CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -A state of emergency has been declared in Kazakhstan and the government has officially stepped down following violent protests against a sharp and sudden increase in fuel prices.

Detailed explanation-2: -This means that almost all trade in LPG now happens over online trading platforms, with the exception of sales to industrial consumers in the petrochemical sector and a few other cases. This policy has, predictably enough, led to a particularly precipitous rise in costs where demand for this fuel is high.

Detailed explanation-3: -The 2020 Dungan–Kazakh ethnic clashes or Korday conflict was an ethnic conflict between ethnic Kazakhs and ethnic Dungans (a Muslim group with Chinese origins) in the village of Masanchi within the Korday District of Kazakhstan.

Detailed explanation-4: -The protests began peacefully in the oil-producing city of Zhanaozen and quickly spread to other cities in the country, especially the nation’s largest city Almaty, which saw its demonstrations turn into violent riots, fueled by rising dissatisfaction with the government and widespread poverty.