Author Archives: NEXT IAS Current Affairs Team

India has become the third most powerful nation in Asia, surpassing Japan in the Asia Power Index.

On September 25, 2014, the “Make in India” initiative completed 10 years as a pivotal step in India’s nation-building efforts.

As per the World Health Organization (WHO) and ITU (International Telecommunication Union), an investment of an additional US$0.24 per patient per year in digital health interventions, can help save more than 2 million lives from noncommunicable diseases over the next decade. 

India and Australia are in talks for a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA), after already having signed the Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) in 2022.

India has joined the US-led Minerals Security Finance Network, an initiative aimed at strengthening global cooperation in securing critical mineral supply chains.

The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi paid tributes to Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya on his birth anniversary.

The Ministry of Agriculture, in consultation with several other ministries, has formed a panel to study GM crop research and learn from other nations.