Current Affairs In Focus

National Issues

1 Rethinking India’s Counter-Terrorism Strategy

2 Digital Access A Fundamental Right: Supreme Court

3 Quantum Computing and National Security: Implications & Imperatives for India

4 2025: The Year of Defence Reforms

5 SC Ruling on Sub-Classification of SCs & STs

6 ​Supreme Court’s Ruling on States’ Taxation of Mining Activities

7 The Great Nicobar Island Development Project

8 Right against Climate Change - A Fundamental Right

9 Parliamentary Privileges and Bribery: SC Pronouncement

10 High-Level Committee Report on One Nation, One Election

11 Supreme Court Judgment on Electoral Bond Scheme

12 SC Verdict on Abrogation of Article 370

13 Standing Committee Report on Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Bill, 2023

14 Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry

15 Ramnath Kovind Panel on ‘One Nation, One Election’

16 Amitabh Kant Committee Report

17 CAG Report on AB-PMJAY

18 Women, Business and the Law 2023

19 Compassionate Appointments

20 Judicial Majoritarianism

21 Annual Survey of Education Report 2022

22 A Decade of POCSO

23 State of the Education Report for India: Artificial Intelligence in Education

24 Competitiveness Roadmap for India@100

25 Natural Resource Accounting

26 Critical Information Infrastructure

27 Draft National Data Governance Framework Policy

28 Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Amendment Bill, 2022

29 The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022

30 Draft India Data Accessibility & Use Policy 2022

31 Amendments to IAS Cadre Rules

32 Election Laws (Amendment) Bill 2021

33 NITI Aayog Pushes for Online Dispute Resolution for Speedy Access to Justice

34 Extension of BSF’s Jurisdiction: Timely Step to Boost National Security

35 Karbi Anglong Peace Accord: A Step towards “Insurgency Free Prosperous North East”

36 The Constitutional (127th) Amendment Bill 2021

37 Emigration Bill 2021

38 Surveillance Laws and the Right to Privacy: The Pegasus Controversy

39 Model Tenancy Act 2021

40 Rural Health Statistics

41 The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Act, 2021

42 Draft National Strategy on Blockchain

43 New Guidelines For Digital Media

44 Light House Projects Inaugurated for Affordable Housing

45 National Family Health Survey-5

46 Human Development Report 2020

47 One Health Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

48 Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2020

49 Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Adaptation of Central Laws) Third Order, 2020

50 Mission Karmayogi: Ushering in the Civil Services Reforms

51 National Digital Health Mission

52 Contempt of Court

53 New Education Policy 2020

54 OBC sub-categorisation Commission

55 Task Force to Examine Age of Motherhood, Imperatives of lowering MMR& Improving Nutritional Levels

56 India May Miss Nutrition Targets

57 Rethinking Reservation Policy: Supreme Court Quashes 100% Quota for Tribal Teachers

58 PM Garib Kalyan Relief Package

59 15TH FINANCE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS TABLED IN THE PARLIAMENT

60 Annual Status of Education Report Flags Poor Learning Outcomes in Schools

61 India Gets its First Chief of Defence Staff

62 Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019: Extensive Powers but Less Responsibility

63 Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019: Dehumanising India's Third Gender

64 Revisiting Roles of Constitutional Heads in a Democracy

65 Acute Encephalitis Syndrome: Litchi or Government’s Incompetency

66 Jal Shakti Ministry: Answer to Water Crisis?

67 Crisis of Judicial Credibility

68 Right to Vote from Prison

69 Model Code of Conduct

70 Official Secrets Act, 1923

71 Electoral Bonds

72 Contempt of Court

73 Current Affairs Question

74 Regulating Bias in Algorithms

75 Reconciling Tribal Rights with Biodiversity Conservation

76 Education Qualification for Local Body Elections

77 Global Hunger Index: India Slides down to 102nd Rank

78 Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey Points at India’s Nutrition Deprived Children

