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Today's Headlines - 28 March 2024

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Sustainable Building Materials

GS Paper III

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India's booming construction industry offers economic growth and better living standards but also raises environmental concerns. Sustainable buildings are now needed to address those environmental impacts and meet the demand for energy-efficient structures.

Food Waste Index Report 2024 (By-UNEP)

GS Paper III

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According to the latest UN Environment Programme's Food Waste Index Report, the world wasted an estimated 19 per cent of the food produced globally in 2022, or about 1.05 billion metric tons.

What will it take to resume India-Pakistan trade?

GS Paper III

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Pakistan's Foreign Minister has expressed a serious intent to reevaluate the suspended trade relations with India, which have been inactive since 2019.

India Employment Report 2024

GS Paper III

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In 2022, India's youth accounted for 83% of the country's total unemployed population, according to the India Employment Report 2024, compiled jointly by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Institute for Human Development (IHD).

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T+0 settlement

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The BSE and NSE introduced trading in the T+0 rolling settlement cycle in the equity segment on an optional basis today.

Is Australia’s carbon credit scheme a ‘catastrophe’?

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Australia’s carbon credit scheme was undermined by damning new research published in the “Nature Communications journal, Earth & Environment”, which found a world-leading reforestation project had been an underperforming “catastrophe”.

H5N1 bird flu

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A highly pathogenic type of bird flu, H5N1, has been spreading across the globe, posing an existential threat to birds and wildlife.

RBI modifies Alternative Investment Funds (AIF) norms

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) relaxed the norms it announced on investments in Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) last year.

India TB Report-2024

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The gap between the estimated number and actual cases of tuberculosis (TB) is closing, according to the India TB Report 2024 released by the Union Health Ministry.

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