Current Affairs

Integrating Indigenous Rights for Sustainable Biodiversity Protection

India’s Forest Rights Act Stands Apart from Exclusionary Laws Globally Context: Conservation efforts worldwide are increasingly scrutinised for their exclusionary...

India’s Biofuel Push

Mapping The Evolution Of Biofuels in India Context: India’s road transport sector, a critical component of its economic engine, is...

India’s West Asia Policy: Strategic Realignments and Promising Areas of Cooperation

India’s West Asia Policy: Exploring New Frontiers of Cooperation and Growth Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s abrupt return from Riyadh...

Look East to Act East: Powering India’s Strategic Pivot to Southeast Asia

Look East to Act East: Unleashing India’s Bold Southeast Asia Engagement Context: India’s engagement with Southeast Asia entered a new...

India’s Human Development Index (HDI) Performance (UNDP 2025 Report)

Inequality slashes India’s human development score by nearly a third: UNDP report Context: India has made notable progress on the...

Vizhinjam International Seaport: A Bold Leap in India’s Maritime Power

Vizhinjam International Seaport: Unlocking India’s Strategic Trade Potential Context: The Vizhinjam International Seaport in Kerala, inaugurated in 2025 by Prime...

Global Vaccine Coverage in Crisis

Are vaccine-preventable diseases rising? Context: In a joint statement, by the World Health Organisation (WHO), UNICEF, and Gavi calls for...

India Launches First Genome-Edited Rice Varieties

For the first time, 2 new genome-edited rice varieties: Why is this such a major breakthrough for ICAR and India’s...

Kaleshwaram Crisis Unfolds: Critical Lessons from India’s Mega Irrigation Blunder

Kaleshwaram Project Crisis: Unmasking the Shocking Engineering and Governance Failures Context: India’s National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA) found irreparable damage...

Agrivoltaics in India

World Solar Day: From ploughs to panels, cultivating a solar-powered future Context: In 1981, German scientists Adolf Goetzberger and Armin...

Balancing Development and Ecology

‘Development’ at the Cost of Nicobar Islands Context: The recent passing of Shri ‘Vanajeevi’ Ramaiah, renowned tree crusader and Padma...

Innovation in Public-Funded R&D

Do Public-Funded R&D Units Innovate Enough? Context: In a significant move to evaluate the performance and innovation potential of India’s...

Enceladus Astrobiology Mission

NASA’s Orbilander mission will search for alien life on Saturn’s moon ‘Enceladus’   Context: A new mission concept—Enceladus Orbitlander—has been...

Breakthrough in Brain-Computer Interface

Indian scientists help develop Brain-Computer Interface that enables movement for people who are paralysed   Context: Researchers at the University...

Weight-Loss Drugs for Obesity Treatment

WHO to Back Use of Weight-Loss Drugs for Adults Globally Context: In a landmark move, the World Health Organisation (WHO)...