# Srilanka Srilankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksha will resign on July 13, the parliamentary speaker said on Saturday night. On Saturday, ptotestors stormed the presidential secretariat and official and private homes of Gotabaya Rajapaksha and prime minister Ranil wickramasinghe, in a show of striking public fury over the country’s worsening economic crisis. Prime minister Ranil wickramasinghe […]

# Shinjo Abe Former prime minister Shinzo abe, Japan’s longest serving leader, died on Friday after being shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election. A man opened fire on Shinzo Abe from behind with an apparently home made gun as he spoke at a drab traffic island in the Western city of Nara. It was […]

# Spicejet The Directorate general of civil aviation on Wednesday served a show cause notice on Spicejet over its failure to offer “safe, efficient and reliable” air services after as many as eight mid air incidents in the past two months. The regulator blamed the airline for poor safety oversight and failure to procure spare […]

# Environment protection act The Union Environment ministry has proposed to soften the provisions of the Environment protection Act. The proposal is to replace a clause that provides for imprisoning violators with one that only requires them to pay a fine. However, this does not apply to violations that cause grave injury or loss of […]

# Service charges The central consumer protection authority issued guidelines here on Monday asking hotels and restaurants not to collect service charges from the customers. These establishments should not add service charge automatically or by default to the food bill, the guidelines say. The guidelines added that component of service is inherent in the price […]

# Maharashtra Rahul Narvekar of the BJP was elected speaker of the Maharashtra legislative Assembly on Sunday. He got 164 votes against the 107 votes won by Maha vikas aghadi nominee Rajan Salvi, a Sena MLA from Rajapur in Ratnagiri district. The two day assembly was convened to elect the new speaker and conduct a […]

# Teesta setalvad A court on Saturday sent controversial activist Teesta setalvad and former DGP RB Sreekumar for fabrication of evidence in the 2002 Gujarat riots case, to 14 day judicial custody. Sreekumar was arrested last Saturday and Teesta setalvad on next day after being picked up by Gujarat ATS from Mumbai. Former IPS officer […]

# GST India recorded its second highest monthly gross GST revenues in June at ₹144616 crore, 56% more than a year earlier when the second covid wave had hit economic activity. Revenues from imports of goods rose 55% while domestic transactions and import of services were 56% higher in the month. Gross GST compensation cess […]

# Maharashtra In a big political surprise, the BJP on Thursday announced that it will support rebel Shiv sena leader Eknath Shinde as the new Chief Minister. Former Chief minister and BJP leader Devendra fadanvis, who all believed was set to become Chief minister of Maharashtra for the third time, joined him as Deputy Chief […]

# GST rates From July 18, tax hikes will kick in for over two dozen goods and services, ranging from unbranded food items, curd and buttermilk to low cost hotels, cheques and Maps. The Goods and services tax (GST) council decided after a two day meet that concluded on Wednesday. Tax rates will be lowered […]