79 The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019

80 Anti-Defection Law: Has it Lost Relevance amidst the Current Political Crisis?

81 Surrogacy Regulation Act 2019- Regulating the Rented Womb

82 Surgical Strike or Integration sans Integrity: The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019

83 Consumer Protection Act, 2019: Strengthening Consumers' Rights

84 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act (UAPA), 2019

Economic Issues

1 The Rare Earth Squeeze: China’s Leverage, Global Vulnerability

2 ​Gross Domestic Knowledge Product: Redefining India’s Knowledge Economy

3 ​Potential of Carbon Credits in India's Agriculture Sector

4 ​Agroforestry: Progressive Approach to Sustainable Agriculture

5 India-US Semiconductor Fabrication Agreement

6 India’s DeepTech Startups

7 Amendments to FDI Policy on Space Sector

8 RBI Report on the ‘Finances of Panchayati Raj Institutions’

9 Nano DAP: Revolutionizing Agriculture with Advanced Technology

10 Logistics Ease Across Different States 2023

11 Production Gap Report, 2023

12 World Energy Outlook 2023

13 Rising Prices of Crude Oil & its Impact on Indian Economy

14 Battery Energy Storage System: Empowering the Future

15 World's Largest Grain Storage Plan in Cooperative Sector

16 Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2023 Report

17 Nano Fertilizers: Revolutionizing Indian Agriculture

18 Open Network for Digital Commerce

19 Logistics Performance Index 2023

20 Foreign Trade Policy 2023

21 NCAER Report on Farm Machinery Industry in India

22 Multi-State Co-Operative Societies

23 Regenerative Agriculture

24 World Bank Report on Financing India’s Urban Infrastructure Needs

25 GEAC Approves Commercial Cultivation of GM Mustard

26 NFSA: Need for Comprehensive Coverage

27 Ethanol Blending in India: Prospects & Challenges

28 Natural Farming

29 NITI Aayog’s Report on India’s Booming Gig and Platform Economy

30 Direct Seeding of Rice

31 Protected Cultivation

32 Oil Shock and Its Impact

33 Crop Diversification

34 Cage Aquaculture in India

35 Logistics Ease Across Different States Report 2021

36 Coal Crisis in India

37 Reforms in Urban Planning Capacity in India

38 Vehicle Scrappage Policy 2021

39 New Ministry of Co-operation: A Fillip to the Co-operative Movement

40 Inland Vessels Bill 2021

41 NITI Aayog’s Report on Connected Commerce

42 Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill 2021

43 Report of Fifteen Finance Commission

44 India Innovation Index 2020

45 Global Wage Report 2020-21

46 Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0

47 National Authority for Recycling of Ships

48 K V Kamath Committee Report on Resolution Framework for Covid-19 Related Stress

49 Vodafone gets International Relief in Retrospective Taxation Case

50 Transparent Taxation- Honoring the Honest

51 National Strategy for Financial Education

52 Pre-Packaged Deals in Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code

53 Essential Commodities Act Amended to Boost Farm Sector

54 Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan

55 Dilution of Labour Laws

56 Task Force on National Infrastructure Pipeline

57 RBI Guidelines for Regulating Payment Aggregators and Payment Gateways

58 Multiple Mega Food Parks and Integrated Cold Chain Projects Sanctioned under PMKSY

59 Government Abolishes Dividend Distribution Tax

60 National Technical Textiles Mission

61 End of Captive Coal Mining in India

62 National Strategy for Financial Inclusion

63 Transformational Organisational Restructuring of Indian Railways

64 Bharat Bond Exchange Traded Fund: A New Offer for Investors

65 Steel Scrap Recycling Policy: A Shot in the Arm for Steel Industry

66 Essar Steel Verdict: Changes the Rules for Future Insolvency Cases

67 Nandan Nilekani Committee: Towards Less Cash Economy

68 NBFC CRISIS

69 Surjit Bhalla Committee on Indian Trade

70 PepsiCo vs. Gujarat Farmers: Battle of Unequals

71 Fisheries Sector: Lifeline of India’s Blue Economy

72 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016

73 Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)

