CURRENT AFFAIRS

No single party has got absolute majority for the 18th Lok Sabha. In the real sense, there will now be a coalition government. In terms of economic governance, the last two Lok Sabhas were considered positive in the direction of economic reforms because for the first time after the beginning of economic reforms in the year 1991, there was a majority government of a single party.

As global temperatures continue to rise and human populations expand, large parts of the Earth are becoming vulnerable to desertification, or the permanent loss of once-cultivable land. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a valuable ally in combating desertification, but we must be aware of the challenges that must be addressed to make new AI solutions effective.

The Department of Consumer Affairs and the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) recently held a joint consultation with stakeholders on the menace of ‘dark patterns’.

Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called for the enactment of a UCC, pointing out the anomaly of having varying laws for different categories of citizens.

Recently, the UN adopted the Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) or the High Seas Treaty. 

Central banks worldwide are actively exploring the concept of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) to complement physical cash and traditional banking systems. 

The States in India mobilize altogether more than a third of total revenue, spend 60% of combined government expenditure, and have a share in government borrowing that is around 40%, thus up-to-date understanding...

As the Leader’s Summit of the G20 inches closer, the dialogue on the glaring gender disparity in policing has failed to garner adequate attention.

The U.S. and India are poised to lead in clean energy transformation, shore up and diversify global semi-conductor supply chains and supply chains in other critical goods, and lead the revolution in AI (Artificial Intelligence), advanced computing, biotech, and quantum computing.

An estimated 22 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 were from the agriculture, forestry, and other land use sectors.