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 ~Preet The writer or publisher has no rights to this image. This image is taken from  crisprcas9-genome-editing-technology-that-260nw-1121736050.jpg In 2021, India will launch a five-year initiative to produce Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) to treat sickle cell anaemia. In India, sickle cell anaemia is the first illness targeted for CRISPR-based treatment. The pre-clinical phase (animal studies) is set to commence. CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) is a gene editing system that uses a specific enzyme called Cas9 to mimic bacteria's natural defence mechanism against viral assaults. It generally entails the insertion of a new gene or the silencing of an existing gene via a process known as genetic engineering. CRISPR technique does not entail the insertion of any new genes from outside sources. CRISPR-Cas9 technology is frequently referred to as 'Genetic Scissors.' Its method is sometimes equated to the 

 ~Preet The author or the publisher has no rights to the image. This image is taken from  01f77e84-2dab-11ed-b360-96b459ca4506_1662445590640.jpg Bangladesh's Prime Minister recently visited India and met with the Indian Prime Minister. India and Bangladesh have inked seven agreements for cooperation spanning from river water sharing to space exploration, as well as launched new connectivity and energy initiatives.  The two sides have signed seven Memorandums of Understanding (MoU), including one on removing water from the cross-border Kushiyara river. The arrangement would assist southern Assam in India and Bangladesh's Sylhet area. Cooperation in space technology, collaboration on information technology systems used by railways in areas such as freight movement, science and technology cooperation, training of Bangladesh Railway personnel and Bangladeshi judicial officers in India, and cooperation in broadcasting between Prasar Bharati and Bangladesh Television were also areas

 ~Preet. This publisher or the blogger has no rights to this image; this image is taken from  630_360_1662106815-274.jpg India recently participated in the international strategic and command exercise Vostok - 2022 in Russia, China, and other countries. It will include troops from numerous former Soviet republics and China, India, Laos, Mongolia, Nicaragua, and Syria. The Indian Army was represented by men from the 7/8 Gorkha Rifles. Its goal is to foster contact and cooperation among the various military contingents and observers that will be there. The Vostok 2022 exercise will take place at seven shooting ranges in Russia's the Far East and the Sea of Japan, involving nearly 50,000 personnel and 5,000 weapon units, including 140 aircraft and 60 vessels. Through talks and tactical exercises, the Indian Army contingent will look forward to discussing practical elements and putting verified drills, procedures, and practice integration of new technologies into effect. There are many

 ~Preet This image does not belong to the writer or the publisher. It was taken from https://news.abplive.com/news/world/india-and-uk-to-launch-solar-grid-project-green-grids-initiative-at-cop26-report-1491040  At the Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, UK, India and the United Kingdom jointly proclaimed "one sun, one world, one grid" — or OSOWOG. GGI-OSOWOG was founded in 2018 to create worldwide linked solar energy systems.   In collaboration with the United Kingdom, India announced the start of the Green Grids Initiative — One Sun, One World, One Grid (GGI-OSOWOG) under the International Solar Alliance. The OSOWOG's objective is 'The Sun Never Sets,' and it is constantly in some geographical spot, globally, at any given moment. The initiative aims to provide a framework for global collaboration on the effective use of renewable resources and to guarantee that clean and efficient energy is a reliable alternative for all nations to satisfy their energy need

 ~Preet. hr88aov_pm-modi-with-naftali-bennett_625x300_02_November_21.jpg The Deputy PM and Defence Minister of Isreal visited India and bilateral meetings were held to strategise the deepening of military ties between the two nations. A document retaliating the the commitment of both the countries to deepen defence ties was presented. This marked the 30 years of India-Isreal relations. The two nations agreed upon India-Isreal vision on Defence Cooperation to fortify the Indo-Israeli defence cooperation. The nations exchanged a letter of intent about the enhancing of cooperation in the field of futuristic defence technologies. The bilateral cooperation is decided to be in line with PM Modi's vision of Make in India. Both nations examined current military-to-military activities, which had risen despite the constraints posed by the Covid-19 outbreak. They discussed methods to expand collaboration in all areas, with an emphasis on R&D in future technologies and defence co-productio

 ~Preet Chinese President Xi Jinping recently proposed a new Global Security Initiative (GSI). The GSI seeks to oppose the United States' Indo-Pacific strategy and the Quad (India, US, Australia, Japan grouping). China, on the other hand, did not give much clarity or explanation regarding the planned global security programme. With escalating challenges from unilateralism, hegemony, and power politics, as well as growing deficiencies in peace, security, trust, and governance, humanity is confronted with more intractable issues and security concerns.  As a result, China maintained that the Global Security Initiative is intended to safeguard the notion of "indivisible security." According to the notion of "indivisible security," no country may increase its own security at the expense of others. GSI advocates for "shared, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable" security, as well as the development of an Asian security paradigm based on mutual respect

