# Insurance act     Lok sabha on monday passed a law to amend the general insurance business act. The general insurance business (nationalisation) amendment bill, 2021 will allow the government to bring down its stake in state owned life insurance corporation. The provisions of bill could not be discussed due to […]

      # High covid-19 positivity     Daily covid-19 cases touched a 24 day high at 41,649 cases on saturday. Health secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written to several states that all districts reporting a positivity rate of more than 10% in the last few weeks ought to consider strict restrictions. Only 10.8% of […]

      # Olympics update     Lovina Borgobain reached semifinal in middle weight category of boxing securing atleast a bronze medal. Also, shuttler PV Sindhu beats Akane yamaguchi of Japan to reach the semi final. India has only won a single silver medal in weightlifting till now.       # Excess deaths […]

      # Medical seats     The union health ministry has announced 27% reservation for the OBCs and 10% quota for the economically weaker sections (EWS) in the all India qouta scheme. Reservation will be applied for under graduate and post graduate medical and dental courses from 2021-22. The decision would benefit every […]

      # India-US ties     Democratic values and free citizenry bind India and the US together, said US secretary of state Antony Blinken. The two sides discussed cooperation on a wide range of issues, including Afghanistan, countering covid-19, the indo-pacific strategy and the Quad. Antony Blinken also met National security advisor Ajit […]

      # Vaccination     Vaccination of children against covid-19 may start as early as August. Both Bharat biotech’s Covaxin and Zydus cadilla’s DNA vaccines for the 12-18 age group were being looked into. NITI aayog member also informed that 15 crore vaccine doses will be available for vaccination in August.     […]

      # Assam-Mizoram border     Six Assam police personnel were killed in an exchange of fire with Mizoram police. The border dispute between two north eastern states took a violent turn on monday. Assam and mizoram share borders nearly 164 km in three districts.       # National mission for clean […]

      # Kargil vijay diwas     On july 26, 2020, India marked Kargil vijay diwas to celebrate India’s victory over Pakistan in the Kargil war. On july 26, 1999, Indian government declared “operation vijay” a victory after a three month long battle in Kargil. The kargil war is an armed conflict between […]

      # Pegasus spyware     The Pegasus snooping controversy led to multiple disruptions in the Lok sabha on tuesday before the house was adjourned for the day. Many opposition leaders have submitted notices for the suspension of routine business to discuss the snooping controversy. In the pegasus spyware controversy a number of […]

      # Monsoon session of parliament     Prime minister Narendra modi attended an all party meeting and assured the opposition that government is ready to discuss and debate all issues in a “constructive manner”. The monsoon session is going to be highly disruptive as opposition is planning to raise a number of […]