Government Slashed the Corporate Tax Rates

Current context: The Finance Ministry, GOI has slashed the corporate tax rates to 22% for domestic companies and 15% for new domestic manufacturing companies.

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Re-polling ordered by EC in Tripura

The Election Commission has ordered re-polling in 168 booths of West Tripura parliamentary constituency.

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NGT Directs CPCB to Prepare Noise Pollution Maps

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Central Pollution Control Board

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A Case of West Nile Virus detected in Kerela

A seven-year-old in Kerala has been detected with the West Nile Virus.  The Central Government has sent the team to the state and is monitoring the case closely.

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Madhya Pradesh to Increase the OBC Quota

The Government of Madhya Pradesh has announced the increase of the reservation quotas for the OBCs and has stated that it would also implement 10 per cent quota for the Economically

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HP Govt Declares Monkey as Vermin for One Year

The Government of Himachal Pradesh has made an announcement declaring Monkey as Vermin for the period of one year in 11 districts.

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Unused Water From India will not Flow into Pakistan

The Minister of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, Nitin Gadkari has said that India would fully utilise its share of unused water from rivers Ravi, Beas and

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After Pulwama terror attack India withdraws MFN status given to Pakistan

One day after the Pulwama terror attack on 14th February 2019, India has taken a stern step of withdrawing the Most Favoured Nation or MFN Status of Pakistan.

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Great Indian Bustard as the Mascot for COP-13 on Migratory Species

The Union Government has announced the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) as the mascot for the 13th Conference of Parties (COP) of the UN Convention on the conservation of migratory species (CMS) to be held in Gujarat next yea…

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SC says linking of PAN with Aadhaar is mandatory for filing I.T. Returns

The Supreme Court has upheld section 139AA of the Income Tax Act and said that linking of PAN with Aadhaar is mandatory for the filing of Income Tax returns.

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22nd AIIMS to be established in Rewari District in Haryana

The 22nd AIIMS would come up in Manethi village in Rewari district of Haryana.

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Negative Marking in Competitive Exams ruled out by Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has ruled against negative marking in competitive examinations saying that they are "bad in law".

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UK Home Secretary orders extradition of Fugitive Economic Offender -Vijay Mallya to India

The UK Home Secretary has ordered the extradition of Vijay Mallya over allegations of £1bn fraud.

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NGT dissatisfied with State Governments over cleaning of river Yamuna

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked for a performance guarantee of Rs 10 crore each from the governments of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh expressing dissatisfaction over the cleaning of river Yamuna.

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Women set to eventually comprise 20% of total Corps of Military Police

The Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced the decision to induct women in Personnel Below Officer Rank (PBOR) role in Corps of Military Police.

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MLA Karat Razack disqualified by the HC of Kerala for defaming rival candidate

The High Court of Kerala has disqualified an independent MLA Karat Razack from the Koduvally Assembly constituency for his defamatory campaign against his rival candidate during the 2016 Assembly polls.

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Expansion of Numaligarh refinery in Assam approved by the Union Cabinet

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval for the capacity expansion project of Numaligarh Refinery from 3 MMTPA (Million Metric Tonne Per Annum) to 9 MMTPA.

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The Government of Puducherry decides to ban Single-Use Plastic

Move comes after a similar decision from Tamil Nadu Government last year!  The Government of Puducherry has decided to ban the production, sale and use of single-use plastic products from March 1, 2019.

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Kerala High Court makes notice mandatory for strike and Hartals

The High Court of Kerala has set a seven-day notice period for political parties and individuals to call for hartal and general strike in the State.

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Timeline Fixed for settlement of claims under PMFBY

The operational guidelines of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) prescribed the timeline of two months of completion of Crop Cutting Experiments/harvesting period for settlement of claims by insurance companie…

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