CURRENT AFFAIRS

According to a report by IBM, The Asia-Pacific region continued to be the most attacked region in 2022 for the second consecutive year, accounting for 31% of all incidents remediated worldwide.

In 2020, India accounted for 20.6% of the worldwide population of 15 to 29 year olds, which means that in the years ahead, one out of every five workers deployed globally could be an Indian. 

Recently, the district administration of Ladakh designated six hamlets within the Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary a “dark-sky reserve” – an area whose skies were free of light pollution.

Within a month of retiring from the Supreme Court of India, Justice S. Abdul Nazeer has been appointed Governor of Andhra Pradesh.

The celebration by India and France of 25 years of their strategic partnership presents an important opportunity for both to introspect on their relations.

The West Bengal government announced that it was introducing an additional dose of injectable polio vaccine as part of the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) for children.

Recently, the Supreme Court asked the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the government to produce the existing regulatory framework in place to protect investors from share market volatility.

In a controversy late last year, a private venture called Make Sunsets released tiny amounts of sulphur dioxide into the stratosphere using balloons in an effort to sell ‘solar-dimming’ as a way to offset carbon emissions.

The 2022-23 Economic Survey (ES) should be credited for acknowledging that official statistics may have inadequately captured the true nature of women’s work in India.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the phenomenon by which bacteria and fungi evolve and become resistant to presently available medical treatment, is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century.