CURRENT AFFAIRS

Himalaya is a zone that is culturally and linguistically diverse, sharing a common historical pool of resources, communities, cultures, civilisations and memories, and susceptible to climate change and ecological vulnerabilities.

India’s urban population will be doubled between 2018 and 2030 and New Delhi would become the most populous city on the planet by 2028. This large-scale migration to urban centres in India is bound to create pressure on housing markets.

The second wave of infections in India now largely subsided, thus economic activity in many sectors and geographies has recovered to pre-second-wave levels, with some segments doing better than even in February 2020.

In early June 2021, the Ministry of External Affairs invited public inputs to the Emigration Bill 2021.The Bill could be introduced in Parliament soon and presents a long overdue opportunity to reform the recruitment process for nationals seeking employment abroad.

With a reduction in COVID-19 infections as the second wave weakens in India, it is important to focus on the pandemic’s disruptive impact on the food security and livelihoods of the poor and marginalised.

The recent Supreme Court verdict holding the 97^th Constitutional amendment unconstitutional to the extent it applied to cooperative societies under the control of the States is a reminder that even well-intentioned efforts towards reforms cannot be at the cost of the quasi-federal principles underlying the Constitution. 

The Great Indian Bustard, a gravely endangered species, with hardly about 200 alive in India today, came under the protective wings of the Supreme Court of India in a recent judgment. The Court said, in M.K. Ranjitsinh & Others vs Union of India & Others, that in all cases..

Recently,  World Youth Skills Day was observed on 15 July which yet again shows the importance of a skilled workforce in India for achieving the goal of becoming Atmanirbhar Bharat. Indian administration runs many schemes and programmes such as the Skill India Mission and the ‘Going Online As Leaders’ (or Goal) etc.

Recently, a report emerged from a collaborative investigation by journalists from around the world titled the ‘Pegasus Project’. Reports say that over “300 verified Indian mobile telephone numbers, including those used by ministers, opposition leaders..

It has been six years now that the Supreme Court struck down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000.However, recently the Supreme Court termed its continued use by law enforcement agencies of various states as “a shocking state of affairs” and sought a response from the Centre.