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GRID Report  2020

- Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID)

- released by Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre( IDMC), Genava.

- India - 5 million people have been displaced. World - 33 Million 

- Reasons - social and economic vulnerability, hazard intensity and high population.

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Global Energy Review Report 2020

- By International Energy Agency (IEA)

- Global energy demand declined by 3.8% in the first quarter of 2020 compared to that of 2019

- CO2 Emissions decline in 2020 could be 8% lower than in 2019, which would be the lowest level of emissions since 2010.

- India experienced a reduction in its energy demands by 30% as a result of the nation-wide lockdown.

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Open Budget Survey (OBS) 2019

- Released by International Budget Partnership (IBP), biennialy.

- It rates the level of budget transparency across countries on a scale of 0-100, based on internationally comparable indicators.

- The survey covers 117 countries.

- New Zealand ranks first , India is placed at number 53.

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Global Nutrition Report 2020

- Released by World Health Organization 

- 4 nutritional indicators 
1. anemia among women in reproductive age
2. stunting among children under-5, 
3. exclusive breast feeding 
4. Childhood overweight.

- Global Nutrition Targets
By World Health Assembly in 2012
1. To reduce anaemic conditions among women by 50%
2. To reduce stunting in under-5 children by 40%
3. To reduce underweight births by 30%
4. To reduce childhood wasting to less than 5%.

- 1 in 9 people in the world are hungry and undernourished.

- India- 

 India along with 88 countries are likely to miss global nutrition targets by 2025,

Under 5 years stunting  - 37.9%
Under 5 years wasting - 20.8%

(Asia average of 22.7% and 9.4% respectively.)

anaemia 
Male - 17.8%
Women - 21.6%

- India is among the three worst performing countries, along with Nigeria and Indonesia regarding Stunting.

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NIRF Ranking 2020

- National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) was launched in 2015
- It is used for ranking institutions of higher education in different categories and domains of knowledge.

Parameters for rankings
1. Teaching, Learning and Resources.
2. Research and Professional
3. Practices.
4. Graduation Outcomes.
5. Outreach and Inclusivity.
6. Peer Perception.

- ‘Dental’ category has been introduced for the first time

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Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020.

News
Recently, the Parliament passed the bill.

It replaces an Ordinance promulgated in June 2020 and amends the Essential Commodities Act (ECA), 1955.

- Removes commodities like cereals, pulses, oilseeds, edible oils, onion and potatoes from the list of essential commodities.

- Aims to remove fears of private investors of excessive regulatory interference in their business operations.

- Ensures that interests of consumers are safeguarded by regulating agricultural foodstuff in situations such as war, famine, extraordinary price rise and natural calamity.

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Cyclone Nivar

In News: Recently, the tropical cyclone Nivar has made landfall along the Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coast.

- It is the fourth cyclone that has hit North Indian Ocean.
- Named Cyclone Nivar, based on the guidelines of the WMO.
- It has weakened from a very severe cyclonic storm to a severe cyclonic storm.

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Land-attack version of the BrahMos

News: India has successfully test-fired a land-attack version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Features:
- Range 400 km
- Top-attack mode
- Speed 2.8 Mach

Significance:
- Display of India’s tactical cruise missile triad.
- Enhancing India’s capability of engaging enemy’s vitally important targets.
- Test fired a number of missiles