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DIRECT TAXES
DIRECT TAXES
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Government’s net direct tax collections, after adjusting for refunds, grew 17.7 per cent year-on-year to Rs 19.58 lakh crore in financial year 2023-24, exceeding the re...
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23-Apr 2024
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR)
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The amended rules to the Patent Act will prolong the life of drugs because of frivolous patenting, increase their prices, and make lives d...
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23-Apr 2024
STAR CAMPAIGNER
STAR CAMPAIGNER
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Sunita Kejriwal, wife of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, was appointed as a ‘star campaigner’ by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for its campaign in Gujar...
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23-Apr 2024
SUGAR PROCESSED FOOD
SUGAR PROCESSED FOOD
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In recent days, attention has once again shifted towards the elevated sugar levels found in flavoured malt-based milk powders and baby food products. Governm...
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22-Apr 2024
FINANCIAL STABILITY REPORT
FINANCIAL STABILITY REPORT
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently unveiled its newest global financial stability report, sounding the alarm ...
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22-Apr 2024
DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND
DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND
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The unfolding clash of aspirations of workers and entrepreneurs in India has the potential to convert India’s demographic dividend into a demographic curse i...
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20-Apr 2024
BRAHMOS MISSILE BRAHMOS MISSILE
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India’s BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles were delivered to the Philippines on Friday (April 19 2024), as part of a $375 million deal signed by the two countries...
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20-Apr 2024
VOLUNTARY CODE OF ETHICS
VOLUNTARY CODE OF ETHICS
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Acting on takedown requests by the Election Commission of India (EC), X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday announced that it had withheld four posts — one eac...
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19-Apr 2024
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE (MMR) MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE (MMR)
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The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is funding a study to analyse the number of maternal deaths because of heart diseases and dev...
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19-Apr 2024
GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION
GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION
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The Indian economy has grappled with a significant challenge: the stagnation of private investment, measured by the proportion of private Gross ...
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19-Apr 2024
SPACE TOURISM
SPACE TOURISM
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Entrepreneur and pilot Gopi Thotakura is set to become the first Indian to venture into space as a tourist on the NS-25 mission of Blue Origin a company founded by ...
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18-Apr 2024
LEFT-WING EXTREMISM LEFT-WING EXTREMISM
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Recently, At least 29 Maoists were killed and three security personnel were injured in a gunbattle in a forest in Kanker district of Bastar division i...
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18-Apr 2024
IMD MONSOON FORECAST IMD MONSOON FORECAST
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This is the first time in a decade that the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted “above normal” rainfall at the first stage itself, nearly 45 ...
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17-Apr 2024
IMPORTED INFLATION
IMPORTED INFLATION
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The Asian Development Bank recently warned that India could face imported inflation as the rupee could depreciate amid the rise in interest rates in the West. A r...
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17-Apr 2024
SOVEREIGN GREEN BONDS
SOVEREIGN GREEN BONDS
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Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approved investments in India's Sovereign Green Bonds (SGrBs) by Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs). The...
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17-Apr 2024
