CURRENT AFFAIRS

Lifesaving vaccines such as Covishield and Covaxin are products of modern biotechnology, as are drugs developed in recent times for treating many ailments.

Due to ambiguity in the number of farmers, the welfare policy schemes are not reached upto real farmers.

The International Institute for Strategic Studies puts the overall estimate of China’s military budget at $230 billion. This shows intentions of China for global supremacy.

India witnessed the world’s largest religious congregation as millions of pilgrims gathered for a holy dip in the Ganga during the Kumbh Mela at Haridwar.

Recently , UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged wealthy nations to end coal use by 2030.

The announcement by President Joe Biden that the US will withdraw all its troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, has sent tremors through the region’s fault-lines.

India is celebrating the 130th birth anniversary of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar on 14th April. Country is honouring the accomplishments of Ambedkar and the impact of his legacy on the Constitution of India and jurisprudence and legal scholarship. 

“Lower the expectations” might not seem a very ambitious prescription for the immediate future of India’s troubled relations with China.

The foreign ministers of BIMSTEC (the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) met virtually on April 1.

The National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions Bill, 2020 (NCAHP) was passed by Parliament in March. The Bill seeks to regulate and standardise the education and practice of allied and healthcare professionals.