# Quad meet

• India on thursday joined australia, japan and US  for a ministerial meeting under the quadrilateral grouping.

• During this meeting, key issues including myanmmar, came up for discussion.

• All the quad members insisted for uphelding of rule of law and democratic transition was reiterated by India.

# Air pollution

• Air pollution claimed approximately 54,000 lives in Delhi in 2020.

• Greenpeace south east asia analysis of cost to the economy due to air pollution report data shows this.

• Globally, approximately 160000 deaths have been attributed to PM (particulate matter) 2.5 air pollution in the five most populous cities.

• These cities are Delhi, mexico city, sao paulo, shanghai and tokyo.

# Global tree city status

• Hyderabad has won a green contest among cities in India and emerged one of the tree cities of the world.

• This title has been bestowed by the arborday foundation and food and agriculture organisation (FAO).

• Hyderabad has been selected for its commitment to growing and maintaining urban forestry.

# Special visa scheme

•  PM modi addressed a workshop on covid-19 management “exchange of good practices in tackling pandemic and the way forward” with nine neighbouring countries.

• He said that India is considering to create a special visa scheme for doctors and nurses.

• This will help them to travel quickly within the region during health emergencies, on the request of the receiving country.

# Facebook news in Australia

• Facebook blocked all the news content on the facebook Inc pages.

• Facebook has taken this step as australian government has asked the facebook to pay for the news content.

• This step by facebook is criticised by news producers, politicians, human rights advocates and many others.