# Military spending

• World military spending continued to grow in 2021, reaching a record $2.1 trillion despite the economic fallout of the pandemic.
• This data on global military spending has been published by the Stockholm international peace research Institute.
• The five largest spenders in 2021 were US, China, India, UK and Russia.
• Top 5 countries account for over 62% of global military spending.
• India’s military spending of $76.6 billion ranked third in the world.

# FCRA

• The ministry of home affairs (MHA) has cancelled the FCRA registration of Commonwealth human rights in initiative ( CHRI).
• CHRI is an international NGO that works for human rights in Commonwealth countries.
• FCRA registration is mandatory for any NGO or association to receive foreign funds.
• The CHRI moved the Delhi High Court against the suspension, but the court in February refused to interfere with the MHA’s decision.

# France

• Emmanuel macron pledged to address deep division within France as results showed a clear presidential election win over Marine Le Pen, acknowledging that many had voted for him mainly to thrawt the far right challenger.
• Final results of sunday’s runoff showed Mr Macron won 58.54% of the vote against 41.45% of Ms Lee Pen.

# Patents

• Entities in India had filed 138000 tech parents in the country and more than 9500 patents in the US from 2015 to 2021.
• This data has been revealed from the India patents report published by Nasscom.
• More than 60% of the patents were filed by Indian firms and start ups while 17% of the tech patents were filed by individual investors/academia research outfits.