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With growing urban pressures, cities now generate half of the global waste and 80 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, contributing to pollution, climate change and ecological degradation.

India’s taking over the G20 presidency from Indonesia is significant because it makes India the middle of the triad (Indonesia, India, and Brazil) from the global south to preside over the G20.

Recently, the Centre government kicked off the International Year of Millets, announcing a host of activities across the country to promote the cultivation and consumption of the ‘nutri-cereal’.

Recently, two major developments takes place in the television industry in India i.e. in 2021, the Cable Television Network Rules, 1994, were amended to include a statutory mechanism for redressal of grievances and complaints of viewers relating..

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has released draft amendments in relation to online gaming.

In December 1992, Parliament passed the 73rd and 74th constitutional amendments, which instituted panchayats and municipalities, respectively.

At the Constitution Day celebrations organized by the Supreme Court in November 2022, President Droupadi Murmu highlighted the plight of prisoners across India.

Recently, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said that it was ready to pilot remote voting for domestic migrants through newly devised remote electronic voting machines (RVMs) so that the voter does not have to travel to their home State or district to cast their vote.

Amidst all the tectonic shifts around the world, what appears to be a certainty is the emergence of an Asia-centric century.

Recently, the Union Cabinet decided to provide free foodgrains to all 81 crore beneficiaries covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) for one year.