# Chief justice of India     President Ramnath kovind on tuesday appointed Justice NV Ramanna as the 48th CJI with effect from april 24. He was born into a family of agriculturists in Krishna districts of Andhra pradesh. Upcoming CJI has done a number of jobs before working as a judge. He […]

  # India-Russia talks     An important round of discussion between India and Russia will take place on tuesday between the visiting Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov and external affairs minister S. Jaishankar. Russian foreign minister will be accompanied by Moscow’s special envoy on Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov. Zamir Kabulov, is expected to brief the […]

    # Covid cases     On sunday 1,03,790 covid-19 cases were detected across the states. It is a new daily high for infections surpassing the previous peak reached in mid september 2020. Amid covid surge, Russian made sputnik v may be cleared for emergency use in India within 10 days.       […]

    # Sukma encounter     Five security personnel were martyred and more than 12 injured in an encounter with maoists in sukma district of chattisgarh on saturday. Two of the martyrs were from the CRPF. Among the 2 maoists killed one is a woman. Sukma district is a stronghold of maoists since a […]

    # Covid cases     India recorded the highest single day rise in coronavirus cases in six months with 89,019 new infections in a span of 24 hours. This single day rise in cases is the highest recorded since september 8, 2020. Also, more than 36.7 lakh covid-19 vaccine doses were administered in […]

# Small savings     The government has reversed the decision to cut the interest rates on small savings such as PPFs etc. The decision would have squeezed the middle class income  further as retail inflation is already high. The decision to decrease interest had took the interest rate on small savings to a decadal […]

  #  Small savings     The government has sharply slashed the rates on all small savings instruments for the first quarter of 2021-22. The government has brought down the rate of return on the Provident pension fund down from 7.1% to 6.4%. The government resets the interest rate on small savings instruments every quarter, […]

  # Covid-19 surge     NITI aayog health member VK paul has said that covid-19 cases has gone “from bad to worse”. India registered 56,211 new infections in the last 24 hours. Maharashtra is the worst affected state in which mumbai recorded 10.48% positivity rate, pune, thane and Nagpur recorded 8.85%, 6.27% and 5.77% […]

    # 1st phase of elections     Election commission of India on saturday said that the first phase of polling in West bengal went off peacefully, with 79.9% and 76.9% respectively. Voting was carried out at 21825 polling stations in a total of 77 assembly constituencies in the two states. While assam has […]

    # Electoral bonds     The supreme on friday refused to stay the sale of electoral bonds prior to the assembly elections in crucial states such as West bengal and Tamil nadu. The chief justice of India said that the scheme began in 2018 and continued in 2019 and 2020 without any impediments. […]