·       Parliament  has passed a bill to include the Bhogta community in the list of Scheduled Tribes in Jharkhand after removing it from the Scheduled Caste category.

·       The bill, passed by Rajya Sabha on March 30, was cleared by Lok Sabha on April 5 through a voice vote.

·       The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill-2022 also seeks to include certain other communities, including Kharwar, Deshwari, Ganjhu, Dautalbandi (Dwalbandi), Patbandi, Raut, in the list of Scheduled Tribes in Jharkhand.

• Diplomat Harsh Kumar Jain is set to take charge as India's new envoy to Ukraine, the Indian embassy in Ukraine said.
• At present, the embassy is operating from Warsaw in Poland amid the Russia-Ukraine war.
• Jain succeeds Partha Satpathy as the Indian envoy to Ukraine.

• Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghtana chief Raju Shetti  has said that his outfit was snapping ties with the ruling Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi over various farm issues.
• He said the decision was taken in the party's executive meeting in Kolhapur, which also endorsed the move to remove its lone MLA Devendra Bhoyar from the party.

• The Chakmas and the Hajongs staged a protest in New Delhi against their alleged racial profiling by the Arunachal Pradesh government through a special census.
• On August 15 last year, Arunachal Chief Minister Pema Khandu had announced that the Chakma and the Hajong settlers would be relocated outside the state. Chakma organisations claimed that training of government enumerators in this regard was scheduled for April 5  at Diyun circle under Changlang district.
• The protestors submitted a memorandum to Union Home Minister Amit Shah with a set of demands.
• Rup Singh Chakma, president of the Arunachal Pradesh Chakma Students’ Union
• claimed  that the Chakmas and the Hajongs, who migrated during 1964-1969, are the citizens of India as per the Indira-Mujib accord of 1972 and Section 5(1) of the Citizenship Act of 1955. Those who are born in India are citizens by birth too, he further claimed.
• Displaced by a dam in the then East Pakistan (present day Bangladesh), the Buddhist Chakmas and the Hindu Hajongs were resettled in Arunachal during 1964-69 by the central government.

• US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced April 5 another $100 million in American military aid would be sent to Ukraine following reports of atrocities committed there by invading Russian forces.
• Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the UN Security Council that the atrocities committed by Russian troops are no different from terrorists like the Islamic State extremists as he demanded immediate action to bring the Kremlin's forces to justice for "war crimes".

• An order by Myanmar's central bank that all foreign currency in bank accounts must be converted into the local currency has many in the military-ruled country worried over potential losses.
• Businesses and individuals were told in a notice issued that they must convert dollars and other foreign currency into kyats within one day or face legal consequences.
• Foreign currency can only be sent overseas with government approval.
• Myanmar's military leaders are facing a raft of sanctions after they seized power on February 1, 2021, ousting the country's elected government.
• The order to hand over foreign exchange suggests the authorities may be running short of hard currency needed to pay debts and purchase key supplies such as oil, gas and weapons. Hard currency is also needed to repay foreign debt, which for Myanmar stands at about $10-$11 billion.
• The central bank order instructed holders of foreign currency accounts in Myanmar to open new accounts to convert funds into kyats (pronounced CHUHTs).
• People earning foreign currency are supposed to also convert their money into kyats, which are not a convertible currency and are not supposed to be taken out of the country.
• Myanmar's foreign reserves stood at nearly $7.8 billion as of December 2020, according to the World Bank.
• The military leadership has also sought to relieve pressure on its foreign exchange reserves by encouraging the use of Thai baht, Indian rupees and Chinese renminbi, or yuan, for trade in border areas.

• Kuwait's government resigned on April 5 , just months after its formation, opening up new uncertainty as the tiny country grapples with a worsening political crisis that has blocked critical economic and social reforms.
• Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al Hamad Al Sabah submitted the cabinet's resignation to the crown prince , ahead of a no-confidence vote in Parliament later this week that sought to remove him from office.
• It marks Kuwait's third collective government resignation in the past year and a half. A host of new faces, including some picks to appease opposition blocs, had been appointed to ministerial posts as recently as December, with their resignation now reflecting their failure to make reforms.
• The parliament, a rarity in the autocratic region of Persian Gulf sheikhdoms, is empowered to pass and block laws, question ministers and submit no-confidence votes against senior officials. However, final authority rests with the ruling emir.
• The financial stagnation over the past two years has spread deep disillusionment with the country's political system.

• Asian Development Bank on  April 6 projected a seven per cent collective growth for South Asian economies in 2022 with the subregion's largest economy India growing by 7.5 per cent in the current fiscal year before picking up to eight per cent the next year.
• Releasing its flagship Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2022, the Manila-based multi-lateral funding agency said the growth in South Asia is projected to slow to seven per cent in 2022, before picking up to 7.4 per cent in 2023.
• The subregion's growth dynamics are largely driven by India and Pakistan.
• Pakistan's growth is forecast to moderate to four per cent in 2022 on weaker domestic demand from monetary tightening and fiscal consolidation before picking up to 4.5 per cent in 2023, it said.
• ADB said developing Asia's economies are predicted to grow by 5.2 per cent this year and 5.3 per cent in 2023, thanks to a robust recovery in domestic demand and continued expansion in exports.
• Developing Asia comprises 46 member countries of ADB by geographic group: the Caucasus and Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. South Asia comprises Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
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