CURRENT AFFAIRS

During the Budget discussion in Parliament the Finance Minister signals to discourage cryptocurrency via taxation and capital gains provisions.

This year is the birth centenary year of Dr. Y. Nayudamma, a Padma Shri recipient, noted scientist, former Director of the Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai and former Director-General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has rekindled the realism versus liberalism debate in international relations. While the realism versus liberalism debate can go on with no consensus, it’s important to understand the basic tenets of the two theories that are fuelling it.

Recently, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report, titled ‘Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change’ was released.

Preference falsification refers to the tendency among people to keep some of their real thoughts and beliefs to themselves due to the fear of social backlash.

Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana has warned India’s premier investigative agency, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), that its aura of reverence has grown dull.

Due to Covid-19, a nationwide lockdown was imposed in India which left people shocked by the plight of migrant workers walking hundreds of kilometers, facing hunger, exhaustion and violence, to get to the safety of their home villages.

The Tokyo 2020 Paralympics was a watershed moment for Indian sports because a Paralympic gold medal was won by a female Indian athlete for the first time.

World Water Day is an annual United Nations (UN) observance day held on 22 March that highlights the importance of freshwater. The theme of this year’s World Water Day was ‘Groundwater: Making the Invisible Visible’.

Amid economic growth, urbanisation, a steady increase in women’s literacy, and an overall decline in fertility rates, women in India have been dropping out or being pushed out of the workforce at an alarming rate.