Simplifying UPSC Civil Services 2026| यूपीएससी सिविल सेवा अभिक्षमता परीक्षा (प्रारंभिक) परीक्षा

Chirp for the Sparrow; Tweet for the Sparrow World Sparrow Day 2012 March 20 is being observed as the World House Sparrow Day. The theme (विषय ) for the World Sparrow Day 2012 is ‘Chirp for the Sparrow; Tweet for the Sparrow’. Mohammed Dilavar is called the ‘sparrow man of India’ , as he has been successful in drawing the attention of the world about the declining number of house sparrows.  A study conducted by the Andhra University, Visakhapatnam highlighted that population of house sparrows fell by over 60 percent even in rural areas of coastal Andhra Pradesh.  A survey conducted by the British Trust for Ornithology showed that house sparrow population in Britain has declined by about 58 percent since 1970. Scientists and experts say that severe changes in the urban ecosystem in recent times have had tremendous impact on the population of house sparrows whose numbers are declining constantly. Mobile tower radiation and excessive use of chemica...

Change in Life Style and Livelihood Security required to Deal with Problem of Climate Change At the Inaugural Address at the Workshop on Climate Change Financing on Jan13, Shri R.Gopalan, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance said that in order to deal with the issue of Climate change and with the consequences, we will need not only enormous resources but also changes in our lifestyle especially among the better –off and livelihood security for the less well off.   The workshop was jointly organized by the Climate Change Finance Unit of the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance along with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) . The inauguration of the Workshop was also attended by   Mr Patrice Coeur-Bizot, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative ,  Dr Kaushik Basu, Chief Economic Adviser(CEA) , Ministry of Finance,  Shri J.M Mauskar, Special Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forest, ...