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Highlights of Current Affairs 04 May 2026
- The Supreme Court of India is reviewing brain death certification amid concerns of malpractice and unethical organ harvesting.
- Brain death is legally recognised as death in India and is crucial for organ transplantation, involving irreversible loss of all brain activity.
- Certification requires a 4-member medical board, apnea test, and repeat verification, but inconsistencies in protocol implementation raise concerns.
- Lack of standardisation, low doctor training, and absence of advanced diagnostics like EEG are key issues flagged in brain death procedures.
- The concept of ecocide—severe environmental destruction—is gaining global attention but is not yet recognised under the International Criminal Court framework.
- Around 266 million people faced acute food insecurity globally in 2025, as per the Global Report on Food Crises 2026, driven mainly by conflict, climate events, and economic shocks.
- Public Interest Litigation (PIL), rooted in Articles 32 and 226, is facing misuse, judicial overreach, and weak enforcement despite its role in social justice.
- Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) has been introduced in India’s coal policy, enabling cleaner utilisation of deep coal reserves through syngas production.
- The National Company Law Tribunal is under scrutiny for delays that undermine the time-bound insolvency process under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.
- The Komagata Maru Incident exposed racial discrimination in the British Empire and fueled revolutionary nationalism in India.
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