# Jobs survey     The all India quarterly establishment based employment survey, in a report released on monday, said that the overall employment numbers had increased by 29% from the base year of 2013-14, However, in the first quarter of this fiscal (April-june 2021), 27% of the establishments surveyed reported pandemic […]

      # Maoism     The geographical influence of maoists has contracted to only 41 districts in the country. The naxal affected districts has reduced to 41 from 96 such districts in 10 states in 2010. This data has been provided by the Ministry of Home affairs to Chief ministers and other officials […]

      # United nations general assembly     PM Modi has termed India as the “mother of all democracies” in his UNGA speech. In a wide ranging address, PM Modi spoke about climate change, poverty alleviation, developments in Afghanistan and UN security council reform. He also took aim at Pakistan and China respectively […]

      # PM modi US visit     Prime minister Narendra Modi kicked off his first visit to the US in two years, with meetings with CEOs of fortune 500 companies. PM modi met with the CEOs of five companies that have invested in India or have significant investment potential : semiconductor and […]

      # Vaccine export     India will resume the export of COVID-19 vaccines under its ‘vaccine maitri’ programme to fulfil the commitment towards COVAX alliance. The surplus supply of vaccines would be used to fulfil India’s commitment towards the world. Health minister Mansukh Mandaviya stated that more than 30 crore doases would […]

      # Punjab     The All India congress committee (AICC) on sunday announced 49 year old Charanjit Singh Channi as the leader of the Punjab congress Legislature party (CLP). He will be the state’s new Chief minister. Charanjit Singh Channi is the first Dalit chief minister of the Punjab.       […]

      # GST council meet     The goods and services tax (GST) council has decided to keep petroleum products out of the GST regime. Consumers will have to keep paying the compensation cess levied on products like automobiles till march 2026 instead of July 2022 as originally envisaged at the time of […]

    # Bad bank     The cabinet on wednesday cleared a 30,600 crore rupees guarantee programme for securities to be issued by the newly incorporated “bad bank” for taking over and resolving non-performing assets (NPAs) amounting to 2 lakh crore rupees. The Reserve bank of India is in the process of granting a […]

    # Telecom reforms     The cabinet on Wednesday approved several measures to extend a lifeline to the cash-strapped telecom sector. Cabinet redefined the much litigated concept of adjusted gross revenue (AGR) to exclude non-telecom revenue and a four year moratorium on players’ dues to the government. Telecom minister Ashwini vaishnaw said the […]

    # United nations general assembly     Prime minister Narendra Modi will visit the white house on September 24 to participate in a quad leaders summit hosted by US president Joe Biden. PM Modi will then travel to New york to address the 76th session of the United nations general assembly (UNGA) on […]