Global Terrorism Index 2020
Afghanistan has the top position in the Global terrorism index 2020 with score 9.592 and India is 8th most affected country in this list with score of 7.353.
GTI is released by the institute for economic and peace (IEP) on the basis of study of terror affected countries. Headquarter of IEP is situated in Sydney, Australia.
About 29 countries scored 0.00 with 135th rank in index. Jammu & Kashmir of India found most vulnerable region of terrorism.
Climate Emergency in New Zealand
New Zealand has officially announced the climate emergency and launched an operation to call public sector to become Carbon-neutral by 2025.
New Zealand effectively joined the group of other nation and declared climate emergency like Canada, Japan, France, UK etc.
9th International Sand Art Festival
9th International sand art festival has started at “Chandra Bhaga Beach” of Konark with adherence of covid-19 protocols. About 70 domestic artists reached there to participate.
In this festival world famous sand artist & Padamshree Awardee Shri Sudarshan Pattnaik is chief curator of this event and “Environment and Covid-19” is selected as the theme of this year.