# Asian Games The 19th Asian Games that were set to be held in the Chinese city of Hangzhou in September have been postponed, organisers told on Friday. The Olympics council of Asia said, following a meeting with the Chinese Olympics committee, that the Asian games, scheduled to be held in September, would be postponed […]

# World Health Organization There were likely 47 lakh deaths, directly or indirectly attributable to Covid-19 in India in 2021 and 2020, a report by World Health organization claimed on Thursday. These are the highest, by far, for any country and make up nearly a third of the 15 million such deaths estimated by the […]

# Reserve Bank of India The reserve Bank of India, in a sudden move on Wednesday, raised the Repo rate by 40 basis points (bps) to 4.4% citing inflation that was globally rising. In an unscheduled announcement, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said the Monetary policy committee (MPC) had in an off cycle meeting reviewed the […]

# Exports India exported merchandise estimated at $38.19 billion in April 2022. Exports saw a 24.2% increase from the last year but it is 9.5% lower than the record $42.2 billion shipped out in March, according to official estimates. The trade deficit has expanded to $20.07 billion from $18.5 billion in March. Imports grew at […]

# Vaccination The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the right of an individual against forcible vaccination and and the government’s Covid-19 vaccination policy to protect Communitarian health. Supreme Court also said that certain vaccine mandates imposed by the state Governments and union territories are disproportionate as they tend to deny access to basic welfare measures […]

# GST India’s Gross goods and services tax (GST) hit a fresh high of ₹1.67 lakh crore rupees in April, with revenues from goods imports rising 30% year on year. Industry experts attributed the part of the surge to a massive uptick in input costs for producers. Overall GST revenues were 20% higher than a […]

# Judiciary The sheer defiance of governments towards judicial pronouncements, their inclination to pass off the responsibility of decision making to courts and the legislature’s ambiguity, lack of foresight and public consultation before making laws have led to docket explosion, Chief justice of India NV Ramanna said here on Saturday. He was speaking at a […]

# China China will allow some Indian students to return to resume their studies – after a two year pandemic induced gap – ” On a need assessed basis “, Indian officials said on Friday. India accounts for among the highest number of foreign students in China with more than 20000 enrolled in Universities there, […]

# Centre-states relations Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that fuel prices were too high in Some states ruled by Non – BJP parties and they were not passing on the benefits of the Centre’s excise duty cuts to the people. He appealed to the states to ensure centre states cooperation, stating that it […]

# 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 […]