CURRENT AFFAIRS

Recently, many issues related with the ECI have been discussed in court hearings and outside; thus, a deeper look at the ECI may be useful, given its role in the preservation of democracy in the country.

Recently meetings of the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee, the No Money for Terror Conference, and an Interpol Conference on the issue of countering terrorism worldwide.

The Cyberspace Administration of China is rolling out new regulations to restrict the use of deep synthesis technology and curb disinformation.

Recently, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the United Nations agreement to conserve and sustainably use earth’s biodiversity, got a boost at a conference held in Montreal.

Recently, the 48th GST Council meeting was held which chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recommended decriminalization of certain offenses under Section 132 of the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Act, 2017.

The 2022 Nobel Prize for physics was awarded  “for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science” which shows the importance of quantum computing.

Recently, the Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud stated that increasing the number of judges will not demolish the perennial problem of pendency, and that it is difficult enough now to find good High Court judge material.

Recently, the Group of Seven (G7) countries, the European Union and Australia have imposed a price cap on Russian sea-borne oil to make it harder for Russia to fund its war against Ukraine.

Recently, the President of India, Draupadi Murmu, and the Vice-President of India, Jagdeep Dhankhar, have weighed in on the surpassing significance of the separation of powers in the Indian Constitution.

The Right to Information (RTI) Act was passed by Parliament in 2005, aiming to give people access to the records of the Central and State governments.