# United Kingdom

• A UK court on Wednesday issued a formal order to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the US to face trial over the publication of secret files relating to the Iraq and Afghanistan war.
• The decision now rests with the interior minister Priti patel to take final call.
• Julian Assange may still appeal within 14 days of any decision to approve the extradition.
• The case has become a cause celebre for media freedom, with Mr. Assange’s supporters accusing Washington of trying to muzzle reporting of legitimate security concerns.

# AYUSH

• Prime minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced that a special visa category would be created soon for those who want to travel to the country to avail themselves of AYUSH therapies.
• PM Modi Also said that traditional medicines have helped Kerela in promoting tourism.
• PM Modi was inaugurating a global AYUSH investment and innovation Summit in Gandhinagar in the presence of Director general of World Health Organization Tedros Ghebreyesus and Prime Minister of Mauritius pravind kumar Jugnauth.

# Principal scientific advisor

• Ajay kumar Sood has been appointed Principal scientific advisor to the Union Government, a personnel ministry order issued on Wednesday said.
• He succeeds K. Vijay Raghavan.
• Ajay kumar sood has been appointed for a period of three years.
• He is a member of the Science, technology and innovation advisory Council and is a physicist known for his work on graphene.
• He is a distinguished professor of physics at the Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru.

# e-commerce portal rules

• The Department of consumer Affairs is set to unveil revised e-commerce rules including amendments that would press operators of online marketplace to ensure ‘algorithmic fairness’ .
• The e-commerce rules were first notified in July 2020, and amended last May.