CURRENT AFFAIRS

In this age of hustle culture, a breed of new-age professionals are on the rise called social media influencers. Most of these influencers are studying in college, dropped college..

Recently, the Karnataka High Court declared certain provisions of the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Act, 2021, as unconstitutional, which prohibited and criminalised the offering and playing of online games.

The Budget 2022-23 unveiled several steps aimed at boosting farmers’ income and improving the viability of agriculture as a remunerative economic activity by emphasizing more on capital expenditure.

Recently, at the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, India’s External Affairs Minister said that the situation at the India-China Line of Actual Control (LAC) has arisen due to the “disregard” by China of “written agreements”.

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).