# Exports

• India exported merchandise estimated at $38.19 billion in April 2022.
• Exports saw a 24.2% increase from the last year but it is 9.5% lower than the record $42.2 billion shipped out in March, according to official estimates.
• The trade deficit has expanded to $20.07 billion from $18.5 billion in March.
• Imports grew at a faster pace of 26.6% to $58.28 billion.
• India’s goods trade deficit has crossed $200 billion for a 12 month period for the first time in April 2022.

# Abortion right

• President Joe Biden called upon American voters on Tuesday to defend the fundamental rights to abortion after a leaked draft suggested that the supreme Court is poised to strike down the long standing decision in the 1973 Roe vs Wade case protecting a woman’s right to terminate pregnancy.
• The opinion by the conservative majority in the court will be potentially historic turning point on a hot button issue.
• If the draft is made official – which could happen within months – it would shred half a century of constitutional protection for protection rights.

# India-Denmark relationship

• India and Denmark on Tuesday agreed to further strengthen the Green strategic partnership with a focus on Green hydrogen, renewable energy and waste water management.
• A number of agreements covering sectors such as Green shipping, animal husbandry and dairying, water management, energy, cultural exchange were inked after the bilateral talks.
• India conveyed its acceptance of Danish invitation to join the international centre for anti microbial resistance solutions as mission partner.

# NITI aayog

• The number of registered deaths increased from 76.4 lakh in 2019 to 81.2 lakh in 2020.
• Out of the total registered deaths, the share of men and women is 70.2% and 39.8%.