74 Threat of Monoculture in Crop Production

75 Government Panel for Raising Minimum Wage

76 We Need a Leap in Healthcare Spending

77 How Social Protection Systems Support Growth Process

78 Current Affairs Quiz

79 SDG India Index: Baseline Report 2018

80 Climate Vulnerability Assessment

81 Gender Gap Index 2018

82 Ten Big Factors Causing Farmers’ Distress

83 Gas-based Economy

84 ICAR Calls for Climate-Smart Farming

85 Support & Outreach Initiatives for MSMEs

86 Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas

87 Andaman: Balancing Development and Tribal Identity

88 Global Education Monitoring Report 2019

89 Living Planet Report

90 Risks of Nitrogen Pollution Increasing

91 Data Localisation

92 English: The Language of Supreme Court of India

93 Why we Don’t have Hurricanes in India

94 EU Ban on Antibiotic Use in Animals Wake-up Call for India

95 Collision of Three Geographies and the New World Order

96 Weakening RTI Structure

97 Unelected Bodies’s Role in Democracy

98 India Innovation Index

99 Government Aims to Push Entrepreneurship in MSME Sector

100 PayPal Working on Data Localization in India

101 Bio-fuels

102 Redesigning the Minimum Wage

103 The Menace of Unregulated Deposits

104 New Economic Capital Framework

105 Bank Consolidation Drive Results in Merger of Ten Public Sector Banks

106 Ailing Power Supply Chain

107 New Fiscal Reforms

World Affairs

1 India-Mauritius: A Fresh Impetus to Bilateral Ties

2 India and Qatar: A New Era of Collaboration

3 Biodiversity COP 16: Making Peace with Nature

4 UN Pact for the Future: Towards A New Era of Global Governance

5 India-Singapore: Strengthening Bilateral Cooperation

6 ​India-Austria: Boosting Bilateral Partnership

7 United Nations Global Principles for Information Integrity

8 New WIPO Treaty

9 India-Oman Partnership: Charting New Paths

10 India and Greece to Strengthen Bilateral Ties

11 India-Myanmar: Scrapping ‘Free Movement Regime’

12 Red Sea Crises: Impact on Global Trade

13 2nd Voice of the Global South Summit

14 India-U.S. 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue

15 ILO Monitor on the World of Work Report

16 The State of the World’s Children 2023

17 United Nations World Water Development Report 2023

18 Marine Spatial Planning Framework

19 Global Risks Report 2023

20 17th G20 Summit

21 United in Science 2022

22 14th BRICS Summit

23 Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity

24 Fourth India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue

25 14th India-Japan Annual Summit

26 India-France Roadmap on Blue Economy and Ocean Governance

27 First India-Central Asia Summit

28 Global State of Democracy Report 2021

29 G20 Summit 2021: Towards A New Horizon

30 India-Australia: Inaugural 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue

31 BRICS Agriculture and Environment Ministers’ Meetings

32 SCO Defence Ministers’ Meeting

33 G7 Summit 2021

34 G-7 agrees to 'Historic' Global Minimum Corporate Tax Rate

35 Blockage of Suez Canal

36 Military Coup in Myanmar

37 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Enters Into Force

38 China's New Export Control Law Comes into Effect

39 UN Adopts India Sponsored Resolutions on Nuclear Disarmament

40 India and the USA Sign BECA Agreement

41 IBSA Foreign Minister’s Meet

42 India-Nepal to hasten India-aided Development Projects

43 Supply Chain Resilience Initiativea in Resilience Initiative

44 India-UK Free Trade Agreement

45 Chabahar Rail Project

46 India-Australia: Comprehensive Strategic Partnership

47 India-China Flare Up

48 US Halts Funding to WHO

49 Oil Prices Nosedive

50 Revival of SAARC

51 Trump’s India Visit: Bonhomie in Indo-US Relations on Display but Muted Outcome

52 Deepening India-Brazil Ties

53 India-Australia Mutual Logistics Support Agreement Nears Completion

54 11th BRICS Summit: Boost to Multilateralism

55 16th India-ASEAN Summit: Catalysing Regional Economic Growth with ASEAN

56 G-20 (Group of 20)

57 Asia-Pacific Group Supports India’s UNSC Non-permanent Membershipc

58 India-Sri Lanka-Maldives: Neighborhood still Remains First

59 US –India Trade Issues

60 CTBTO Invites India to be an Observer at Meetings

61 US Ends Waiver Granted On Iran Oil

62 India Creates an Indo-Pacific Division

63 Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)

