CURRENT AFFAIRS

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.

As many as 12 Indian institutions have achieved top 100 positions in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021, with three Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) making it to top 50 this time.

The Economic Survey rightly flagged the issue of a growing food subsidy bill, which “is becoming unmanageably large”.

Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, known briefly as Quad, would soon meet at summit level (for the first time), thus signalling the importance attached to this grouping by the Biden administration.

Subsidised LPG prices have increased by a massive 50% in this financial year alone.This impacts the gains of the government’s flagship scheme, the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY).