Environmental Governance Context: The Supreme Court has asked the Government if it will create an Indian Environmental Service (IES) as recommended by a committee headed by former Cabinet secretary T.S.R Subramanian in 2014. T.S.R Subramanian committee report on environment: The Subramanian committee was set up to review the […]
Surge In Oil Prices Context: Rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine are leading to a surge in oil prices, with Brent breaching the $90-a-barrel mark overnight on Thursday the first time since 2014. Some analysts predict oil prices to hit the $100-110-mark per […]
Eurasian Heartland Context: • India’s engagement with the Central Asian Republics (CARs), a region which India considers part of its “extended neighbourhood”, is likely to receive a renewed momentum when the first India–Central Asia Heads of Government meeting takes place on 27 January 2022. • […]
Food Processing In India Context: India being one of the largest producers of fruits and vegetables in the world has huge potential in food processing industry. In this context it is important to know about the Production Linked Incentive Scheme which aims to incentivize […]
Kazakhstan’s Maritime Quest Context: Kazakhstan, a landlocked nation located in the Eurasian region, relies on neighbouring nations like Turkmenistan (gateway to Iran and Afghanistan), Russia (gateway to Europe) and Uzbekistan (gateway to Tajikistan and Turkey) as gateways for trade. Though land routes are considered […]
India – China Economic Relations Context: India’s imports from China rose to $97.5 billion in calendar year 2021, up 46.1 per cent from imports worth $66.7 billion in 2020, which was impacted by Covid-19related restrictions, as per data from the China General Administration of Customs. […]
FCRA Context: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked 6,000-odd NGOs to go back to the governmentfor redressal of their grievances on non-renewal of their Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) registration. The FCRA registrations of about 5,900 NGOsceased to be active after December 31, 2021, owing to either […]
Anti-Microbial Resistance: Context: Antimicrobial resistance is spreading rapidly worldwide, and has even been likened to the next pandemic – one that many people may not even be aware is happening. A recent survey has revealed that antimicrobial-resistant infections caused 12.7 lakh deaths and were associated […]
Rights & Duties Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought to suggest a dichotomy between the rights and duties of citizens when he said last week that the country had wasted a lot of time “fighting for rights” and “neglecting one’s duties”. Rights and Duties Go […]
