Currency usage still robust even six years after demonetisation
- 88 ₹ lakh crore, the currency with the public as of October 21 which is 71.84% higher than the level for the fortnight ended November 4, 2016, illustrating that cash usage is still robust even six years after demonetisation.
- Cash usage has been rising, even as digital alternatives for payments have become very popular.
Past eight years likely to be warmest on record: WMO report
- 15 degree Celsius, by which the global mean temperature in 2022 is above the preindustrial (1850-1900) average.
- This makes the eight years from 2015 the warmest on record, according to the World Meteorological Organisation report.
- The rate of sea level rise has also doubled since 1993 and has risen by nearly 10 mm to a new record high this year
Russia becomes India’s top crude oil supplier in October
- Russia has become India’s top oil supplier in October, surpassing traditional sellers Saudi Arabia and Iraq, according to data from energy cargo tracker Vortexa.
- Russia, which made up for just 0.2% of all oil imported by India till March 31, 2022, supplied 9,35,556 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil to India in October — the highest ever.
- It now makes up for 22% of India’s total crude imports, ahead of Iraq’s 20.5% and Saudi Arabia’s 16%.
- India’s appetite for Russian oil swelled ever since it started trading on discount as the West shunned it to punish Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine
India tops Group 2 with big win, will face England in semifinals
TRS wins Munugode, BJP bags Adampur in bypolls
One-all in Bihar: RJD retains Mokama, BJP keeps Gopalganj
SBI beats RIL to become the most profitable company
Haryana will be launching Trees Outside Forest in India in the state in collaboration with USAID
Guyana President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali will be the chief guest for the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention, which will be held in 2023
National Cancer Awareness Day observed on 7th November
Source : THE HINDU
