- Congress is in the pursuit of persuading Ashok Gehlot to leave the choice of chief ministership in Rajasthan to the party’s interim president Sonia Gandhi.
- Government to confer the much reputed Dadasaheb Phalke Award for veteran actor Asha Parekh.
- Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said his government would back India and Japan for permanent membership in the UN security council.
- The Supreme Court completed its hearing on the 10% quota for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) within a week. However, the apex court reserved its verdict.
- In a historic step in the Indian judiciary, the hearing of three constitution benches was streamlined live on YouTube by the National Informatics Centre.
- Penalizing the Haryana government for continued damage to the Aravalli forest area, the National Green Tribunal slapped a penalty of Rs.100 crore.
- After RBI’s regulation directing lenders to deactivate credit cards, not in use for a year, the total number of credit cards has shrunk by 23 lakh to 7.8 crores.
- Center has named Lt General Anil Chauhan (Retired) the new Chief of Defense Staff. In May 2021, he retired as the Eastern Command Chief. However, he was serving as the military advisor to the National Security Council.
- The University Grants Commission (UGA) is doing away with the compulsory publication of research papers. Research Scholars can now submit their Ph.D. thesis without publishing research papers.
- Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India has bought a two percent stake in the state-owned Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL) for an estimated Rs.1598 cr.
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