A meeting chaired by the Chief Minister of Assam State Himanta Biswa Sarma proposed to replace paper ballots with electronic voting machines in the Guwahati Municipal Corporation elections has been approved.
USA, with 39% share, retained its standing as the world's largest arms exporters during 2017-21. Russia (19%), France (11%), China (4.6%) and Germany (4.5%) were among the top 5 largest exporters respectively.
Paris-based Financial Action Task Force has added the UAE in its Grey List. It is a list of 23 countries of increased monitoring including fellow Middle-East nations Jordan, Syria and Yemen.