CURRENT AFFAIRS

India has been ordered to return up to $1.4 billion to Cairn Energy PLC of the U.K. after an international arbitration overturned tax demanded retrospectively — an award the government indicated it may challenge.

European Union issued two draft digital-services laws that could launch an overarching supervisory apparatus covering tech companies.

Nepal plunged into yet another political crisis, after the Prime Minister of Nepal has dissolved the lower house of the country’s Parliament.

Government has extended suspension of fresh proceedings under insolvency law for next 3 months.

The R cluster, along with the Satellite Cluster and MJ gas fields in the Krishna Godavari Basin are expected to produce around 30 MMSCMD of natural gas or about 15% of India’s projected demand for natural gas by 2023.

A mutated variant of the novel coronavirus has been associated with recent infections in England. Implications mutation means a change in the genetic sequence of the virus.

People with shigellosis may start experiencing symptoms within one or two days of the entry of germs in the body.

The Himalayan Serow, till date was considerd to be extinct, spotted in the cold deserts of the Spiti valley in Himachal Pradesh.

The U.S. Treasury labeled Switzerland and Vietnam as currency manipulators on Wednesday and added three new names to a watch list of countries it suspects of taking measures to devalue their currencies against the dollar.

Nine months after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, few countries are wielding contact-tracing effectively.