CHINA HOSTING SUBSIDIARY BIODIVERSITY CONVENTION - COP15 BEGINS IN YUNAN

Highlights –

• China hosting subsidiary biodiversity convention COP15 begins in Yunan.
• The event is hosted by the Secretariat Office of the Convention on Biological Diversity
• The Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) will also be co...

JAL TO STOP USING THE PHRASE ‘LADIES AND GENTLEMEN’ WHILE FLIGHT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Highlights –

• JAL to stop using the phrase ‘ladies and gentlemen’ while flight announcement.
• The phrase while making announcements will be scrapped at the end of September.
• The decision was made to avoid alienating sexual ...

876 FLAMINGOS ARE BORN IN UAE'S AL WATHBA WETLAND RESERVE IN 2020

HIGHLIGHTS

• The only site as a rebreeding center of Flamingos in the Arabian peninsula. Al Wathba Wetland Reserve gives 876 flamingos this year
• This is a 22 percent increase in the number of chicks since 2011 when it first started breeding here
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DIVERSITY MANIFESTO ADOPTED BY ITALY

Italy is famous for its design and fashion houses. The country’s fashion industry was criticized continually for racially and culturally insensitive designs. The Italian National Fashion Chamber released the manifesto which was supported by the country’s key fashion houses. It calls f...

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVE CULTURE BOOST INNOVATION

The Wall Street Journal examined diversity and inclusion among S&P 500 companies and provided the corporate ranking. It concludes that inclusive and diverse cultures give a company a competitive edge over their peers. 

Employee diversity exhibits ...

A new study reveals Plant Biodiversity and Productivity struggles after Agricultural abandonment.

According to the new University of Minnesota research, agricultural abonnement makes the plant diversity and productivity difficult to recover.

Co-Authors of the study Forest Isbell, assistant professor, College of Biological Sciences and Adam Clark, postdoctoral researcher, Helmholtz C...

New Research studies Importance of Deep Sea

Ocean constitutes the largest fraction of planet Earth. They inhabit immense aquatic diversity and play crucial role in life sustaining cycles on Earth.

Apart from biological diversity, it inhabits, it serves as a huge mineral deposit and thus mining sector is keen to mine from deep sea...

2019 Steel Awards showcases greater diversity

The South African Institute of Steel Construction (Saisc) Steel Awards attracted not only a record number of entries and sponsors this year but also greater diversity. This year’s entries encompass a wider range of stakeholders in the greater built environment, from architects and engineers...