CURRENT AFFAIRS

With climate change exacerbating local weather patterns, we are likely to see April-May temperatures reaching record highs every three years.

Recently researchers from Canada, the Netherlands, and the U.S. have reported that coastal lifeforms have colonised plastic items in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Recently, Prime Minister inaugurated an International Big Cat Alliance conference in Mysuru where he also revealed that India had a minimum of 3,167 tigers as per the latest count (2022).

Recently the Supreme Court of India expressed its “serious concern” over the active role being played by Governors in State politics and an important step in ensuring independence of the Election Commission of India, will have direct bearing on the concept of the independence of various constitutional authorities in India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently launched the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) that endeavours to protect and conserve big cats.

Recently, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) issued a string of notices naming entities involved in ‘dabba trading’.

Recently,  The Election Commission of India (ECI) accorded  the status of a national party to the Aam Aadmi Party. while withdrawing the same for the Trinamool Congress, Communist Party of India, and the Nationalist Congress Party.

Recently at the Delhi Arbitration Weekend, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju emphasized the need for institutional arbitration to enhance the ease of doing business.

The 21st century seems set to become the age of graphene, a recently discovered material made from honeycomb sheets of carbon just one atom thick.

Recently, major oil-producing countries including Saudi Arabia, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, as well as Russia, have announced cuts in oil production that will start in May and last until the end of 2023.