CURRENT AFFAIRS

Recently, the India-Sri Lanka Joint Working Group (JWG) on fisheries held its much-awaited deliberations (in virtual format) on March 25.

Amid the “India Out” campaign that has been roiling the Maldives for months, its President Ibrahim Mohammed Solih on Thursday issued a decree banning protests against the country, citing a threat to national security.

Recent reports from NASA inform that the deployment and aligning of the mammoth James Webb telescope is proceeding well and may even ‘exceed expectations’.

Recently, President Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent to the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022, which seeks to unify the three civic bodies in the national capital.

Among the key objectives of reforms, one has been to reduce the distortions generated by the earlier excessive micromanagement of the economy.

Recently, communal clashes broke out during Ram Navami processions in several parts of the country; subsequently, the governments bulldozed the houses of those who were allegedly involved in rioting claiming that these demolitions are in response to illegal encroachments.

India TB Report 2022 noted a 19% increase in 2021 from the previous year in TB patients’ notification as the number of incident TB patients notified during 2021 was 19,33,381 against the 16,28,161 in 2020.

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.