~Preet In its most recent annual report for 2020-21, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019 is a humane and ameliorative law that does not deprive any Indian of citizenship.  The CAA, which intends to offer citizenship to migrants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, or Pakistan who belong to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, or Christian groups, was notified on December 12, 2019, and went into effect on January 10, 2020.  Protests erupted around the country in response to the law. There are concerns that the CAA, which will be followed by a nationwide compilation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), will benefit non-Muslims who are not on the planned citizens' register, while excluded Muslims will have to justify their citizenship. It violates the Assam Accord of 1985, which specifies that unlawful migrants from Bangladesh arriving after March 25, 1971, regardless of faith, will be deported. There are an estimated 20 million undocum

 ~Preet The Foreign Secretary of India recently conducted the inaugural meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Coordination Group (IMCG) at the Secretary level.  The IMCG was established as a high-level vehicle to mainstream India's 'Neighbourhood First' policy objective, which intended to improve ties with the country's neighbours. Inter-ministerial Joint Task Forces (JTFs) constituted by joint secretaries in the Ministry of External Affairs provide support to IMCG. The IMCG offered a comprehensive direction with a whole-of-government strategy to encourage improved connectivity, stronger interconnections, and more people-to-people connections with neighbours. The meeting focused on the construction of border infrastructure to facilitate greater trade with neighbours such as Nepal, the special needs of countries such as Bhutan and the Maldives in terms of supply of essential commodities, the opening of rail connectivity with Bangladesh, humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan

 ~Preet. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations' climate scientific authority, has issued the third part of its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). The second half of the study, which included climate change consequences, risks and vulnerabilities, and adaptation strategies, was released in March 2022. The first section of this study, which covered the physical science of climate change, was released in 2021. It has previously cautioned that 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming was likely to be attained by 2040.  Global net anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were 59 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO2e) in 2019, up 54% from 1990. The term "net emissions" refers to emissions that are accounted for after subtracting emissions absorbed by the world's forests and seas. Anthropogenic emissions are those that result from human-caused activities such as coal combustion for energy or forest harvesting. This increase in emissions has

 ~Preet. The fifth summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) grouping was recently held in Colombo, Sri Lanka (Host for the Fifth Summit).  The primary consequence of this meeting was the signing of the BIMSTEC Charter. The members were supposed to convene once every two years under this Charter. The BIMSTEC now has a worldwide presence as a result of the Charter. It has an emblem and a flag.  It has a formally stated goal and values to which it will adhere. In keeping with the organization's evolution into a formal structure, the leaders of the member nations have decided to split the group's operations into seven sectors, with India leading the security pillar. The Master Plan for Transport Connectivity, which will establish a framework for regional and domestic connectivity, was announced at the summit. A pact on mutual legal aid in criminal proceedings was also signed by member countries. A Memorandum of Agreement

 ~Preet The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) just released its flagship State of World Population Report 2022, titled "Seeing the Unseen: The Case for Action in the Neglected Crisis of Unintended Pregnancy." The United Nations Population Fund is a UN General Assembly subsidiary that acts as a sexual and reproductive health institution. The Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC) determines its mandate. It was created in 1967 as a trust fund and began operating in 1969. The United Nations Population Fund was formally renamed in 1987, although the previous term, 'UNFPA' for the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, was kept. UNFPA works directly to address the SDGs for health (SDG3), education (SDG4), and gender equality (SDG5) (SDG5). UNFPA is exclusively funded by voluntary contributions from donor governments, international organisations, the business sector, foundations, and individuals, rather than the UN budget. Every year between

UNESCO to protect Ukraine's heritage sites.  ~Preet. In light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has recently advocated for preventive measures to safeguard Ukraine's threatened cultural legacy.  To prevent intentional or unintentional destruction, the agency is labelling cultural sites and monuments throughout Ukraine with the unique "Blue Shield" logo of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. UNESCO is a United Nations specialised organisation (UN). It aims to promote peace via worldwide collaboration in education, science, and culture. It was established in 1945 and is headquartered in Paris, France. It is made up of 193 members and 11 associate members. India became a member of UNESCO in 1946. The United States and Israel formally left UNESCO in 2019.  Armed wars have always wreaked devastation on people's lives throughout

