# Cabinet reshuffle     The rashtrapati bhawan on tuesday announced a slew of new appointments of governors including that of union minister for social justice and empowerment Thawar chand gehlot as the governor of karnataka. This is being seen as the surest sign that a cabinet reshuffle will finally take place […]

      # Bhima-koregaon case     Tribal rights activist and a maoist sympathiser father Stan swamy died on monday in a hospital. Father Stan swamy was an accused in the Bhima-koregaon caste violence case. His bail application was pending before the Bombay high court.       # Section 66A of IT act […]

      # Srinagar drone ban     The Jammu & Kashmir administration on sunday banned the sale, use and possession of unmanned aerial vehicles in Srinagar. Two explosives-laden drones had crashed into the airbase, and there were other suspicious sightings of UAVs, trigerring a security alert. The order directed those possessing drone cameras […]

      # Covaxin efficacy     Hyderabad based Bharat biotech India limited on saturday publicised the long awaited results of the phase-3 trial of covaxin. The phase-3 trial of covaxin involved nearly 25,800 volunteers spanning 25 hospitals across the country. The company said the vaccine had an overall efficacy of 77.8% against symptomatic […]

      # India’s record export     India registered its highest quarterly merchandise exports of $95 billion during the first quarter (April-june) of 2021-22. The country is now eyeing a target of $400 billion in merchandise exports in the current fiscal, commerce and Industry minister Piyush goyal on friday. As per the official […]

      # Digital connectivity in schools     In the academic year 2019-20, only 22% of schools in India had internet facilities, according to education ministry data released on thursday. Among government schools, less than 12% had internet in 2019-20, while less than 30% had functional computer facilities. The unified district information system […]

      # Cipla to import Moderna’s vaccine     The Drug controller general of India (DCGI) on tuesday granted permission to mumbai-based pharma major Cipla to import Moderna’s covid-19 vaccine. Moderna is the fourth vaccine in the country to be given the emergency use authorisation (EUA). India is also in talks with Pfizer […]

      # Stimulus post 2nd Covid wave     Finance minister Nirmala sitharaman on monday announced some fresh relief measures for the economy. This is the first such package after the second covid-19 wave, focusing largely on extending loan gurantee and concessional credits for pandemic hit sectors. Finance minister Nirmala sitharaman announced an […]

      # Jammu drone attack     For the first time, a terrorist attack was carried on an IAF installation in Jammu using a drone or Unmanned aerial vehicle. On sunday morning, two low-intensity explosions were reported in the technical area of the Jammu air force station. Defence sources said, the attackers may […]

      # Army aviation force     Army’s aviation wing is attempting to replace ageing fleet of cheetah and chetak helicopter by new procurement of helicopters. The army has 90 Advanced light helicopter and 75 Rudra helicopter (combat helicopter) in service which are indigenously designed and developed by HAL. The army aviation is […]