GST Collections Surge by 9.1% to Reach ₹1.84 Lakh Crore in February 2025: The Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections in February 2025 saw a significant 9.1% year-on-year growth, reaching approximately ₹1.84 lakh crore, as per official data released. This increase highlights the robustness of domestic economic activity and improved compliance measures.The total gross GST […]
Category: Current Affairs
Senior Advocate Manan Kumar Mishra Re-Elected as Chairman of Bar Council of India
Senior Advocate Manan Kumar Mishra Re-Elected as Chairman of Bar Council of India: Senior advocate Manan Kumar Mishra has once again secured his position as the Chairman of the Bar Council of India (BCI), marking his seventh consecutive victory. This historic win reaffirms his stronghold in the legal community and underscores the trust reposed in […]
MISHTI Scheme
MISHTI Scheme: Gujarat has emerged as the national leader in mangrove afforestation, covering 19,020 hectares in just two years under the Centre’s ‘MISHTI’ scheme. The Mangrove Initiative for Shoreline Habitats & Tangible Incomes (MISHTI) scheme is a government-led initiative aimed at increasing the mangrove cover along the coastline and on salt pan lands. “MISHTI” comes […]
Rushikulya River
Rushikulya River: Forest officials recently restricted entry along a 5-km stretch from Gokharakuda to Bateswar near the Rushikulya river mouth in Ganjam district to protect Olive Ridley turtle eggs. Rushikulya River is one of Odisha’s prominent rivers, flowing primarily through the districts of Kandhamal, Ganjam, and Boudh. Originating at an elevation of approximately 1000 meters […]
Juanga Tribe
Juanga Tribe: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) recently sought an action taken report from the district magistrate-cum-collector of Keonjhar on alleged human rights violations of the Juanga tribe, a PVTG in the district. Juang is one of the 13 particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) of the total 62 tribes found in Odisha. As per […]
Pan-India Survey On Farmers’s Share
Pan-India Survey On Farmers’s Share: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) conducted a pan-India survey on farmers’s share in consumer prices in rabi crops. It covered mandis and villages across 18 states analysing 12 rabi crops and including inputs from farmers, traders and retailers. Farmers received 40-67% of the final consumer price for major rabi […]
White Island
White Island: The owners of New Zealand’s White Island volcano that erupted in 2019, killing 22 tourists and local guides, have had the conviction against them overturned by the country’s High Court recently. White Island (also known as Whakaari) is an active composite stratovolcano in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. It is currently New […]
Ultra-Conserved Elements
Ultra-Conserved Elements: A study found that Ultra-Conserved Elements (UCEs) in the Tra2b (Transformer-2 beta) gene have remained unchanged for 80 million years due to their role in preventing infertility by regulating protein levels. Key Findings of the Study on Ultra-Conserved Elements: Deleting the UCE in mouse testes caused excess Tra2β protein, sperm cell death, […]
Aadhaar Good Governance Portal
Aadhaar Good Governance Portal: The central government launched Aadhaar Good Governance portal to streamline approval process for Aadhaar authentication requests. Aadhaar Good Governance Portal is aimed at streamlining the approval process for Aadhaar authentication requests. It was launched by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The platform follows the recent amendments to the […]
Neonatal Sepsis
Neonatal Sepsis: The Lancet Global Health journal study said that more than a third of newborns diagnosed with sepsis could die. It is a blood infection that occurs in an infant younger than 90 days old. It can be caused by bacteria such as Escherichia coli,Listeria, and some strains of Streptococcus. Classification of Neonatal Sepsis: […]
