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World Wide Fund for Nature-India, better known by its abbreviation WWF-India, Established as a Charitable Trust in 1969, has an autonomous office, with the Secretariat based in New Delhi and various state, divisional and project offices spread across India. [1] WWF-India is one of India’s conservation organizations. [2]. [3]
The following is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Narendra Modi since he became the Prime Minister of India, following his first oath of office in 2014. [ 1 ] Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Tehran , Iran (May 2016).
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is a Swiss-based international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction of human impact on the environment. [5] It was formerly named the World Wildlife Fund, which remains its
India initially suffered from a low testing rate, however has substantially increased it. [64] Country also has launched a number of research projects for treatment of disease and development of anti COVID vaccines. Demand amid pandemic has also turned India into world's second largest manufacturer of PPE after China. [65]
According to the World Wide Fund for Nature's 2020 Living Planet Report, wildlife populations have declined by 68% since 1970 as a result of overconsumption, population growth and intensive farming, which is further evidence that humans have unleashed a sixth mass extinction event. [16] [17] [18]
India reported its first case of COVID-19 in January 2020, and by March 2020, the government implemented a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the virus. However, this lockdown resulted in significant economic disruption and social challenges, particularly for the millions of informal workers who lost their livelihoods.
In December 2020, it was reported that a WHO-led international mission was expected to travel to China in the first week of January 2021 to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. [ 7 ] On 31 December 2020, the World Health Organization granted emergency use listing for the Tozinameran – COVID-19 mRNA vaccine (nucleoside modified ...
The Zoological Garden, Alipore (also informally called the Alipore Zoo or Kolkata Zoo) is India's oldest formally stated zoological park (as opposed to royal and British menageries) and a big tourist attraction in Kolkata, West Bengal. It has been open as a zoo since 1876, and covers 18.811 ha (46.48 acres).