# Democracy summit Democracies should jointly deal with social media and cryptocurrencies, prime minister said in a virtual address at the summit of democracy. Summit of democracy was hosted by US President Joe Biden, where more than 100 democracies were invited. US President Joe Biden announced the establishment of the presidential initiative for democratic renewal, […]

# Chopper crash Chief of Defense staff (CDS) general Bipin rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 others were killed when an Indian Airforce helicopter carrying them crashed into an heavily wooded area of Coonoor ghats in the Nilgiris in Western Tamil nadu on Wednesday afternoon. Investigation has begun into the cause of the crash […]

# Farmer unions Ministry of home affairs urged the protesting farmers to call of their agitation as most of their demands has been resolved. In response samyukt kisan morcha sought clarifications on several points, including the withdrawal of cases against protestors. The proposal from the MHA said that once the agitation is withdrawn, the cases […]

# India-Russia summit The world has undergone several geopolitical changes, but the India-Russia friendship remained unchanged, Prime minister Narendra modi said on Monday at the 21st annual India-Russia summit with president Vladimir Putin. The two countries held the first “2+2” Ministerial meeting. Both sides renewed the military – technical cooperation agreement for another 10 years […]

# Nagaland Atleast 15 civilians and one soldier were killed following a botched operation by the army in the Mon district of nagaland on Saturday evening and retaliatory violence in the ensuing 24 hours. The state government and the army have ordered an Investigation. The army’s 3 corps based near dimapur town in the state […]

# Farmers’ agitation The samyukt kisan morcha (SKM) on Saturday formed a five member committee to discuss its remaining demands with the Union Government. SKM also decided to continue the farmer’s agitation. One of the most important demands is the withdrawal of cases against farmers during the agitation. # cultural mapping of villages Cultural mapping […]

# Air India Tax payers will be paying a total of 62000 crore rupees for debt and other liabilities of air India, according to the supplementary demand for grants tabled before parliament on Friday. The government has sought parliament’s nod to infuse over 62000 crore rupees to it’s companies that hold air India’s debt, liabilities […]

# Omicron variant India has confirmed two cases of omicron corona variant of the novel coronavirus in Karnataka. The announcement was made following confirmation from the Indian SARS COV 2 genomics consortium (INSACOG) that monitors the genomic variations of the pandemic. The Indian SARS COV 2 genomics consortium (INSACOG), in an advisory made public on […]

# International flights The Union Government on Wednesday cited concerns over the omicron variant of the coronavirus and indefinitely postponed the full resumption of scheduled international flights from December 15. This means international flights will continue to operate on a smaller scale and only with 31 countries with which India has air bubble agreements. Maharashtra […]

# parliament Leader of the house in the Rajya sabha Piyush goyal said in Tuesday that if the 12 suspended MPs were to apologize, they could return to the house. Earlier in the day, the opposition staged a walkout and stayed away from the proceedings against the suspension of MPs. The government will bring a […]