CURRENT AFFAIRS

Recently, Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana made a plea to ‘Indianise’ courts to make them responsive to the needs of the Indian citizens. Despite good intentions, the nation’s judiciary is hurtling due to the pendency of cases in courts across the country.

Recent introduction of reservations for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) examinations and a renewed debate on caste census have once again brought the debate on affirmative action in the limelight.

Recently,  World Youth Skills Day was observed on 15 July which yet again shows the importance of a skilled workforce in India for achieving the goal of becoming Atmanirbhar Bharat. Indian administration runs many schemes and programmes such as the Skill India Mission and the ‘Going Online As Leaders’ (or Goal) etc.

China’s developmental pathway over the last century has been spectacular and it successfully lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty. But India’s developmental progress shows mixed records.

COVID-19 has tested the resilience of all public institutions. Despite its efforts, bureaucracy has emerged as a major concern for the ineffective response to the COVID-19 crisis.

Recently on the occasion of World Water Day( March 22), a memorandum of agreement was signed between Union Minister of Jal Shakti and the chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh to implement the Ken-Betwa Link Project (KBLP).

The Budget session of Parliament ended two weeks ahead of the original plan, as many political leaders are busy with campaigning for the forthcoming State Assembly elections.

Asia watchers observing that China will no more remain economic growth engine in Asia rather this decade belongs to India.

Bamiyan's Buddha statues were recently revived by a 3D presentation at a program called "A Night with Buddha", nearly two decades after it was destroyed by the Taliban.

The Union cabinet has approved changes to the Insurance Act 1938, for increasing the foreign direct investment (FDI) limit to 74 per cent from the present 49 per cent.