CURRENT AFFAIRS

Recently, the University Grants Commission (UGC) announced the implementation of  an ‘Academic Bank of Credits’ (ABC) in higher education.

India has a population of about 135 crore people and the sixth largest economy in the world with a high growth potential but this growth potential cannot be achieved without giving equal opportunity to every State.

Recently, a U.S. patient with leukemia has become the first woman and the third person to date to be cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from a donor who was naturally resistant to the virus that causes AIDS.

The federalist nature of our country is part and parcel of the basic structure of the Constitution thus India needs to strengthen federal structure not only  in relation to the legislature and the executive but also to the federal nature of our judiciary.

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways had participated in Third High Level Global Conference on Road Safety for Achieving Global Goals 2030 held in Sweden in 2020 where it was conceptualised to have zero road fatalities in India by 2030.

In the Union Budget 2022-23, Finance Minister Nirmala announced a 30% flat tax rate levied on any gains made from the transfer of virtual assets including cryptocurrencies and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs).

The COP26 summit propelled several countries to scale up their climate ambitions and particularly marked a turning point for India, with a commitment to achieve carbon neutrality by 2070.

Last year, new guidelines took effect to completely de-regulate the geospatial sector for Indians so after a year, it is time to look back and assess its impact and identify the bottlenecks so that the full potential of the geospatial sector can be realised.

The pandemic has brought to the fore the fragility of the global supply chain of semiconductor manufacturing; however, the supply disruptions would not worsen in 2022 as the Omicron surge should have a milder impact on the chip supply chain.

Recently, the CRUSHED Report 2021 released by Safe in India (SII), portrays a dismal picture concerning occupational safety and health in the auto sector.