BJP sweeps 4 states; AAP wave in Punjab: BJP set to form the government in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur; The state elections signal the political rise of Yogi Adityanath and Arvind Kejriwal

Lancet study estimates 19 lakh children lost a parent to covid: A published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal earlier this week estimated that 19 lakh children had lost either a parent or a primary caregiver due to Covid; Indian government claims that’s not correct

India, Bangladesh, Nepal finalise MoU to boost trade and connectivity: The BBIN connectivity project was conceived after the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) failed to agree on a regional motor vehicles agreement at a summit in Nepal in 2014, mainly because of opposition from Pakistan

Kerala budget: With natural calamities and the pandemic adding to the strain on resource mobilisation, Kerala government may have to do a serious rethink on implementing recommendations of the 11th pay commission