# Maharashtra The opposition BJP on Tuesday night requested Maharashtra governor Bhagat singh koshyari to order a floor test in the assembly. The BJP delegation led by the leader of the opposition Devendra Fadanvis, along with senior leaders Ashish shelar on Tuesday met the governor and urged him to ask the Thackeray government to prove […]

# G7 To counter China’s flagship trade and infrastructure initiative, US President Joe Biden and other G7 leaders formally launched in Germany the partnership for global infrastructure (PGII), after an earlier campaign faltered. The PGII initiative is meant to mobilise hundreds of billions of dollars and deliver quality, sustainable infrastructure. Among key flagship projects under […]

# Maharashtra The MVA government led by Uddhav Thackeray stayed shaky on Thursday as the ranks of the dissidents swelled and 37 rebel shiv sena MLAs camping in Guwahati sent a letter to Maharashtra assembly’s deputy speaker to retain Eknath shinde as the legislator head of Shiv sena. Meanwhile, deputy speaker has approved appointment of […]

# Maharashtra The maha vikas aghadi government led by chief minister Uddhav thackrey appeared to be on the brink as Shiv sena’s rebel faction led by urban Development minister Eknath shinde may well command the support of the bulk of the party MLA’s. The faction refused to relent even as Thackeray made an emotional appeal […]

# Presidential candidates India may finally get its first tribal president, with BJP naming Draupadi murmu, a Santhaal from Odisha as its candidate for top constitutional post. If elected Draupadi murmu will be second woman president after Pratibha patil (2007-2012) who was backed by UPA. With BJP led NDA, which is short of majority in […]

# Presidential election Only hours before the anti -BJP bloc was set to unanimously endorse the name of former diplomat and West Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi as its consensus nominee for the presidential polls, Gandhi declined to accept the offer. Gopalkrishna Gandhi said that he was grateful, but that the opposition’s candidate should be someone […]

# Covid cases Fresh covid-19 cases in India in the week ending sunday surged to the highest in nearly four months with close to 80000 new infections. It is 62% higher than the previous week tally. Although deaths from the virus remained very low compared to previous outbreaks. Delhi recorded 1530 new covid-19 cases on […]

# Agniveer Union home ministry on Saturday announced 10% reservation for agniveers in Central armed police forces and Assam rifles besides relaxing their upper age limit for recruitment in these forces. The defense ministry came up with a similar quota for those completing four years in the armed forces, provided they meet the eligibility criteria. […]

# Agnipath scheme Two persons were killed, one of them in police firing, and scores, including several cops, injured as protests against the centre’s Agnipath scheme which entered the third day on Friday turned violent in Bihar and other states. Defense minister Rajnath singh and three services chiefs once again stepped forward on Friday to […]

# Agniveers Agniveers will constitute half of the 12 lakh strong army by 2030-32 to achieve an optimal balance of youth and experience to fight wars of the future. The recruitment of agniveers will be scaled progressively on an annual basis. Union home minister Amit shah announced that agniveers, after their stint, will be given […]