Technology And Innovation Report 2021: India was the biggest ‘overperformer’ in frontier technologies than the country’s per capita Gross Domestic Products (GDP) would suggest, according to a recent country-readiness index of the Technology And Innovation Report 2021. The report was released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The report examines the […]
Category: Current Affairs
Setting Up Fast-Track Courts
Setting Up Fast-Track Courts: A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court has proposed setting up fast-track courts for a limited time to clear dishonoured cheque cases. Earlier the Supreme Court has suggested forming a committee to resolve the problem of pendency of cheque bounce cases. Supreme Court Proposal: Set up fast-track courts under Section 138 […]
Food Waste Index Report 2021
Food Waste Index Report 2021: The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released the Food Waste Index Report 2021. It has revealed that 17% of all food available at the consumer level (11% in households, 5% in foodservice and 2% in retail) was wasted in 2019 and around 690 million people had to go hungry. About […]
CERAWeek Global Energy and Environment Leadership Award
CERAWeek Global Energy and Environment Leadership Award: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will receive the CERAWeek Global Energy and Environment Leadership Award at the Cambridge Energy Research Associates Week (CERAWeek) 2021 on 5th March via video conferencing. CERAWeek was founded in 1983 by Dr. Daniel Yergin. It has been organized in Houston in March every year […]
India Bangladesh : Bilateral meet
India Bangladesh: Bilateral meet: Recently, India’s External Affairs Minister visited Bangladesh for a bilateral meet. This meeting comes ahead of the Indian Prime Minister’s visit to Bangladesh scheduled in March 2021. Earlier a 122-member contingent of the Bangladesh Armed Forces has participated in the 72nd Republic Day parade, commemorating 50 years of the 1971 India-Pakistan […]
ICC Investigations Into Israel-Palestine War Crimes
ICC Investigations Into Israel-Palestine War Crimes: International Criminal Court (ICC) has launched investigations into the war crimes in Palestinian territories occupied by Israel (West Bank and the Gaza Strip). The decision for investigation is taken after a recent ruling that the court’s jurisdiction extends to territories occupied by Israel since the 1967 Six-day Arab- Israeli […]
Similipal Biosphere Reserve | Tiger Reserve
Similipal Biosphere Reserve: A massive fire broke out in the Similipal Biosphere Reserve in Odisha. The core area of the biosphere was untouched by the fire, however, the fire is threatening damage to its rich biodiversity. It was formally designated a tiger reserve in 1956 and brought under Project Tiger in the year 1973. It […]
Sri Lanka’s West Container Terminal (WCT) Project
Sri Lanka’s West Container Terminal (WCT) Project: Sri Lanka said it will develop the West Container Terminal (WCT) at the Colombo Port, along with India and Japan. The decision comes a month after the Rajapaksa government ejected the two partners from a 2019 tripartite agreement to jointly develop the East Container Terminal (ECT), citing resistance […]
National Cyber Security Strategy 2020
National Cyber Security Strategy 2020: A National Cyber Security Strategy 2020 is being formulated by the Office of National Cyber Security Coordinator at the National Security Council Secretariat. Cyber Security is protecting cyberspace including critical information infrastructure from attack, damage, misuse, and economic espionage. The National Security Council (NSC) of India is a three-tiered organization […]
Freedom in the World 2021 : U.S. Think Tank Report
U.S. thinktank report: The report “Freedom in the World 2021: Democracy under Siege” was recently released by US think-tank Freedom House. Key findings: Freedoms in India have reduced resulting in India being classified as ‘partly free’. India’s score was 67, a drop from 71/100 from last year downgrading it from the free category last year. […]
