Current Affairs

Merchant Shipping Reforms

Context: The Government is set to introduce two landmark legislations—the Merchant Shipping Bill, 2024, and the Coastal Shipping Bill, 2024....

Right to Disconnect and India

Context: The recent tragic death of an Ernst & Young (EY) employee in September, allegedly due to work-related stress, has...

Africa’s Food Security Crisis

Context: The latest UN State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024 report highlights the alarming state of...

The Mystery of Antimatter

Context: A research, published in a recent preprint paper, suggests that a new particle species could help explain the imbalance...

Bima Sakhi Yojana 

Context: In a landmark event in Panipat, Haryana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Bima Sakhi Yojana, a Life Insurance...

RBI is leveraging AI to crack down on ‘mule bank accounts’

Context: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to combat the growing issue of “mule” bank...

Decoupling Economic Growth from Emissions: India’s Path to Sustainability

Context: India’s rapid economic growth over the past decades has been accompanied by increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, the...

Flood Vulnerabilities in India: A Gendered Perspective

Context: India is one of the most flood-affected countries globally, with annual flooding affecting millions of people, particularly in flood-prone...

India’s Manufacturing Transformation: The Role of the PLI Scheme

Context: India’s journey to becoming a global manufacturing powerhouse is gaining momentum, thanks to strategic policy initiatives like the Production-Linked...

Coastal Hardening and Loss of Sandy Beaches

Context: The study highlights the alarming extent of coastal hardening—the construction of rigid, semi-impermeable structures along coastlines—and its implications for...

India-Armenia Partnership

Context: The geopolitical landscape of the South Caucasus is undergoing significant changes, particularly in light of the evolving partnership between...

Shift in Temperature-Related Mortality

Context: A new study reveals that climate change could shift the burden of temperature-related deaths from older to younger populations,...

Moths’ Use of Plant Sounds for Egg Laying

Context: A recent study conducted by a team of researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel, the study titled “Female...

Indian Star Tortoise

Context: Researchers from the Wildlife Institute of India and Panjab University have identified two genetically distinct groups of Indian star...

Malaria and Genetically Modified Malaria Parasites

Context: Efforts to combat malaria are evolving, with innovative approaches complementing existing strategies such as vaccines and genetically modified mosquitoes. ...