CURRENT AFFAIRS

As many as 12 Indian institutions have achieved top 100 positions in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021, with three Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) making it to top 50 this time.

Diabetes is a major public health problem in India with an estimated 7 crore adults with diabetes and half as many with prediabetes.

The Economic Survey rightly flagged the issue of a growing food subsidy bill, which “is becoming unmanageably large”.

Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, known briefly as Quad, would soon meet at summit level (for the first time), thus signalling the importance attached to this grouping by the Biden administration.

The intense debates around the recently enacted farm laws have brought to light the issue of developing a sound regulatory framework to promote India’s agricultural growth.

The Election Commission of India has announced dates for elections to five Legislative Assemblies. Petition challenging the electoral bonds scheme, which deals with the vexed issue of election funding, continues to languish in the Supreme Court.

Marked annually on March 8^th, International Women's Day, is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.

Recent banking system trends in India and the United States shows great amount of irony. Spurred by a lack of financial inclusion, a public banking movement is rapidly gaining traction in the United States, a bastion of free markets.

The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), launched the Cyber Crime Volunteers Programme.

Subsidised LPG prices have increased by a massive 50% in this financial year alone.This impacts the gains of the government’s flagship scheme, the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY).