CURRENT AFFAIRS

The 46th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) and the 26th Committee on Environmental Protection (CEP) were recently concluded in India.

Recently, the Ministry of Environment and Forests issued updated guidelines for its Green Credit Programme (GCP), focusing on the eco-restoration of degraded forest areas and other environmental actions.

After over a decade of negotiations, the rules under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement governing international carbon trading have been finalized. 

In view of the rise in financial cyber crimes in India, to provide speedy justice to the victims and strengthen the money recovery process, Indian Cyber ​​Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) under the Ministry of Home Affairs has launched the ‘e-Zero FIR’ initiative aimed at automatically converting high-value cyber fraud cases into FIRs.

The High-Altitude Platform (HAP) from the Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) located at Chitradurga, Karnataka has successfully completed an important flight test series with its certified autopilot system.

There is growing discontent among developing nations regarding the enhanced New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance. 

In June 2024, the 67th Council meeting of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) approved a landmark funding package of $736.4 million to support 34 environmental projects worldwide. 

India, as a signatory to the Paris Agreement, is committed to addressing climate change through its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). 

The practice of tattooing the face by women, which was going on for generations in the Kutia Kandha tribe, has now almost completely ended.

The Conference of Parties (CoPs) for the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS Conventions) was held in Geneva (Switzerland) between 28 April and 9 May 2025.