CURRENT AFFAIRS

The Indian Ocean and South Asian regions are at the heart of new fault lines considering their geo-political and geo-economic prominence and India’s emergence as a major power.

Year 2022 was a difficult year on the geopolitical and diplomatic stage as for India, the choices grew more difficult, given its strategic ties with the U.S. and Europe and traditional ties with Russia.

In view of the sudden spurt of cases in some parts of the world, the Union Ministry of Health has issued a communique to States to resume genome sequencing of new cases of COVID-19.

Economists and the government are hopeful that Indian households’ consumption spending would return to pre-pandemic normalcy in 2022 and help fuel a virtuous private investment revival spurring job creation.

Recently, the Parliament passed the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022 amid concerns expressed by members over carbon markets.

Last year, 136 countries had agreed on a plan to redistribute tax rights across jurisdictions and enforce a minimum tax rate of 15% on large multinational corporations.

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.