# Farmer’s protest

• The eighth round of talks between the centre and the farmer unions, ended without any resolution.

• The stalemate continued over the repeal of the three farm laws.

• The ninth round of talks will be held on january 15.

• The centre wants the supreme courtto hear the matter on the farm laws and said that government will abide by the decision of the supreme court on the farm laws.

# Zaki-ur -rehman-lakhvi

• Mumbai attack mastermind and Lashkar e taiba operational commander Zaki-ur-rehman-lakhvi was sentenced to five years in jail on friday.

• The verdict was given by a pakistan’s anti terrorism court.

• It is believed that the verdict is being given to fulfill the commitments of Pakistan to FATF on the issue of grey list.

# Army personnel under stress

• More than half of Indian army personnel seem to be under severe stress.

• Army has been losing more personnel every year due to suicides, fratricides, and untoward incidents than in response to any enemy or territorial activity.

• These findings has been published after a study by united service institution of India (USI).

• It is a service think tank.

# Sources of pollution

• The Delhi government has started talks with IIT kanpur to find what exactly the sources of pollutants in the city’s air on a real time basis.

• The same study is being done by university of washington in saint louis for the delhi government.

• This will further delay the project, which has already missed its deadline six months ago.

# Plea against confession

• The supreme court on friday agreed to consider a petition filed by a group of women against the compulsory nature of sacred confessions to priests in christainity.

• The court will examine whether these confessions are an integral part of the religion or not.

• The arguement of the petitioners is that the forced confessions violated the right to privacy and may lead to harassment and blackmailing.