CURRENT AFFAIRS

Chairman of the Rajya Sabha M. Venkaiah Naidu appointed Dr. P.P.K. Ramacharyulu as the Secretary-General of the Upper House on September 1, 2021.

Since the onset of COVID-19, the world has seen a reaffirmation of intellectual property rules that have served as a lethal barrier to the right to access healthcare over the last few decades.

The recently released India’s Arctic Policy fulfills a longstanding need for a clear articulation on a rapidly transforming Arctic, which is warming three times faster than the rest of the world.

The spike in demand for EVs, led primarily due to a conducive regulatory framework, has in turn attracted overseas investments into the sector. 

Bangladesh overtook India in exports of the global textiles and clothing in the past decade as Indian labour costs resulted in products becoming 20% more expensive.

The UN General Assembly has proclaimed March 21 as the International Day of Forests to celebrate and raise awareness about the importance of forests.

This year's Budget emphasised the role of cleaner technologies such as solar energy & batteries and the importance of transitioning to a circular economy for India’s future economic growth.

The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 guarantees to every disabled person a large bouquet of rights and entitlements but the reality that disabled persons confront in their everyday lives is far removed from the law’s progressive vision. 

The Ukraine crisis has exposed the weakness of international law in general and the hollowness of the principle of sovereign equality in particular. 

The world was reminded recently that nuclear technology is hazardous in the incident when a fire broke out near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine (Europe’s largest) during the course of a military battle.