# Supreme Court

• The Supreme Court on Monday frowned at the army authorities for holding selection boards to promote male officers to colonel rank while withholding the same for female lieutenant colonels and granted two weeks to the centre to specify the steps being taken to open promotion avenues for permanent commission women officers.
• As many as 34 women officers, through senior advocate V Mohana, alleged that male officers junior to them have stolen a march over them because of blatant discrimination and non implementation of the Supreme Court decision granting permanent commission and consequential benefits to them.
• Citing justice Chandrachud’s landmark judgements in 2020 and 2021 granting permanent commission to women officers are being wrongly denied study leave and deputation.

# Indonesia

• A 5.6 magnitude earthquake killed atleast 162 people and injured hundreds on Indonesia’s main island on Monday.
• Many of the dead were public school students who had finished their classes for the day and were taking extra lessons at Islamic schools when they collapsed.
• Hospitals were over whelmed by injured people and atleast 162 are killed.

# Pakistan

• Pakistan’s outgoing army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa’s extended family became billionaires after he took command of the military in 2016.
• Bajwa’s family has accumulated assets and businesses of over ₹12.7 billion within and outside the country over the past six years, said a report published on investigate website fact focus.
• The report prompted finance minister Ishaq Dar to take notice on Monday of the “illegal and unwarranted” Leak of tax records of General Bajwa’s family.

# Ukraine

• Russian strikes are plunging Ukraine into the stone age.
• In many areas power supply is not even available for half an hour.