The World Food Programme (WFP) told a briefing in Geneva that the number of people short of essential foodstuffs had risen by 1.4 million in the past six months. Food prices had also soared by more than 200% in less than a year due to the freefall in neighbouring Lebanon’s economy and COVID-19 lockdown measures … Read more
In its first report on countries’ progress towards EU air pollution goals, the Commission said member states needed to step up efforts to tackle the estimated 400,000 premature deaths a year caused in the EU by exposure to polluted air. Based on current policies, 10 of the EU’s 27 member states will meet their 2020 … Read more
The RBI governor held a meeting with the board through video-conferencing. The RBI said in a release that at the outset, the governor and deputy governors briefed the board about the overall macroeconomic conditions, both domestic and global; financial sector situation; and the impact of various monetary, regulatory and other measures taken by the RBI … Read more
Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal expressed his gratitude towards Supreme Court for accepting CBSE proposal of not holding the CBSE examinations of class XII from 1st July to 15th July and for giving priority to safety concerns of students . He said that assessment from the performance of students in the cancelled examination will be … Read more
They rose across the U.S. by at least 39,818 on Thursday, the largest one-day increase of the pandemic. The governor of Texas temporarily stopped the state’s reopening on Thursday as infections and hospitalisations surged. But European shares opened higher, with the Stoxx 600 up 0.8% and London’s FTSE 100 up 1% at 0736 GMT. The … Read more