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GST Council to reduce GST Rate on Electrical Vehicles from 12% to 5%

In a bid to promote electric mobility, the GST Council has decided to reduce GST Rate on Electrical Vehicles from 12% to 5% and on charger or charging...

July 27, 2019

2019 G-20 Finance Ministers’ meeting to be held in Fukuoka

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will attend the two-day meeting of G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors in Japan on June 8 and 9. This will be the...

June 6, 2019

The Information Fusion Centre – Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR) launched in Gurugram

Nirmala Sitharaman, the Defense Minister of India, has launched the Information Fusion Centre – Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR) to boost maritime security at Information Management and Analysis Centre...

December 24, 2018

India to operate Sri Lanka’s loss-making Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport in Hambantota

India will operate the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport as a Sri Lanka-India joint venture in Hambantota. The $210 million facility, 241km south-east of Colombo, is dubbed the “world’s...

July 6, 2018

Martin Vizcarra new president of Peru

Martin Vizcarra, a Peruvian engineer and former regional governor, has been sworn-in as the new president of Peru after his predecessor “Pedro Pablo Kuczynski” became the latest of...

March 26, 2018

Vinay Sheel Oberoi committee constituted by Union Government to expedite capital acquisition for Armed Forces modernisation

Nirmala Sitharaman, the Union Defence Minister, has constituted a 13-member advisory committee to monitor and expedite capital acquisition projects for the modernization of the armed forces. The committee...

February 8, 2018

Nirmala Sitharaman launches a new start-up incubation centre CEOL

Nirmala Sitharaman, the Union Defence Minister, has launched a new state-of-the-art incubation centre “Centre for Entrepreneurship Opportunities and Learning (CEOL)” at Mallikatta in Mangaluru, Karnataka on December 29,...

January 1, 2018

C.K Mishra committee constituted by Union Government to continuously monitor solutions to air pollution

The Union Environment ministry has constituted a 7-member committee to continuously monitor the short-term and long-term solutions to air pollution. It will be headed by C.K Mishra, the...

November 9, 2017

Mercedes Araoz appointed as new Prime Minister of Peru

Mercedes Araoz, who is also a lawmaker and one of Peru’s two Vice Presidents, has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Peru by the Peruvian President...

September 18, 2017

2017 Union Ministerial Reshuffle

Nine new members were inducted into Council of Ministers of NDA Government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in recent reshuffle. The aim of reshuffle was to reinforce...

September 4, 2017

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