Intervention

India’s First ‘FASTag’ Parking at Airport

The parking system has been created in collaboration with NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India). The facility has been initially started with ICICI FASTag and will be rolled out through other major banks gradually. Non-FASTag vehicles would continue to use the existing parking system, read a statement by the organisation.

Information &Broadcasting Team to Counter Fake News

The government’s FACT Check module, which is to be initially manned by information service officers, will work on the four principles of find, assess, create and target (FACT), which involves round-the-clock monitoring of online news sources and publicly available social media posts. Since misleading information often finds traction through online influencers who are not bound by standards of ethics applicable to traditional media outlets, the team will also identify themes or stories that promote false and misleading information relating to the government and its agencies.

In G20, Only India is Close to 1.5 Degree Celsius Temperature Rise ‘Pathway’ as Committed – Brown to Green Report 2019

The ‘Brown to Green Report 2019’, released by the the Climate Transparency on Monday, however, noted that India is the only country among G20 nations that is close to 1.5 degree Celsius temperature rise ‘pathway’ – a scenario which the scientific community has pitched for at this juncture to save the world from the disastrous consequences of average temperature rise.