India Opposes New US Proposal on Food Stockholding
India and other members of the G-33 grouping have opposed a new US proposal for a permanent solution to the factious issue of food stockholding for food security in developing countries at the second informal meeting at the WTO.
According to India, the US proposal may result in an outcome where countries are advised as to what kind of food security programmes they should adopt, which is not part of the existing mandate.
The G-33 countries - led by India including China and the Philippines - want public stockholding for food security purposes to come under the 'Green Box' .
Singapore's Former PM Lee Kuan Yew Passes Away
Singapore’s former Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew, died at the age of 91.
Lee, also known as Singapore's founding father, was born in September 1923. He served as the prime minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990, and later served as a senior minister and minister mentor after stepping down from the first chair.
Researchers warn that without better local management, world's most iconic ecosystems are at risk of collapse under climate change.
Protecting places of global environmental importance such as the Great Barrier Reef and the Amazon rainforest from climate change will require reducing pressures like over-fishing, fertiliser pollution and land clearing.
An international team of researchers warned that localised issues, such as declining water quality from nutrient pollution or deforestation can exacerbate the effects of climatic extremes such as heat waves and droughts.
According to a report on Global Economic Outlook by Fitch, India is the only BRIC country, where growth will accelerate, to 8 per cent in FY16 and 8.3 per cent in FY17.
The forecast has been made taking in reference the revised GDP data series.
The agency's earlier forecasts were 6.5 per cent for 2015-16 and 6.8 per cent for 2016-17, based on the old series.
Over a billion devices will connect people at homes and offices through the Internet of Things (IoT), making people and cities smart.
The IoT will connect 1.1 billion devices in smart cities this year and a whopping 9.7 billion devices by 2020, while smart homes will lead with 294 million connected devices in 2015.
IoT is a network of objects or things embedded with electronic, software, sensors and connectivity to enable it achieve greater value and services by exchanging data with manufacturer, operator and other connected devices.
Mo Farah broke the European half marathon record by winning the IAAF Gold Label Road Race in Lisbon.
The Somali-born double-Olympic gold medalist (5000 m and 10,000 m) clocked 59:32 to become the first Briton to run under 60 minutes and improve Spaniard Fabian Roncero's record set in 2001 by 20 seconds.