# Army aviation force

• Army’s aviation wing is attempting to replace ageing fleet of cheetah and chetak helicopter by new procurement of helicopters.

• The army has 90 Advanced light helicopter and 75 Rudra helicopter (combat helicopter) in service which are indigenously designed and developed by HAL.

• The army aviation is also gearing up for some major inductions in the next couple of years including the AH-64 Apache, considered the world’s best attack helicopter.

• These helicopter will be delivered as early as 2023 and will be in operation within a year.

# Omar abdullah’s demands

• National conference vice-president Omar abdullah on saturday said his party will keep pushing for delimitation first, followed by statehood and election.

• He said chronology should be delimitation-statehood-election rather than delimitation-election-statehood.

• Omar abdullah said congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad also demanded the same chronology of process to be followed.

# India-greece relations

• India and Greece have held discussions over the situation in Cyprus during the visit of external affairs minister S. Jaishankar visit to Athens.

• Both sides discussed the recent developments pertaining to the Eastern Mediterranean, Cyprus and Libya.

• The condition in nearby Republic of Cyprus has become tense in the backdrop of Ankara’s plan to mark the anniversary of 1974 invasion of the Island by turkish forces.

# Ayodhya – a spiritual city

• PM Narendra modi on saturday chaired a meeting along with CM of Uttar pradesh yogi adityanath to review the work done in Ayodhya to develop it as a spiritual city and a global tourism hub.

• PM modi said that Ayodhya should manifest the finest of Indian traditions and best of its developmental traditions.

• An upcoming greenfield township was discussed which includes lodging facilities for devotees, space for ashrams, mutts, hotels and bhavans of various states.

• A tourism facilitation centre and a world class museum will also be built.

# Covid-19 vaccination drive

• India administered 61.9 lakh doses of covid-19 vaccines on saturday.

• Between June1 and 25, 39.5 lakh doses were administered daily in India on an average.

• To fully inoculate all adults by the end of this year, 82.4 lakh doses needed to be given on average in the country.