Daily Current Affairs  – 20 December 2022

In News Recently, Argentina won the FIFA World Cup 2022 beating France in the final. FIFA World Cup 2022  It was the 22nd edition of the FIFA World Cup. It was an international football tournament contested by the men’s national teams of FIFA’s member associations. Host Country: Qatar ( awarded in 2010) It was the […]

In News The Parliament has discussed the inclusion of various communities in the Scheduled Tribes lists but recently opposition MPs have questioned the government about the list of communities that were already recommended for inclusion on a priority basis over eight years ago by a government task force (Panda Task Force).  About Panda Task Force […]

In News The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2022-23 – Series III. What are Gold Bonds? Gold bonds are government securities denominated in grams of gold.  They are substitutes for holding physical gold. Investors have to pay the issue price in cash and the bonds will be redeemed […]

In News  The 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). About Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework The framework has 23 targets that the world needs to achieve by 2030. The targets are ambitious, considering that biodiversity is in a poor state.  In 2020, […]

In News Recently, the Information and Broadcasting Minister said that the insurgency-related violence in the northeast has declined by 80%. About Northeast India (NEI) today comprises eight states of India: Sikkim and the “seven sister states” of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh (ALP), Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Meghalaya. NEI is bounded by Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), […]

In News Recently, the Members of the European Union agreed in principle to implement a minimum tax of 15% on big businesses. The global corporate minimum tax was approved at the G20 Leaders Summit in Rome in 2021. Background 136 countries had agreed on a plan to redistribute tax rights across jurisdictions and enforce a […]

In News An article, ‘Situating Democracy in Ambedkar’s Moral Discourse’ looks at how Ambedkar situates morality in his discourse of democracy. About Multiple Studies on Ambedkar: There have been many studies on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s conceptualisation of democracy, predominantly explained through the lens of social, political and economic philosophies.  Mistakes of One-Dimensional Study: Many authors […]

In News Recently, the Parliament passed the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022 on declining the Opposition’s demands to send it for scrutiny to a parliamentary committee and amid concerns expressed by members over carbon markets.  Carbon Markets About: It is a mitigation strategy which is becoming popular with several countries to meet their nationally determined […]