Current Affairs

Aquaculture is in the spotlight again, with an ABC investigation raising concerns over the sustainability of the expansion of Tasmania's salmon-farming industry.Controversies over fish farming are newsworthy and emotive, particularly when company profits and communities are at stake.

Banners declaring no "Chinese firecrackers" are a common sight in many temporary kiosks, which have mushroomed in the Diwali season. The Delhi government has also sprung up to action in cracking down on crackers of Chinese origin.

An analysis of air quality data on the night of Diwali on Wednesday has shown a dramatic build-up of pollution following the bursting of crackers, hitting dangerous levels of exposure. The analysis was conducted by Delhi-based.

India has made key investments in women's education but it has not removed barriers to women's participation in workforce. Hence, it is not seeing returns on their investments in terms of development of one half of country's human capital.

Building resistance against insecticides is an evolutionary problem affecting progress in the fields of health and agriculture, among others. But scientists at the University of Exeter and University of California have suggested a strategy to use evolution of mosquitoes to our advantage, for fighting malaria.

A new form of ultranationalism and jingoism seems to have gripped our country post Pathankot and Uri attacks. A clamour is being made for ending all relations with Pakistan- in economic as well as artistic sphere. Movies featuring Pakistani actors are being boycotted and their

Severely curtailing BCCI's financial powers, the Supreme Court said that the cricketing body cannot enter into contracts above a monetary ceiling that will now be fixed by the Lodha panel.

Unanimity in fighting terror but not on naming and shaming Pakistan-based jihadi groups: The summit took place weeks after a terror attack on an army camp in Uri killed 19 Indian soldiers. India blamed Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed for the strike and launched a campaign to diplomatically isolate Islamabad.

Countries came to an agreement in Kigali to phase out a family of potent greenhouse gases by the late 2040s and move to prevent a potential 0.5 degree Celsius rise in global temperature by the end of the century.

A song writer and a singer par excellence, Bob Dylan was a trend setter of his time. His songs are timeless and verge toward philosophy and politics. Though not ready to be labelled under a particular school of thought or "ism", his songs are thought provoking and a stern reflection on events of the period