# Chhattisgarh

• Atleast 10 men of the District reserve guards (DRG) of Chhattisgarh police and their civilian driver were killed on Wednesday when maoists detonated a powerful IED on a road and fired at wounded cops in Dantewada district of Bastar.
• A large team of around 200 DRG men were moving in a convoy of MUV’s, spaced 150 metres apart.
• Police believe 50 Kg of explosives was packed into the IED that created a crater 12 feet deep and around 25 feet across.
• This is the biggest maoist attack since ab ambush in Bijapur killed 22 security personnel and wounded 30 on April 3,2021.

# Maruti

• Maruti Suzuki has started work on a ₹24000 crore investment plan to set up a 10 lakh per annum production factory that would come outside Haryana.
• The company is setting up another 10 lakh annual production factory at Kharkhoda (Sonipat) Haryana.
• The company is targeting to begin the first batch of production at Sonipat from 2025 with 2.5 lakh cars per annum.

# FTA

• India and the four nation bloc EFTA on Wednesday discussed ways to resume negotiations with the free trade agreement with a view of strengthening economic ties between the two regions.
• The subject came up for discussion during a meeting of high level representatives from India and the European free trade association states which includes Ireland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.
• The free trade agreement between the two regions are officially dubbed as Tepa.

# Washington

• Washington State approved a package of gun control measures on Tuesday that includes a ban on the sale of military style semi automatic weapons.
• Washington became the ninth state to prevent the distribution of AR-15s and other powerful rifles often used in mass shootings.