CURRENT AFFAIRS

Russia’s attack on Ukraine has worried many nations specially on the impact the Ukraine crisis is having on the global world order, which is fragmenting in every respect of global interconnectedness i.e. in terms of international cooperation, security, military use, economic order, and even cultural ties.

The Vienna talks aimed at reviving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the Iran nuclear deal, have hit a wall after Russia sought sanctions exemptions for its future trade and defence ties with Iran.

A large proportion of women engaged in providing health and personal care which have always been an integral part of the economy and have been on the front lines during the pandemic. 

According to the Longitudinal Aging Study of India (LASI), there will be over 319 million elderly by 2050, threefold the number identified by the Census in 2011.

The Global Water System Project  launched in 2003 epitomises global concern about the human-induced transformation of fresh water and its impact on the earth system and society.

Like India, China also abstained on the U.S.-sponsored United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution condemning Russia for the invasion of Ukraine. 

India is reported to have lost half a million of its people to the Covid-19 pandemic over the past two years which despite a high degree of societal attention remains a serious public health concern worldwide.

The theme for International Women’s Day 2022 is ‘gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow’, however, gender equality is still a far cry for India’s female informal workforce.

Recently, World Health Organization technical lead on Covid-19, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, cautioned that the pandemic is far from over and new variants will emerge and such variants could be more transmissible than the Omicron BA.2 variant.

Russia’s attack on Ukraine has triggered “unprecedented’ economic sanctions but one of the key issues at the bottom of the conflict is the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.