Current Affairs

Current Affairs – 7 World Bank, IMF, and ITO (present day WTO) when, how and why they came into being? Circumstances leading to their formation Towards the fag end of World War 2, the economies of the western warring nations such as France, Germany, Italy, … Read more

Current Affairs – 6 The U.S. will pull out of the Reagan-Putin era Missile treaty Why was the treaty signed During the cold war years, the Soviet Union and the western nations led by the United States developed nuclear missiles at a frenetic pace, pouring … Read more

Current Affairs – 5 Dissent and Defiance Roil Hong Kong Position as on October 11, 2014 Hong Kong, one of world’s busiest commercial places, has seen unprecedented and very disruptive street demonstrations for quite some days now. Spear-headed by students, the tone of the chants … Read more

Current Affairs – 4 Ebola in Congo Ebola virus disease (EVD) is an infectious disease that spreads through contamination with a patient’s body fluids like blood, semen, or a lactating woman’s milk. It starts with high fever, sore throat, muscular pain, vomiting and diarrhea. One out … Read more

Current Affairs 3 OIC, the Uighurs (also spelt as Oyghurs), and Kashmir – How OIC cowers before the Chinese for commercial gains OIC is the acronym for Organization of Islamic Cooperation. It is a body of some 57 Islamic countries, who strive to plead for … Read more

Current Affairs – 2 The International Court of Justice ruling in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case On July 17, 2019, the ICJ in The Hague in Netherlands pronounced its verdict in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case. The government of India had approached the Court to seek relief … Read more

Current Affairs – 1 China’s Economy Juggernaut is Slowing Down — Making sense of it. The Chinese leader, Deng Xioping, set his country on a path of radical economic reforms in December 1978. The bold steps began to bear fruit by early 1980. The reforms … Read more