SC notice to Centre on plea by E-gaming Federation against levy of 28% GST on all forms of online real-money gaming

SC notice to Centre on plea by E-gaming Federation against levy of 28% GST on all forms of online real-money gaming

Image for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre on a plea filed by the E-gaming Federation against the levy of 28% Goods and Services Tax (GST) on all forms of online real-money gaming. A three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud … Read more

NGT forms panel to simplify and enforce guidelines for Vinayaka idols’ immersion 

NGT forms panel to simplify and enforce guidelines for Vinayaka idols’ immersion 

In its revised guidelines, CPCB states that as far as possible, immersion of Vinayaka idols in rivers, ponds and lakes shall be encouraged only at designated artificial confined tanks.  | Photo Credit: E. LAKSHMI NARAYANAN The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has formed a committee, headed by Additional Chief Secretary, Departments of … Read more

MVA forms committees for INDIA meet in Mumbai on August 31 and September 1

MVA forms committees for INDIA meet in Mumbai on August 31 and September 1

The Maha Vikas Aghadi comprising the Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP and Congress has formed several committees to plan various aspects of the meeting of the Opposition bloc INDIA on August 31 and September 1 in Mumbai. Sources on August 25 said the committees, which include two leaders from each of the three parties, will take … Read more

AI tools found five forms of heart failure – ET HealthWorld

AI tools found five forms of heart failure – ET HealthWorld

Washington: A new study conducted by UCL researchers has discovered five kinds of heart failure that might possibly be used to predict future risk for individual patients. Heart failure is an umbrella term for when the heart is unable to pump blood around the body properly. Current ways of classifying heart failure do not accurately … Read more

Former BJP minister and mining baron Janardhan Reddy forms new party Karnataka Rajya Pragati Paksha

Former BJP minister and mining baron Janardhan Reddy forms new party Karnataka Rajya Pragati Paksha

Former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy addressing the media in Bengaluru on Sunday. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Ending weeks of speculation over his political move, former BJP leader and Minister G. Janardhan Reddy on Sunday announced the formation of a new party, Karnataka Rajya Pragati Paksha, to fight the ensuing Assembly … Read more

Maharashtra forms panel to monitor interfaith, inter-caste couples

Maharashtra forms panel to monitor interfaith, inter-caste couples

Maharashtra Minister for Women and Child Development Mangal Prabhat Lodha speaks to the media in Mumbai on December 14, 2022 on the State’s move to monitor interfaith and inter-caste couples. The Maharashtra Government has constituted a 13-member committee to collect details of couples in interfaith and inter-caste marriages, and the maternal families of the women … Read more

Government forms panel to look into MGNREGA’s efficacy

Government forms panel to look into MGNREGA’s efficacy

Over 15 crore active workers are presently enrolled in the rural job guarantee scheme. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Central government has constituted a committee to review the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme, especially to assess the programme’s efficacy as a poverty alleviation tool. The committee, … Read more