The long drawn pandemic seems to be coming to a close and global economic recovery seems to  be slowly catching up not withstanding the war in Europe and steep rise in fuel prices. One of the  consequences of the war and fuel cost has been on world food security; supply of wheat—staple  diet in many nations—has taken a big hit and some regions of the world are facing sharp decline  in the availability in the open market; compounded to this is the erratic behaviour of monsoon in  many parts of South Asia leading to untimely floods in some parts along with below par rainfall in  some other parts. Positive aspects of the slow withdrawal of pandemic induced restriction is the  education sector where almost all institutions from higher education to pre school levels are gradually  opening for in person classes and interaction. This is a welcome sign since isolation in the last two  years resulted in mental cases for school students around the world. Of course with normalisation  of global economic activity we will also have to face serious impact on climate modification due to  GHG release at enhanced levels since global agreement for an enforceable formula is still a far cry.