The Democracy Report 2022: what it says. ~Preet According to the newest analysis from Sweden's University of Gothenburg's V-Dem Institute, the average worldwide citizen's degree of democracy in 2021 is down to 1989 levels, with the post-Cold War period's democratic achievements fading swiftly in recent years. The title of the report is 'Democracy Report 2022: Autocratisation Changing Nature?' Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) creates the world's biggest democracy dataset, containing over 30 million data points for 202 nations from 1789 to 2021. The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance previously issued the Global State of Democracy Report, 2021. (International-IDEA).  The research categorises nations into four regime categories based on their Liberal Democratic Index (LDI) scores: Liberal Democracy, Electoral Democracy, Electoral Autocracy, and Closed Autocracy. Based on 71 factors that comprise the Liberal Component Index (LCI) and th

  The NATO Expansionism. ~Preet When Russia launched a military invasion of Ukraine, the ostensible motive for this act of territorial aggression was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's eastward expansion (NATO). NATO's expansionism threatened to enable Ukraine to join the alliance as a treaty partner at some unspecified moment in the future, bringing this transatlantic security coalition within striking distance of Russia's western frontiers. Earlier, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) held an emergency special session to consider a resolution calling for Russia to remove its troops unconditionally. NATO is a military alliance founded in April 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European states to guarantee collective protection against the Soviet Union under the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty). The alliance presently has 30 members, with North Macedonia becoming the newest to join in 2020. When NATO was founded i

 Russia and 'War Crimes' ~Preet The International Criminal Court (ICC) has stated that it will launch an inquiry into suspected Russian war crimes in Ukraine. War crimes are subject to strict international norms.  The International Criminal Court (ICC) is a permanent judicial entity established by the 1998 Rome Statute of the ICC (its foundation and governing text), which went into effect on July 1, 2002. Its headquarters are in The Hague, Netherlands. The Rome Statute has 123 States Parties who recognise the ICC's authority. The United States, China, Russia, and India are not members. The forum was created as a last-resort court to pursue crimes that would otherwise go unpunished. It is responsible for four major crimes: genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and aggression.  War crimes are major violations of humanitarian law committed during a conflict. The concept set by the ICC's Rome Statute is based on the 1949 Geneva Conventions. It is predicated on the

UNGA asked Russia to withdraw troops from Ukraine. ~Preet India has refrained from voting at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The resolution demanded that Russia remove its soldiers unconditionally. The General Assembly meeting was called after a similar resolution failed to pass the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) due to Russia's veto. The resolution, which was co-sponsored by 96 nations, required to be supported by two-thirds of those present and voting in order to pass. It opposes Russia's'special military operation' over Ukraine on February 24, 2022. It declares that no lands gained by force will be recognised and demands that Russia withdraw from Ukraine "now, entirely, and unconditionally." T. S. Tirumurti, India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, stated that the "safe and uninterrupted transit" of Indian people, particularly students, was India's "top con

All about IPCC latest report. ~Preet The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) just issued the second instalment of its sixth assessment report. The second section of the paper discusses the effects of climate change, risks and vulnerabilities, and adaptation strategies. In 2021, the first half of this report, on the physical science of climate change. It has previously cautioned that 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming was likely to be attained by 2040. The third and last section of the report, which will investigate emission-cutting options, is scheduled to be released in April 2022. Noting that over 3.5 billion people, or more than 45 percent of the world population, live in climate-vulnerable areas. According to the research, India is one of the most susceptible areas, with multiple regions and major cities at high risk of climate calamities such as flooding, sea-level rise, and heat waves. Mumbai, for example, is at high risk of sea-level rise and flooding, but Ahmedabad is

 UNSC condemns Russia's aggression. ~Preet The United Nations Security Council recently agreed on a draught resolution proposed by the United States and Albania to condemn Russian aggression and demand for an immediate cease of hostilities and removal of Russian armed forces from Ukraine.  The resolution reiterated the Council's commitment to Ukraine's sovereignty, independence, unity, and territorial integrity within internationally recognised boundaries. The resolution "strongly condemns Russia's aggression against Ukraine" and orders Russia to "immediately halt use of force against Ukraine and desist from any subsequent illegal threat or use of force against any UN member state." The previous version was overly aggressive, invoking UN Chapter VII, which allows for the use of force against Russian soldiers in Ukraine. It further demanded that Russia "immediately and unconditionally revoke the decision pertaining to the status of some territori