GST collections down for second month in a row
The government’s collections from the Goods and Services Tax (GST) declined for the second month in a row to ₹94,726 crore in December. Collections declined from the Rs 97,637 crore in November, which was itself lower than the Rs 1,00,710 crore collected in October....
U.S., Israel officially quit UNESCO
The U.S. and Israel officially quit the UN’s educational, scientific and cultural agency (UNESCO) at the stroke of midnight, the culmination of a process triggered more than a year ago amid concerns that the organisation fosters anti-Israel bias. The withdrawal is...
NHRC seeks report on student suicides in Navodaya Vidyalayas
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) served notice on the Ministry for Human Resource Development on the reported suicides of 49 students of the residential Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) over five years. Taking suo motu cognisance of a media report that 49...