64 Mueller Report Released in the US

65 India’s Latest Move to Impose Sanctions on Masood Azhar Foiled

66 US-North Korea second summit meeting inconclusive

67 New Zealand Terror Attack

68 India – Maldives Ministerial Meet

69 Importance of Maldives for India

70 Terrorism: What should be India’s Strategy against Nuclear-Armed Pakistan?

71 Saudi Crown Prince’s Visit to India

72 India-Pakistan Conflict: Role of SCO

73 India at OIC

74 Visit of PM of Bangladesh to India

75 PM’s Visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

76 NAM Ministerial Meeting Held in Caracas, Venezuela

77 India-EU High Level Dialogue on Migration and Mobility

78 India and the Baltic Cooperation

79 The Significance of Indian Diaspora

80 74th UNGA Session Held

81 India Convinces ASEAN to Review India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (FTA)

Environmental Issues

1 Accelerating Global Glacier Loss: Multidimensional Impacts & Solutions

2 India State of Forest Report 2023: Gains and Concerns

3 ​Groundwater Contamination in India: An Emerging Challenge

4 G20 Rio de Janeiro Leaders' Declaration: Towards Resilient & Inclusive Global Growth

5 Tackling the Global Water Crisis: Ensuring A Resilient & Equitable Future

6 ​Just Transition in India: Shifting from Coal to Renewable Energy

7 ​Indian Carbon Market: Fulfilling Obligations of Paris Agreement

8 ​Climate Finance Taxonomy: Mobilising Investments towards a Sustainable Future

9 ​IUCN’s First Global Mangrove Assessment

10 ​Carbon Farming: Path to Sustainable Agriculture & Decarbonization

11 Heat Action Plans: Tackling Heat & Its Impacts

12 Plastic Waste Management : New Rules

13 Pradhan Mantri Matsya Kisan Samridhi Sah-Yojana

14 India’s Groundwater Depletion: UNU-EHS Report

15 India's National Framework for Climate Services

16 Preserving the Amazon Rainforest: A Call to Action

17 Coastal Aquaculture Authority: (Amendment) Bill, 2023

18 Marine Heat Waves: Threatening Ocean Ecosystems

19 Bonn Climate Change Conference

20 Role of Cities in Tackling Climate Change

21 The Coastal Aquaculture Authority (Amendment) Bill 2023

22 LiFE Lessons from India

23 World Bank Report on Air Pollution

24 National Geospatial Policy 2022

25 Emissions Gap Report 2022

26 Air Quality and Health in Cities

27 Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022

28 Environmental Performance Index 2022

29 Lancet Report on Pollution and Health

30 WHO’s Air Quality Database 2022

31 River Rejuvenation through Forestry Interventions

32 World Sustainable Development Summit 2022

33 India State of Forest Report 2021

34 SOLAW 2021 Synthesis Report: Systems at Breaking Point

35 GRII: A Global Model to Assess Resilience to Climate Risks

36 UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report 2021

37 IUCN World Conservation Congress 2020

38 IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report

39 EU Introduces ‘Fit for 55’ Legislation

40 Deep Ocean Mission

41 Protected Planet Report 2020: Equity and Effectiveness are Crucial Post-2020

42 Water Quality Monitoring Framework Rolled Out by Jal Shakti Ministry

43 Sustainable Development of Little Andaman Island

44 India bets Big on Seaweeds

45 Honey Gate: 10 Out of 13 Honey Brands Fail Purity Test

46 Carbon Capture Technology Behind Track to Reduce CO2 Emissions

47 New Research Identifies 'Triple Trouble' for Mangrove Coasts

48 Commission for Air Quality Management in the NCR & Adjoining Areas Ordinance 2020

49 A New Push for Namami Gange Programme

50 Microplastic Pollution: An Oceanic Menace

51 India's Second Voluntary National Review

52 New EPR Framework for Plastic Waste Management

53 India Faces Worst Locust attack

54 Visakhapatnam Gas leak: An Avoidable Tragedy

55 Coronavirus: Impact on Environment

56 Centre to Form National Interlinking of Rivers Authority

57 UN Report: Map and Monitor Peatland Degradation

58 India marks the beginning of “Super Year of BioDiversity” with CMS COP

59 Understanding the New Forest Report 2019

60 First National Ganga Council toSave the Ganges Dolphin

61 COP25 Climate Talks CrashedOver Green Climate Fund

62 Avian Botulism Kills Migratory Birds in Sambhar Salt Water Lake

63 Gujarat – Drought Crisis

64 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought Observed on June 17

