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The RBI has recently recommended to the Central Government that the interlinking of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) of BRICS countries be included in the agenda of the BRICS 2026 Summit, which is to be hosted by India. Previously, India has pushed for international cooperation & standardization on cryptocurrencies during its presidency of G-20 in… Continue reading CBDC – Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise

The President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has recently visited New Delhi. Both the countries have agreed upon a range of bilateral agreements & outcomes – from defense to space & LNG. This visit holds significant importance particularly against the backdrop of growing military tension in the Gulf region. Table of Content Agreements signed during… Continue reading India-UAE Relations – Explained Pointwise

Child trafficking remains a grim reality in India. According to the latest NCRB data, in 2022, ~3100 children below the age of 18y were rescued from getting trafficked. Between Apr 2024 & Mar 2025, 53000 children were rescued from child labour, trafficking & kidnapping across India. The SC in recent K.P. Kiran Kumar Case has… Continue reading Child Trafficking in India – Explained Pointwise

The India-EU trade agreement, which is expected to be signed on January 26, is considered to be most comprehensive & mutually advantageous agreement for both the sides. The India-EU trade agreement has been decades in the making. Both have finally come close to signing the agreement after talks were re-launched in 2022. Negotiations were started… Continue reading India-EU Relationship – Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise

The Ministry of Road Transport & Highway (MoRTH) & the NGO SaveLIFE Foundation has released a joint report shedding light on the gaps in road safety in India. India ranks first in the world in road accidents fatalities. Its numbers are also far ahead of the second & third ranked countries (China accounts for just… Continue reading Road Safety in India- Reasons and Impact- Explained Pointwise

Iran has plunged into another crisis. What began as a localised strike by shopkeepers in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar on December 28 has now snowballed into the largest uprising against the Islamic Republic since 1979 Revolution that toppled the Shah regime & brought the Islamic regime to power. The severe repression by the security forces against… Continue reading Iran Protests – Causes & Consequences – Explained Pointwise

Amidst the rising number of digital arrest cases, the Central govt has constituted a high-level Inter-Ministerial Committee (IDC) with the mandate to examine the real-time issues faced by the enforcement agencies, and to identify the relevant legislations & implementation gaps related with the digital arrest fraud cases. Digital arrest fraud is a new form of… Continue reading Digital Arrest Fraud- Concerns and Way Forward- Explained Pointwise

The adoption of the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (Article 6.4) at COP29 marked a milestone in the transition from the Clean Development Mechanism & has paved the way for a more rigorous, transparent, and globally aligned crediting framework under the Paris Agreement. In this entire scenario of climate finance, India has transformed from a cautious… Continue reading Article 6 (A6) of Paris Agreement – Explained Pointwise

Over the past few years, courts around the country as well as human rights activists have sought a review of the POCSO Act with respect to cases that involve consensual sexual relationship between teenagers aged 16-18 years. In the present framework, a consensual adolescent relationship is hard to distinguish from coercive abuse. Thus, several members… Continue reading POCSO Act – Salient Features & Challenges – Explained Pointwise