CURRENT AFFAIRS

The European Union has announced the award of its highest human rights honour, the Sakharov Prize, for the year 2025 to two imprisoned journalists, Andrzej Poczobut of Belarus and Mzia Amaghlobeli of Georgia.

The impact of the additional tariffs imposed by the US on goods imported from India is clearly visible in the September 2025 export data. This move reflects America's trade protectionist stance, which has directly impacted the economies of many countries, including India.

On October 17, 2025, Bangladesh's interim government head and Nobel laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus signed the July Charter, calling it "the birth of a new Bangladesh." The charter was drafted by the National Consensus Commission, signed by 25 political parties. However, the student-led National Citizens Party (NCP) boycotted it, calling it "signed without legal basis."

Carbon trading and markets have become an important tool of modern climate policy and sustainable development.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has notified methodologies under the Green Credit Program (GCP), 2023, for the “calculation of green credits for afforestation activities.”

The industrial sector is the backbone of India’s economy —  it is a major source of employment, production, and exports.

Recently, the COP29 Presidency launched the “Methane Reduction from Organic Waste Declaration.”

Google has developed a new AI model, C2S-Scale (Cell2Sentence-Scale 27B), which has identified a potential new path for cancer treatment by understanding sensitive biological signals at the cellular level.

India and Brazil have agreed to expand the scope of the existing Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with the Mercosur bloc. The aim is to further strengthen economic ties between the two countries and increase India's access to the South American market.

Climate change is affecting all life forms and human societies directly and indirectly. It results in extreme weather events, rising sea levels, melting glaciers, and biodiversity loss. These impacts are particularly severe for vulnerable communities, marginal farmers, Small Island Developing States (SIDS), and environmental resources.