# Tractor rally

• Delhi witnessed chaotic scenes on the afternoon of the republic day.

• Groups of protesting farmers broke off from the planned republic day tractor rally routes and swarmed into the heart of the national capital.

• The agitators hoisted a kisan union flag and a sikh religious flag inside red fort.

• The central government is inclined to continue talks with agitating farmer leaders despite the violence.

• The farmer leaders have blamed the anti-social elements in the tractor rally for the violence.

# Republic day parade

• This republic day parade witnessed a number of religious symbols in the tableau of different state governments.

• The tableau of UP government represented a miniature model of ram temple.

• The tableau of Karnataka and Tamil nadu also represented different temples.

• The tableau of Delhi represented the harmony among different religions and the tableau of punjab represented the Guru Teg bahadur.

• The main attraction of the republic day parade was the Rafale, which was flying in a republic day parade for the first time.

# Myanmar voter fraud

• Myanmar’s powerful army has indicated the prospects of a coup.

• Myanmar army has ramped up demands for an investigation into an alleged voter fraud during last year’s election, swept by Aung sun suu kyi’s ruling party.

# Cairn tax dispute

• Cairn energy, an UK based company has threatened to attach indian overseas assets.

• Cairn energy is demanding its $1.2 billion in damages against India in the retrospective taxation case.

• The three member tribunal at the permanent court of arbitration (PCA) at the Hague that had delivered its verdict on december 21, 2020.

# International monetary fund

• The IMF on tuesday projected an 11.5% growth rate for India in 2021.

• India will be the only major economy to register double digit growth in year 2021.

• China will grow at 5.1% in 2021 followed by Spain (5.9%) and France (5.5%).