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Highlights of 19 April 2024 Current Affairs
- Interwoven Lives, Threads of Hope: Ending Inequalities in Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) and Rights.
- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported an expected increase in days experiencing heat waves across India, affecting the southern, central, eastern, and northwestern areas. Usually, IMD alerts about the heat waves in the summer months, but this year, the alerts started as early as February.
- India has lost 2.33 million hectares of tree cover since 2000, according to the latest data from the Global Forest Watch monitoring project. This is equivalent to a 6% decrease in tree cover during 2001-2023.
- India’s pulses imports in fiscal 2024 surged 84% year-on-year to the highest level in six years after lower production prompted India to allow duty-free imports of red lentils and yellow peas.