# Farm laws

• Prime minister Narendra modi on Friday announced the repeal of the three contentious farm laws.
• Prime minister assured the protesting farmers that the legislative process for the withdrawal of farm laws will be completed in the upcoming winter session of parliament.
• PM also reiterated that the government’s intention behind bringing these farm laws was to provide alternative to small farmers, who constituted 80℅ of farmer’s community.

# National education policy

• The new education policy lays emphasis on imparting education in mother tongue especially in primary classes.
• The language base of Odisha’s adivasi community is as diverse as 21 spoken languages further divided into 74 dialects.
• The ST and SC development department of the Odisha state government has already started working on project called Samhiti to address the language issues faced by tribal students in early grades or elementary classes.

# Rashtriya raksha samarpan parv

• Admission of girls has started from this session in 33 sainik schools announced Prime minister at the Rashtriya raksha samarpan parv.
• PM Modi handed over the indigenously built Light combat helicopter (LCH) to the airforce, two small drones built by Indian start ups to the army and electronic warfare suites to the Navy.
• PM Modi also formally launched several schemes of the defense ministry and unveiled a stone signage of Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi on her 193rd birth anniversary at the precincts of the Jhansi fort.

# Indian police foundation

• The Bihar and Uttar pradesh police scored the lowest among the states when it came to the perception of ‘sensitivity’, according to a survey conducted by the Indian police foundation.
• Indian police foundation is a think tank run by retired IPS officers and academics.

# Beijing winter Olympics

• President Joe Biden on Thursday said that USA was considering a diplomatic boycott of winter Olympics in Beijing.
• This would be an attempt to show toughness over China’s rights abuses without impacting US athletes.