# Chief justice of India

• President Ramnath kovind on tuesday appointed Justice NV Ramanna as the 48th CJI with effect from april 24.

• He was born into a family of agriculturists in Krishna districts of Andhra pradesh.

• Upcoming CJI has done a number of jobs before working as a judge.

• He was a student leader working for farmers and industrial  workers and also worked as a journalist for a leading Telugu newspaper.

# Health ministry

• There is a growing demand to allow vaccination to all adults.

• Health ministry has clarified that it is not possible to ramp up vaccination so quickly and abruptly.

• The current system of vaccination protocol is based on scientific protocol advised by WHO.

# Forest fires in uttarakhand

• Uttarakhand has about 70% of forest cover .

• It is witnessing an unprecedented rise in number of cases of forest fire this year.

• Till 6 April 2021, it has experienced 414 incidents of forest fires affecting 645.3 hectares this season.

• High fuel load and consistent dry weather are responsible for increase in forest fire.

# India-US climate change

• Special envoy of US president Joe biden on climate change “john kerry” is on a 4 day visit to India.

• John kerry said that India is a “red hot” investment opportunity because of its clean energy shift.

• John kerry will meet environment minister Prakash javdekar and external affairs minister S. Jaishankar and is expected to meet PM Modi and petroleum minister Dharmendra pradhan.

# Ukraine-Russia conflict

• Ukranian President volodymyr Zelensky on tuesday urged NATO to speed up his country’s membership in the alliance.

• Mr Zelensky spoke with NATO  secretary general John stolten berg after an increase in clashes and Russian military movement on the border.

• There is a fear of major escalation of conflict in eastern Ukraine in mainly Russian speaking Donbas region since 2014.

# International monetary fund

• After a contraction of 8% in GDP last financial year.

• India’s GDP growth is projected to be 12.5% this financial year of 2021-22.