# Pegasus spyware

• The Pegasus snooping controversy led to multiple disruptions in the Lok sabha on tuesday before the house was adjourned for the day.

• Many opposition leaders have submitted notices for the suspension of routine business to discuss the snooping controversy.

• In the pegasus spyware controversy a number of phone numbers have been leaked from the database of the spying software.

# Sero-survey

• Two-thirds of the population aged above six have antibodies against SARS-COV-2.

• This data has been released on tuesday from a sero-survey conducted by the Indian council of medical research (ICMR) in June and July.

• Nearly 40 crore people, or a third of the population, are still vulnerable to the covid-19 infection.

# Ministry of cooperation

• The supreme court on tuesday struck down parts of a constitutional amendment which shrank the exclusive authority of states over its cooperative societies.

• Part IX B, introduced in the constitution through the 97th amendment of 2012, dictated the terms for running cooperative societies.

• In a majority judgement Supreme court said that it is the “exclusive legislative power” of state legislatures.

# Project 75 I

• The Defence ministry on Tuesday issued the request for proposal (RPF) for construction of six advanced conventional submarines for the navy under project-75i.

• The RFP was issued to shortlisted strategic partners (SPs) or Indian applicant companies for the project viz, Mazagaon dock shipbuilders limited (MDL) and Larsen & Toubro (L&T).

• The project cost is estimated upwards of 40,000 crore rupees.

# Asian development bank

• The Asian development bank (ADB) has parred its forecast for India’s growth this year to 10% from 11% projected in April.

• ADB has also estimated the retail inflation to be 5.5% earlier it was estimated at 5.2% for year 2021-22.