India issues guidelines to students wish to study medicine in China

• Embassy of India in China said that prospective Indian students who wish to seek admission for undergraduate clinical medicine programme in China are required to obtain a license to practice medicine in China before they appear for the Foreign Medical Graduates Exam (FMGE) in India.
• The Indian Embassy said that such prospective Indian students are also required to clear the NEET-UG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Under Graduate) exam, which is the entry examination for undergraduate medical education in India, as a prerequisite to pursue medical education abroad.
• Only such students - after completing their degree program - can appear in FMGE which is required to pursue clinical medical practice in India.
• The advisory was issued in response to several queries from prospective Indian students and their parents with respect to seeking admission to undergraduate clinical medicine programme in China.
• More than twenty thousand Indian students mostly enrolled in medical courses in different Chinese universities are waiting to return to China for more than two and half years due to COVID-related restrictions and a ban on direct flights to and from India.
• China has now started giving visas but due to non-availability of direct flights, it is very costly affair to travel to China through transit route.

PM Modi pays tribute to Vinoba Bhave on birth anniversary

• Vinayak Narahari also known as Vinoba Bhave (1895 – 1982) was an Indian advocate of nonviolence and human rights. Often called Acharya, he is best known for the Bhoodan Movement.
• He is considered a National Teacher of India and the spiritual successor of Mahatma Gandhi.
• He was an eminent philosopher. The Gita has also been translated into Marathi language by him with the title Geetai (meaning ''Mother Gīta'' in Marathi).

Prime Minister Modi recalls Swami Vivekananda''s iconic speech at Chicago

• There have been several meetings referred to as a Parliament of the World''s Religions, the first being the World''s Parliament of Religions of 1893, which was an attempt to create a global dialogue of faiths.
• Swami Vivekananda represented India and Hinduism at the Parliament of the World''s Religions (1893).
• This was the first World''s Parliament of Religions, and it was held from 11 to 27 September 1893. Delegates from all over the world joined this Parliament.

Two-day National Defense MSME Conclave and Exhibition begins in Kota, Rajasthan

• The two-day National Defense MSME Conclave and Exhibition began in Kota, Rajasthan.
• Defense equipment including T-90 and BMP-2 tanks, artillery guns, various types of sniper and machine guns and military bridges are being displayed in the exhibition.
• Youth innovating in the defense sector, start-ups and MSMEs are also displaying their products.
• More than 50 companies, start-ups and MSMEs working in the defense sector are participating in the event.
• The conclave was formally inaugurated by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.

Rajasthan gets urban employment guarantee scheme

• The Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme has rolled out in Rajasthan with the objective of providing economic support to the poor and needy families living in the cities through work to be provided on demand for 100 days in a year.
• The Congress government has touted it as the country''s biggest scheme to give guaranteed jobs to the people residing in cities, on the lines of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) for villagers started by the UPA government at the Centre in 2006.
• Those in the age group of 18 to 60 years residing within the limits of urban local bodies are eligible to demand and get employment in the identified segments.
• There is no income limit, though the poor and destitute people, especially those who lost their livelihood during the pandemic, will be given preference.
• More than 3.5 lakh people across the State have got themselves registered under the scheme so far and job cards have been issued to 2.25 lakh of them.

Russia gives up key northeast towns as Ukrainian forces advance

• Izuim had fallen to the Russians on April 1, and has been recaptured over six months later.
• Izium is considered the gateway to Donbas region, a Russian-speaking area whose complete capture has been Russia’s key war aim since the beginning of the conflict. It is considered a passage to the Black Sea, and thus referred to as the Izium passage by the Russians.
• With this, Ukraine is back in control of two key logistics centres. Kupiansk was the major railway station supplying Izium formations.

Supreme Court to take up CAA challenge: where does the case stand?

• The Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 seeks to grant citizenship to a class of migrants belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi or Christian communities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh or Pakistan.
• The Act was passed on December 12, 2019 and was notified on January 10, 2020.
• While the government claimed the amendment was sympathetic and inclusionary, critics said it was unconstitutional and anti-Muslim. The law provoked widespread protests in the country.
• The law, an amendment to the Citizenship Act, 1955, was challenged before the Supreme Court under Article 32 of the Constitution.
• The challenge rests primarily on the grounds that the law violates Article 14 of the Constitution that guarantees that no person shall be denied the right to equality before law or the equal protection of law in the territory of India.