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GST Council Approves Two‑Slab Structure
Why in news? At its 56th meeting in September 2025 the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council recommended consolidating the tax rate structure into two...
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Why in news? At its 56th meeting in September 2025 the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council recommended consolidating the tax rate structure into two...
Why in news? Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary in Odisha was formally upgraded to a tiger reserve in 2025 after receiving approval from the National Tiger ...
Why in news? A devastating landslide in Sudan’s Darfur region in late August 2025 killed over a thousand people and destroyed an entire mountain vi...
Why in news? The Supreme Court has reopened a decade‑old debate about whether schools run by religious and linguistic minorities should be exempt fr...
Why in news? With the retirement of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia in August 2025, India’s Supreme Court once again has only one woman on its 34‑member ...
Why in news? India has built roughly 44 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy projects – mainly solar and wind – that are ready to generate electrici...
Why in news? On 2 September 2025 India airlifted about 21 tonnes of relief supplies to Afghanistan after a powerful earthquake in the country’s east...
Why in news? At the Semicon India conference held in Bengaluru in early September 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled Vikram 3201 — India’...
Why in news? The Institute for Economics and Peace released the Global Peace Index (GPI) for 2025, ranking 163 countries on their level of peacefulnes...
Why in news? In early September 2025 residents of Band Bazar in Nanda Nagar, a town in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, experienced sudden land subsi...
Why in news? The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) launched the BHARATI initiative in September 2025 to nu...
Why in news? The Union government has issued new rules under the Immigration and Citizenship laws giving Foreigners Tribunals (FTs) powers equivalent ...
Why it matters The Seychelles frequently appears in news about regional diplomacy and maritime security. Understanding its geography helps explain why...
Why in news? India’s health‑care policy has pivoted towards publicly funded insurance schemes such as Ayushman Bharat–Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya ...
Why in news? Recent scams in public works and procurement have renewed public debate on corruption in India. With Transparency International’s Corru...
Why in news? The Ministry of Education released the Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) report for 2024–25. The report p...
Why in news? Scientists from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), AIIMS Bhopal, NIMHANS and startup Bioscan Research recently introduced an ...
Why in news? A controversial cryptocurrency associated with the business interests of former US president Donald Trump’s family entered the trading ...
Why in news? India and the United States began the 20th edition of the Yudh Abhyas army exercise in September 2025. This year’s drills are being hel...
Why in news? Japan Post Bank announced that it will pilot a blockchain‑based deposit currency called DCJPY starting in 2026. Reports in September 20...