAR’ (e-Detailed Accident Report). -IAS SCORE

Half of Indian states lags national average in first energy, climate index

The NITI Aayog released India’ first State Energy and Climate Index (SECI, Round 1) for performance in various dimensions of energy-efficiency and climate-resilience.-IAS SCORE

6th mass extinction underway, courtesy humans

Earth is losing species at an unprecedented rate; this marks the beginning of the Anthropocene Epoch, a self-aggrandising nomenclature that highlights our disproportionate and irreversible impacts on the surrounding-IAS SCORE

The India-Australia Trade Agreement

On April 2, India and Australia signed an Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA).-IAS SCORE

Making Groundwater Visible

The theme of this year’s World Water Day (March 22) was ‘Groundwater: Making the Invisible Visible’. -IAS SCORE

UN takes note of global indigenous fire practices to control wildfires

The United Nations has taken note of burning practices and techniques of indigenous peoples around the world as a method to control wildfire incidents in a recent report on increasing incidences of fires globally.-IAS SCORE

Energy transition holds key to tackle global energy and climate crisis: IRENA

World Energy Transitions Outlook outlines priority actions till 2030 to keep 1.5

Poverty rose but income inequality fell

Poverty certainly rose during the COVID-19 pandemic. After examining the monthly data from Consumer Pyramids Household Survey 2021, it was found that extreme poverty rose from 7.6% in November 2019 to 11.7% in July 2021.-IAS SCORE

36-million-year-old whale fossil found in Peruvian desert

Palaeontologists recently unveiled the fossilized remains of an ancient whale that inhabited the seas 36 million years ago, found last year in a Peruvian desert. -IAS SCORE

Abel prize for 2022 goes to American mathematician Dennis P. Sullivan

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the Abel prize for the year 2022 to American Mathematician Dennis Parnell Sullivan.-IAS SCORE

Eyeing ‘turnaround’, BBNL to merge with BSNL by month-end

The government had decided to merge BBNL and BSNL by the end of this fiscal year.-IAS SCORE

Whither unemployment benefits

The unemployment rate had shot up sharply during the nationwide lockdown in 2020 during the first wave of the pandemic. Laws and schemes have failed to offer relief to workers during this period. -IAS SCORE