Current Affairs

George Floyd, an American, was handcuffed by a police officer in Minneapolis – the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The video of late Mr.Floyd that has been widely shared on media and sparked the violent protests does not show how exactly the confrontation between him and the …

While the world is fighting with the COVID-19 crisis, the two Asian giants once again went into a stand-off amid constructions in the disputed Himalayan region. A Himalayan border standoff between China and India was triggered by India’s construction of roads and airstrips in disputed Kashmir as the later competes …

COVID-19 is wreaking havoc on world economies with a number of cases surpassed 5.3 million worldwide. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) estimates that coronavirus pandemic could cost the global economy between $5.8tn and $8.8tn. ADB report finds that the economic losses in Asia and the Pacific could range from $1.7 trillion …

This is the very first time that the new generation of the 21st century is witnessing such unprecedented and testing times. At the time when the new version of an old enemy shook its heads in the Wuhan city of China, no one had, perhaps, imagined that it’s going to …

Global human development-which can be measured as a combination of the world’s education, health, and living standards — could decline this year for the first time since 1990 mainly due to the coronavirus pandemic, warns the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner says that the world has …

Besides consistently ignoring the migrant issues caused by the corona crisis, India has just started rearing the racism and abuse of the general public. Some most recent violent incidents have really exposed the dark side of India like never before. In Gurugram, a 20-year-old girl, Chong Hoi Misao, from Manipur …

What is the deal of the century? US President Donald Trump on January 28, 2020, formally announced his long-awaited Middle East Peace Plan to resolve the seven-decade-long Israeli–Palestinian conflict. He hailed it as “the deal of the century”. What is in the Middle East Peace Plan? The 29,000-word plan consists of …

Who are the Uighurs of China? The Uyghurs are an ethnic minority living in China’s northwestern Xinjiang province. They lived in the Xinjiang region for around 1,000 years before it was annexed by China in the mid-18th century. Uighurs are a Turkic-speaking Muslim minority in China. How many Uighurs live …

US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) suggested that India should join the ranks of countries of particular concern that would be subject to sanctions if they do not improve their records. The US government panel has called for India to be put on a religious freedom blacklist over a …

Sweden has prioritized gender and women’s issues for years. Even its foreign policy is feminist. The country already enjoys high rankings on lists of the happiest, friendliest, most environmentally conscious countries worldwide. Right now Sweden is taking the lead in gender equality by adopting gender-neutral pronouns, sensitizing gender equality at …