# Vaccination policy

• The supreme court has questioned the centre’s logic that manufacturers are selling it covid-19 vaccines for a hefty discount because it places bulk orders.

• Supreme court asked the government why it cannot buy 100% of the vaccines at a discount instead of leaving the states to fend for themselves.

• Supreme court asked the centre why the 35,000 crore budget for vaccination cannot be used to provide free vaccines for 18-44 years age category.

# Google

• Google told the Delhi high court on wednesday that the new Information technology rules 2021, do not apply to google.

• Google said that it is a “search engine” not a “social media intermediary” like fecebook, twitter or instagram.

• Delhi high court was hearing a petition where a women photographs and images were taken from her facebook and instagram accounts from her consent and uploaded on a pornography website.

# Palestine

• Palestine’s foreign minister Riad malki said India’s abstention from the latest resolution on the palestinian issue suppresses human rights of “all people”.

• It was an unusually strong letter sent to external affairs minister S. Jaishankar on may 30.

• Dr. Malki said the resolution titled ” ensuring respect for international human rights law and humanitarian law in occupied Palestinian territory including East Jerusalem and in Israel was a product of long years of multilateral negotiation.

# UNGA president

• India will vote in support of Maldives’ foreign minister Abdulla Shahid in the election of the president of the UNGA next week.

• This decision may disappoint another close neighbour, Afghanistan, which has former foreign minister Zalmai Rasoul in the running.

• The race between the South asian neighbour for the post, which is being chosen this time from the Asia-pacific grouping, will be decided in the election on June 7.

# Exports surge 67%

• India exported merchandise worth $32.21 billion in may 2021.

• It is 67% higher on a year-on-year basis and almost 8% more than may 2019s pre-pandemic shipments.