Author: Muskan Deora

The impact of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis is often seen in the climbing infection rates and death tolls. Additionally, the effect can even be felt on the economy due to curtailed economic activity and reduced quality. As a result of this, industries dependent on any physical activity and proximity have been impacted. However, there’s also been a spillover impact. With the rising of globalization, economies became more interconnected, causative to a ripple impact affecting industries everywhere. MOST AFFECTED 1. Airlines The Aviation business has been one of the worst-hit during this crisis because all international and domestic flights are off.…

The glass ceiling is finally broken. The Supreme Court got three women judges, including Justice Nagarathna, who is in line to become India’s first woman chief justice (CJI) in Sep 2027. Before this, only eight women, including sitting judge Justice Indira Banerjee, were appointed as apex court judges within the history of the top court, beginning with Justice M Fathima Beevi in 1989. With the swearing-in of 3 women judges, justices Hima Kohli, B V Nagarathna and Bela M Trivedi, which happened for the first time within the apex court’s history, the top court will have as several as four-woman…

According to S&P Global Market Intelligence’s annual global bank ranking of 2021, SBI fared at the 57th rank with $638.49 billion in assets, down from 55th rank last year. India wants a lot of different banks and a lot more large-sized ones to fulfil the growing needs of the country needs within the path of creating a wise recovery post-pandemic disruptions, minister of finance Nirmala Sitharaman. Speaking at the 74th Annual General Meeting of the Indian Banks’ Association at Mumbai, Sitharaman said there was an urgent need to scale up banking to fulfil the growing needs of the business and…

Facebook apps are widespread virtually all over the world. However, we may all be better off if they weren’t. The company’s most shameful human toll – its contribution to violence, human trafficking and abuse by authoritarian governments – has occurred chiefly in countries outside North America and Western Europe like India, Honduras, Myanmar, Ethiopia and also the Philippines. What if Facebook backs away from the various countries where its social network and Instagram and WhatsApp apps have done severe harm, even if they have given voice to the voiceless? Years of horrific headlines haven’t inspired Facebook to create steady progress…

Coldplay and BTS declared the collaboration earlier this month. Following their announcement, Chris Martin and the K-pop group featured in an exceedingly short video during which they jammed to the song. They conjointly reunited in New York earlier on and shared an image of their meeting as well. BTS gifted modernized hanboks to Coldplay. Chris Martin, showing on The Kelly Clarkson Show, opened up about collaborating with BTS. “We really don’t believe any boundaries or separation of anything really, so the song My Universe is regarding somebody being told they can’t love a certain other person, or can’t be with…

States had expressed shock when minister Nirmala Sitharaman had, post the goods and services tax (GST) council meeting, expressed her inability to increase the GST compensation to them beyond June 2022. The states noticed that, throughout the meeting, the matter was solely postponed for more discussions. Chandrima Bhattacharya, West Bengal minister of state for urban development and municipal affairs and health and family welfare, who represented the state at the meeting, aforesaid the council failed to select extending the compensation for conditions beyond June 2022. “This wasn’t a choice. All issues, together with extending compensation to states beyond June 2022,…

The children are troubled to deal with an alternative lifestyle and the trauma experienced due to these increasing incidents. The Childline India Foundation reported a 50% increase in phone calls than usual days in the lockdown. Out of the total calls received throughout the amount, 30 % were associated with protection from abuse. CSA(Child Sexual Abuse) is devastating throughout the lockdown because the isolation has more local support networks, making it even harder for the victims to seek help or escape. Once the information reveals that 93% of perpetrators are relatives or known people, this also exposes the potential magnitude…

World-famous K-pop band BTS took over the United Nations General assembly hall and grounds outside with their song Permission to dance on Monday. Three years after last attending a United Nations General Assembly, the group returned to New York to participate in this year’s session as the special presidential envoy for future generations and culture. At the tip of his speech, the seven South Korean musical act members attended their President Moon Jae-in, who introduced them as the “artist most loved by the world” at the tip of his speech. He then handed over the dias to the seven members…

India and Afghanistan, neighbours in Asia, have a historic and powerful bilateral relationship and are a part of many regional partnerships and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).  According to the MEA, the friendly relations are often traced back to January 1950 when a five-year accord of friendship was signed by then Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru and Afghan’s then Ambassador to India Mohammed Najibullah. India’s aid to Afganistan and stance on it The first cluster of projects relates to India’s assistance in constructing, upgrading, rebuilding or restoring buildings and varied types of infrastructure. This first aid…

A new University of Bristol-led research has identified specific drug targets within the neural circuits that encode memories and pave the way for significant advances in treating a broad spectrum of brain disorders. Loss of memory is a core feature of the many neurological and psychiatric disorders and Alzheimer’s illness, and schizophrenia. Current treatment choices for the cognitive state are minimal, and therefore the search for safe and effective drug therapies has, until now, had limited success. The research was done in collaboration with colleagues at the international biopharmaceutical company Sosei Heptares. The findings, revealed in Nature Communications, establish specific…