# India – Russia relations Russia and India are looking at ways to bypass the sanctions imposed by the United States and European countries, said Russian foreign minister sergey Lavrov after meeting S. Jaishankar. Sergey Lavrov arrived on Thursday after visits by senior officials of the US, EU and UK to India this week, who […]

# US -India relations American Deputy national security advisor for international economics Daleep singh visited Delhi on Thursday hours before Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov landed in India. Deputy NSA Daleep singh said that there will be consequences for any country, including India, that conducts local currency transactions through Russia’s central bank or constructs a […]

# India – China There can be no normalcy in India – China ties unless the troops amassed at the Line of actual control are withdrawn said external affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. The meeting between Chinese foreign minister Wang yi and S. Jaishankar ended without any joint statement or agreement on the way forward. Wang […]

# Exports India’s annual good exports crossed $400 billion mark for the first time ever. Exports are buoyed by an increase in shipments of merchandise, including engineering products, apparel and garments, gems and jewellery and petroleum products. Exports had reached $331.02 billion in the pre pandemic fiscal year of 2018-19. Commerce ministry expects the exports […]

# Uttarakhand, Goa The BJP on Monday opted to continue with Pushkar Singh Dhami and Pramod Sawant as chief Ministers of Uttarakhand and Goa respectively. In the case of Uttarakhand, the decision to retain Pushkar Singh Dhami came despite the fact that he lost his seat of Khatima. Since the Uttarakhand assembly does not have […]

# Manipur Nongthombam Biren Singh will be the chief minister of Manipur for a second straight term. The 61 year old Biren Singh is a footballer turned journalist turned politician. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and law minister Kiren rijiju are the two observers of Manipur appointed by BJP. The new ministry is expected to be […]

# India – Japan relations India and Japan set an investment target of trillion yen Or 42 billion dollars in the next five years. The prime ministers of India and Japan announced this after meeting in New Delhi for the 14th annual summit. The two sides discussed various regional issues during the meeting. However, the […]

# COVID vaccination The centre has decided to start Covid-19 vaccination for the 12-14 age group (those born from 2008 to 2010) from March 16. The vaccine to be administered would be Corbevax, manufactured by Biological E limited, Hyderabad. The ministry has also decided that condition of co morbidity for Covid-19 precaution dose for the […]

# Srilanka Adani group has signed a deal for two large power projects in Srilanka’s Northern province. Earlier, it has bagged a strategic port terminal project in Colombo that it is now executing with majority stakes. The two renewable energy projects, involving the Adani group, were aimed at generating combined capacity of 500 MW, at […]

# EPF The return on workers’ retirement savings parked with the employees’ provident fund organization (EPFO) has been slashed to 8.1% for the 2021-22 from the 8.5% rate credited to the members’ accounts in last two years. The last time the EPF savings were paid an annual return this low was in 1977-78, when the […]