65 UK, Republic of Ireland Declares Climate Emergency

66 U20 Leaders Call on G20 to Accelerate SDG Goals Progress

67 State of the Global Climate in 2018

68 Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment

69 Colombo Declaration

70 India’s Progress towards the SDGs

71 Palau: 76th Signatory Country to Join the International Solar Alliance (ISA)

72 Amazon Fires: Turning Forests to Ashes

73 National Resource Efficiency Policy

Science & Tech Issues

1 ​Rapid Growth of AI: Implications for the Environment

2 Gender-Inclusive Agritech: Empowering Women Farmers

3 Quantum Economy: Redefining Economic Landscapes

4 Global Innovation Index 2024

5 Digital Agriculture Mission: A Step towards Transforming Farmers’ Lives

6 Underground Coal Gasification Pilot Project: Transforming India’s Energy Landscape

7 ​FGD Technology: Combating Environmental Pollution

8 Supreme Court’s Ruling on Same-Sex Marriages

9 Global Innovation Index 2023

10 The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023

11 Chandrayaan-3 Mission: Reaching for the Moon

12 National Quantum Mission

13 Artemis I Mission

14 Global Innovation Index 2022

15 Preserving Progress on Nutrition in India: Poshan Abhiyan in Pandemic Times

16 India Innovation Index 2022

17 Draft Battery Swapping Policy for Electric Vehicles

18 Artemis I Mission

19 National Strategy on Additive Manufacturing

20 Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance Report

21 Parker Solar Probe Touches the Sun

22 Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission

23 Indian Space Association (ISpA)

24 Two Years of Chandrayaan 2 Orbiter

25 Major Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough Achieved

26 Human Genome Editing: WHO’s New Recommendations

27 CAR T-cell Therapy: Heralding a New Era in Cancer Treatment

28 Protein-Antibody Conjugates (PACs): A Major Breakthrough in Cancer Research

29 Genome Mapping in Indian Ocean

30 Liberalized Rules on Geospatial Data

31 Green Hydrogen: Fuel of the Hour

32 Bird Flu Outbreak in India

33 Unregulated Use of Facial Recognition Systems

34 First Observation of Fast Radio Burst in Galaxy

35 Noble Prize in Medicine

36 Noble Prize in Chemistry

37 Noble Prize in Physics

38 National Sero Survey 2.0

39 Impending Threat from Sunspot Activity&Solar Flares

40 Covaxin: Indigenous Vaccine for COVID-19

41 Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre: IN-SPACe

42 First Merger of Unequal-mass Binary Black Holes

43 NASA’s Mars 2020 Mission

44 India Hops on Quantum Supremacy Bandwagon with NM-QTA

45 New T-cell Discovered: Universal Cancer Therapy in the Offing?

46 A Breakthrough Against Antimicrobial Resistance

47 IndiGen Project: Sequencing Indian Genes

48 Maharashtra Farmers Defy Ban to Plant GM Cotton

49 NASA’s Artemis

50 Groundbreaking Malaria Vaccine under Test

51 China to Complete Artificial Sun Device This Year

52 PM-STIAC Identifies Nine Missions

53 Current Affairs Questions

54 The Mystery of Moving North Pole

55 Scientists Discover Massive Mountains under Earth’s Crust

56 2019 Nobel Prizes in Sciences

57 Space Race 2.0: Creating Debris

58 India’s Deep Ocean Mission

59 PRETOMANID: New Drug for Drug-Resistant TB

60 Scientific Social Responsibility (SSR)

Governance And Accountability

1 Biostimulant Controversy in India

Infrastructure