# Pakistan Ties between Washington and Islamabad hit another turbulent patch on Friday after US President Joe Biden Excoriated Pakistan, saying it may be “one of the most dangerous nations in the world”, one that has nuclear weapons without any cohesion. Biden’s scathing remarks came at a private democratic Party reception in Los Angeles in […]

# Supreme Court A two judge bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a split verdict on the validity of the karnataka government’s circular barring students from wearing any religious clothing, including hijab, in state run schools and colleges. The matter will now be sent to an at least three judge bench for further […]

# Retail inflation Retail inflation surged to a five month high in September on the back of stubborn food prices, triggering fears of more interest rates hike by reserve Bank of India to tame price pressure. Data released by the national statistical office (NSO) on Wednesday showed retail inflation, as measured by the consumer price […]

# United Nations India has voted against Russian demand in the United Nations General Assembly for a secret ballot on the draft resolution condemning Moscow’s annexation of four regions of Ukraine. Over 100 countries including India called for a public vote on the resolution while Russia appealed against the ruling of the president of the […]

# Crop damage At a time when India is staring at a likely food grain shortage due to less showing of kharif crops, especially paddy, unexpected rainfall in several states has damaged ready for harvesting crops such as rice, crop, Soybean, cotton and vegetables. This could further stoke inflation in the fifth largest economy in […]

# Indian airforce With rapid technological advances in stand off weapons and armed drones changing the very nature of warfare, the IAF will now raise a separate specialised cadre of officers to handle advanced missiles, space based systems, Surveillance and combat unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The first lot of new officers for this new weapons […]

# Nobel Prize Jailed Belarusian activist Ales Byalyatski, Russian rights group memorial and Ukraine’s centre for civil liberties won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, amid a war in their region that is the worst conflict in Europe since world War two. The award has the echoes of cold War era, when soviet dissidents […]

# Railways After going for the ‘engineering, procurement and construction’ route to redevelop New Delhi, CSMT and Ahmedabad stations, Indian Railways is looking to go back to its public private partnership for upgrading 16 stations. These stations will include Anand Vihar, Nizamuddin, Old Delhi, Vijaywada, Dadar and Kalyaan. Pune, Coimbatore, Bangalore city, Baroda, Bhopal and […]

# Election Commission A day after the election Commission released the proposed proforma for political parties to detail their electoral promises and disclose how they plan to fund them. Law minister Kiren Rijiju told on Wednesday that the government is in discussion with Election commission and considering giving legislative backing to “major electoral reforms” through […]

# Infant mortality rate India, which had the ignominious reputation of being the only country in the world where a larger proportion of the girls below one year of age died than boys, finally saw its male and female infant mortality rate equalise in 2020. However, in 16 states IMR remained marginally higher for female […]