CURRENT AFFAIRS

This year's Budget emphasised the role of cleaner technologies such as solar energy & batteries and the importance of transitioning to a circular economy for India’s future economic growth.

The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 guarantees to every disabled person a large bouquet of rights and entitlements but the reality that disabled persons confront in their everyday lives is far removed from the law’s progressive vision. 

The Ukraine crisis has exposed the weakness of international law in general and the hollowness of the principle of sovereign equality in particular. 

The world was reminded recently that nuclear technology is hazardous in the incident when a fire broke out near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine (Europe’s largest) during the course of a military battle.

Russia’s attack on Ukraine has worried many nations specially on the impact the Ukraine crisis is having on the global world order, which is fragmenting in every respect of global interconnectedness i.e. in terms of international cooperation, security, military use, economic order, and even cultural ties.

The Vienna talks aimed at reviving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the Iran nuclear deal, have hit a wall after Russia sought sanctions exemptions for its future trade and defence ties with Iran.

A large proportion of women engaged in providing health and personal care which have always been an integral part of the economy and have been on the front lines during the pandemic. 

According to the Longitudinal Aging Study of India (LASI), there will be over 319 million elderly by 2050, threefold the number identified by the Census in 2011.

The Global Water System Project  launched in 2003 epitomises global concern about the human-induced transformation of fresh water and its impact on the earth system and society.

Like India, China also abstained on the U.S.-sponsored United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution condemning Russia for the invasion of Ukraine.