# Development finance institution     The rajya sabha on thursday cleared the legislation to establish the national bank for financing infrastructure and development (NFID). This bank was announced in the budget speech by finance minister Nirmala sitharaman. Opposition leader Jairam ramesh opened the debate saying the concept of DFIs had already been […]

  # Chief justice of India     Justice N.V Ramana is set to take over as the 48th chief justice of India. NV Ramana will remain CJI till august 26, 2002. Justice NV Ramana is from Andhra Pradesh and also served as the Chief justice of Andhra Pradesh and Delhi.       # […]

  # Vaccination drive     Citizens above the age of 45, irrespective of co-morbidities, will be eligible for covid-19 vaccination from April 1. This decision has been taken by the union cabinet on the basis of the advice of the covid task force and experts. India has vaccinated about 5 crore people till now. […]

    # Covid-19 in Delhi     The surge in covid-19 cases in Delhi continued on saturday with 813 fresh cases in 24 hours. The positivity rate has surged to over 1%. Also, a total of 46,769 beneficiaries took the covid-19 vaccine on saturday in Delhi.       # Mining in aravalis   […]

  # Supreme court     The Supreme court on friday prima facie found no harm in state legislative assemblies passing resolution against central laws like the controversial citizenship amendment act or new farm laws. The court was hearing a PIL filed by a Rajasthan based NGO, samta andolan samiti, arguing that state assemblies have […]

  # Electoral bond     Supreme court agreed to hear a plea by NGO Association for democratic reforms to study the sale of a new set of electoral bonds on April 1. The petitioner argued that electoral bonds had become an avenue for shell corporations and entities to park illicit money and even proceeds […]

  # Covid surge     Union health ministry advised that the RTPCR test rate should be 70% of total covid tests. Union health ministry also advised that states should work towards zero wastage of vaccines. As the country is witnessing over 6% wastage of vaccines. Health secretary rajesh bhushan said 70 districts across 17 […]

  # Vaccine maitri     Union health minister Harsh vardhan told the Rajya sabha on tuesday that covid-19 vaccines were not being sent to foreign countries at the expense of Indian citizens. On monday alone 30 lakh people were administered the vaccine and till now more than 3 crore people had been inoculated. However, […]

  # OBC,SC qouta     More than half of the faculty positions reserved for the OBCs in central institutions of higher education are vacant while about 40% of those reserved for SC and STs also remain unfilled. The situation is particularly acute in the elite Indian institutes of management (IIMs), where more than 60% […]

  # Mining in aravalis     Haryana government is seeking permission for mining in aravalis in Gurugram and Faridabad in supreme court. Environmentalists and residents are strongly opposed to mining being legalised and demanded that forest cover be increased in the state. As per the economic survey of haryana 2020-21, as many as 58 […]