CURRENT AFFAIRS

An appropriate understanding based on reliable and timely public data is critical to ensure effective policy intervention and becomes the cornerstone of good governance.

Several attempts have been made since 1991 economic reforms  to reform the fertilizer sector to keep a check on the rising fertilizer subsidy bill, promote the efficient use of fertilizers, achieve balanced use of N, P and K (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium), and reduce water and air pollution caused by fertilizers like urea.

A Recent report for 2021 released by the Pentagon named China Military Power Report (CMPR) categorically underscores the growing challenge posed by the increasing capabilities of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and its ambitions across various dimensions of military power.

The Supreme Court while quashing two judgments of the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court said that the most important ingredient for constituting an offence of sexual assault under Section 7 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act is the “sexual intent”, and not the “skin-to-skin” contact with the child”.

NITI Aayog recently published a road map document entitled “Health Insurance for India’s Missing Middle”. The report confounds all hopes and expectations of a credible pathway to universal health coverage (UHC) for India.

Recently at the G20 in Rome and COP26 in Glasgow, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke at nearly a dozen events, expanding on India’s plans to counter climate change.

UNESCO Member States have declared the first Thursday of November as the International Day against Violence and Bullying at School, including cyberbullying.

Russia has started supplying the S-400 Triumf  air defence system to India which has also thrown down the gauntlet to the U.S. that threatened sanctions against India.

Bats provide some direct benefits to humans but  due to their physiology, bats are one type of animal that acts as a natural reservoir of many pathogens and since they are highly mobile, social, and long-lived, they can readily spread diseases.

In a major intelligence based operation 26 naxals were killed in a police operation in Gadchiroli district of Vidarbha region in Maharashtra. The proscribed Communist Party of India (Maoist) has faced setbacks in its “protracted armed struggle” against the Indian state.