CURRENT AFFAIRS

India is one of the largest welfare states in the world and yet, with COVID-19 striking in 2020, the state failed to provide for its most vulnerable citizens. 

Since January 2020, there have been over three million deaths globally on account of COVID-19, starkly exposing the vulnerabilities of health systems to infectious diseases, even in the richest countries.

Even an unprecedented pandemic can not upset the existing global regime governing monopoly rights over the production and distribution of life-saving drugs. 

India is the second-largest producer of wheat in the world, with over 30 million hectares in the country dedicated to producing this crop.

United States Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen’s proposal for global coordination of corporate taxation has huge implications. 

Recently the Supreme Court took suo motu cognizance of some of the key issues related to Covid-19 management, including the supply of oxygen and essential drugs and declaration of lockdowns. 

After more than two decades of international cooperation in space research, Russia  announced that it would be withdrawing from the International Space Station in 2025.

Scientists have created the world’s first monkey embryos containing human cells in an attempt to investigate how the two types of cell develop alongside each other. 

Justice N.V. Ramana was sworn in as the 48^th Chief Justice of India (CJI) by President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Access and affordability continue to plague teachers and students alike one year after the COVID-19 outbreak.