What is the climate vulnerability index released by CEEW?

GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Conservation related issues.   Context: Environmental think tank Council on Energy, Environment and Water has carried a first-of-its-kind district-level climate vulnerability assessment, or Climate Vulnerability Index (CVI). Under this, it has analysed 640 districts in India to assess their vulnerability to extreme weather events such as cyclones, floods, heatwaves, droughts, etc. …

G20 Summit:

GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important international institutions and groupings.   Context: 2021 G20 Summit was held in Rome, Italy.   Objectives of the summit: The Group of 20 countries, which represent more than three-quarters of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, had been looking for common ground and solid commitments on how to reduce emissions while …

Dengue fever:

GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Issues related to health.   Context: Dengue cases in Punjab have reached 16,129 — an all-time high figure since 2016.   When do cases peak? The disease has a seasonal pattern, i.e., the peak comes after monsoon and it is not uniformly distributed throughout the year. Every year, from July to …

Punjab Police want Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary to be declared ‘World Pedestrian Day’:

GS Paper 1: Topics Covered: Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.   Context: Punjab Police has recently proposed that the birth anniversary (Gurpurab) of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev be declared as ‘World Pedestrian Day’. A written proposal in this regard may be …