# Vaccination drive     India administered more than 88.13 lakh doses of Covid-19  vaccine on August 16. This is the highest ever vaccination achieved in a single day. Cummulative vaccination coverage crossed the 56 crore mark.       # Hockey     Odisha chief minister Naveen patnaik on Tuesday pledged […]

    # Nagaland assembly     The 60 member Nagaland assembly now has no MLA in the opposition. The Naga people’s front (NPF) – the state’s only opposition party on monday inducted into the state government, headed by chief minister Neiphiu Rio. The decision to accept the opposition less united government has been taken […]

    # Caste based census     The Biju Janta Dal (BJD) on wednesday demanded a caste based census be conducted for identifying and enumerating socially and educationally backward communities and other backward classes. BJD also demanded to increase the reservation beyond the 50% ceiling by enacting a central legislation. Two Bhartiya janta party […]

      # 127th Constitution amendment bill     The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the 127th constitution amendment bill, 2021, with unanimous support from the house and not a single vote against. Social justice and empowerment minister Virendra kumar stated that there was a need for careful examination of the demand made by […]

      # IPCC report     Glaciers in the Hindu kush himalayan (HKH) region will keep shrinking and the snow cover will retreat to higher altitudes, the latest IPCC report said on Monday. The sixth Assessment report (AR6) of the inter-governmental panel on climate change (IPCC) was approved by 195 member countries. The […]

      # Vaccine mixing     A combination of Covishield and Covaxin generates better immunogenicity than two doses of the same vaccine. This study has been released by Indian council of medical research (ICMR) on Sunday. The council released its findings which suggest that immunisation with a combination of an adenovirus vector platform […]

      # India-China pullback     India and China have undertaken disengagement from Gogra area of eastern ladakh following an agreement at the 12th round of corps commander talks. This is the second friction area from which disengagement has been carried out after Pangong Tso in February. The disengagement process was carried out […]

      # Olympic updates     A more than four decade long wait finally ended with the Indian men’s hockey team winning bronze medal at  Tokyo olympics. In a thrilling match, India beat Germany 5 – 4 to secure bronze. In wrestling, Indian wrestler Ravi kumar Dahiya lost to Russian wrestler to settle […]

      # Olympic updates     Ravi kumar dahiya registered a sensational triumph against Kazakhstan’s Nurislam Sanayev in the freestyle 57kg semifinal bout. India is assured of a silver medal anh Ravi dahiya will play the gold medal match on thursday. Indian women lost against Argentina in the semifinal and now will play […]

      # Excess deaths     The number of “excess deaths” registered by the civil registration system (CRS) in Maharashtra ever since the covid-19 pandemic hit. Total deaths was an estimated 2,12,589 ,which is 2.8 times the official reported figure of 75,877 covid-19 deaths for the same period. The figures were arrived at […]