✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS 1. PM Modi embarked on a two-day visit to Japan on Sunday evening to attend a summit of the Quad leaders at the invitation of his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida. The Quad summit is aimed at bolstering cooperation Read more
1. India detects its first cases of BA.4 & BA.5 variants of COVID-19: A 19-year-old female in Tamil Nadu and a South African traveller in Hyderabad have been found positive for BA.4 subvariant. An 80-year-old Telangana man has been found Read more
✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS 1. PM Modi to embark on two-day visit to Japan on Monday to take part in Quad Leaders’ Summit 2. PM Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated Anthony Albanese, who is set to be Australia’s next PM, for securing Read more
1. Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer Vivek Kumar has been appointed as Private Secretary (PS) to PM Modi 2. Heavy rainfall alert in these states for next 5 days; IMD has predicted rainfall in J&K, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Read more
✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS 1. BRICS SHOULD SHOW ‘ZERO TOLERANCE’ TO CROSS-BORDER TERRORISM, says External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on 19 May. While addressing a virtual meeting of the BRICS foreign ministers. The minister also said that a globalised world will Read more
1. The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 192 crore on Friday, according to the Union health ministry. 2. Centre asks states, UTs to increase pace of COVID-19 vaccination coverage. 3. South-west Monsoon likely to Read more
✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS 1. PM Modi to participate in Quad Leaders’ Summit in Tokyo on May 24; to also engage in bilateral meetings with Quad leaders. 2. Bangladesh-India passenger train services to resume from May 29. It was remaining suspended for Read more
1. GYANVAPI Mosque Case : A Commission conducts videographic survey of Kashi Vishwanath temple, submits report to court. 2. The survey work carried out on May 14, 15 and 16 in the court of the District Civil Judge Ravi Kumar Read more
✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS 1. China to host BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting on May 19 through video conference. The meeting will be hosted by China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and attended by India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. 2. Read more
1. Supreme Court orders release of A G Perarivalan, convict in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, exercising its special powers under Article 142 of the Constitution. Perarivalan was arrested on June 11, 1991, at the age of 19, weeks after former Read more