CURRENT AFFAIRS

A large proportion of women engaged in providing health and personal care which have always been an integral part of the economy and have been on the front lines during the pandemic. 

According to the Longitudinal Aging Study of India (LASI), there will be over 319 million elderly by 2050, threefold the number identified by the Census in 2011.

The Global Water System Project  launched in 2003 epitomises global concern about the human-induced transformation of fresh water and its impact on the earth system and society.

Like India, China also abstained on the U.S.-sponsored United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution condemning Russia for the invasion of Ukraine. 

India is reported to have lost half a million of its people to the Covid-19 pandemic over the past two years which despite a high degree of societal attention remains a serious public health concern worldwide.

The theme for International Women’s Day 2022 is ‘gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow’, however, gender equality is still a far cry for India’s female informal workforce.

Recently, World Health Organization technical lead on Covid-19, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, cautioned that the pandemic is far from over and new variants will emerge and such variants could be more transmissible than the Omicron BA.2 variant.

Russia’s attack on Ukraine has triggered “unprecedented’ economic sanctions but one of the key issues at the bottom of the conflict is the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

It is estimated that around 20,000 Indian students (Majority of medical students) were stranded in Ukraine; thus, the work of the Union government, complemented by the efforts of some active State governments, is aimed at bringing our fellow citizens back home.

In the wake of the Russia-Ukraine war, the world has imposed some of the most wide-ranging sanctions seen in recent times to isolate Russia but the international world order has failed to prevent the war.