CURRENT AFFAIRS

India has decided to join the Artemis Accords, which brings like-minded countries together on civil space exploration, and NASA and ISRO have agreed to a joint mission to the International Space Station in 2024.

Recently, the Law Commission of India decided to solicit views and proposals from the public about the Uniform Civil Code (UCC).

The sudden arrival of groundbreaking AI tools has created an urgent need for a more holistic and global approach to tech governance.

Whenever diverse players from different endeavours come together, institutions and organizations make gains because these joint ventures lead to the creation of a whole new body/ bodies of knowledge.

Data has emerged as a powerful tool for driving sustainable development and achieving the 2030 Agenda.

Recently, a new study describes a pangenome reference map, built using genomes from 47 anonymous individuals (19 men and 28 women), mainly from Africa but also from the Caribbean, Americas, East Asia, and Europe.

The long-term (2008-2020) study on metabolic factors in the Indian subcontinent as part of the ICMR-InDiab study estimated the country’s NCD (chronic non-communicable diseases) burden.

Recently, few states deferred a proposal, approved by the Centre’s Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), to test a new kind of transgenic cotton seed that contains a gene, Cry2Ai, that purportedly makes cotton resistant to pink bollworm, a major pest.

Recently, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) last week paused its rate hike cycle by deciding to hold interest rates after ten rate hikes since March 2022. 

The Law Commission of India in its 279th report has recommended retaining one of the most controversial sections of recent times i.e., Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) on ‘sedition’.