Net direct tax collections exceeds 2023-24 targets
India’s bet direct tax collection for FY 2023
-24 reached ₹ 19.58 lakh crore ,marking a 17.70 % increase over previous fiscal
year’s ₹16.64 crore .
Personal Income Tax
contributed to 53.3 % ( previous year 50.06 % ) , while
Corporate tax
dipped from to 46.5% from previous 49. 6
%
Direct Tax = Personal Income Tax + Corporate
Income Tax
Report faults crew , station staff , safety lapses on train
for Andhra Pradesh accident
17 persons had died in a major train accident on October 29 ,2023 in
Viziangaram district .
The investigation has concluded that the
accident was caused by “ an error in train working “ , adding that the accident
could have averted had the crew and operating staff followed the the rules .
The report has also revealed that the train
lacked certain safety feature that could have minimizer the damage .
On October 29 , 2023 , Train no 08504
Vishakhapatnam Rayagada Passenger samshed into the rear train no 08532
Vishakahaptnam Palsa passenger at a speed of 82 kmph .
Primary
reason
Locomotive Pilot’s decision to overshoot the
signal and his assistance failure to apply emergency brakes in face of
approaching collision was the major cause of the accident .
Animal
rights campaigners , experts rally behind
govt’s breed specific ban on dogs
India is a top priority security partner : Australia
On April 17 , Australia released its new
National Defense Strategy – 2024 .
This says India as a top tier security partner
.
This tells that through CSPA ( Comprehensive
Strategic Partnership Agreement ) the
two counties has been
Mulling ST status for 11 Gurkha sub tribes : Shah
Union Home minister Amit Shah on Sunday said
that center was seriously considering including 11 Gurkha sub tribes in the
scheduled tribe list .
Mr Shah said that for BJP Gurkha community has
always been a priority .
Darjeeling hills will go for elections on
April 26 . The for the creation of a
separate Gurkhaland has been crucial to the politics of Darjeeling Bills .
Gurkhas are Nepali speaking community residing
in Hill areas of West Bengal . This includes Darjeeling , Kalimpong , Siliguri
, Cooxh behar etc .
World
Israeli strike kills 18 children in Rafah as US advances
aid package
Israeli strikes on the southern Gaza City
Rafah have killed 22 people of which 18
are children , health officials said on Sunday . More than half of the Gaza
population is currently living in Rafah .
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement
on Sunday said , “ In the coming days we will increase political and military
pressure on Hamas because this is the only way to bring back hostages and
achieve victory . We will land more than painful blows on Hamas soon . “
The death toll in Israeli operations in Gaza
has crossed 34,000 .
Tension also flared up in the West Bank where
the Israeli military killed 2 persons in Hebron city.
These events. come as the US house of
representatives sanctioned a 26 billion aid package that consists of a 9
billion dollar humanitarian package to Gaza .
Ukraine says it struck Russian salvage ship in annexed
Crimea
Ukraine said on Sunday , its Navy had struck a
salvage ship named Kommuna belonging to Russia’s Black sea fleet on the annexed
Crimean Peninsula .
The ship was one of the oldest in service and was at Sevastopol Naval base .
Meanwhile , Russia said on Sunday , that it’s
forces had gained control over Dobavnica , a key battleground near Chasiv Yar
in Eastern Ukraine .
Muizzu party marks big win in parliamentary polls
The ruling People’s National Congress ( PNC )
of the Maldives ,secured a big win in
the parliamentary election on Sunday .
This gives President Muizzue an edge in legistalition . The PNC party is
heading towards a “ super majority “ and is expected to win nearly 60 out of 93
seats .
Russia flags concern over quality of rice imports from
Pak ,
Russia has warned Pakistan that it would ban
rice ban again if Moscow’s phytosanitary concerns are not addressed in future
consignments .
Russia said that quarantine Organism
(Magaselia Scalaris ) was found in one
of the consignments on April 2 .
Editorial
Sobering
assessment
The
richer nation must show support to the poorest countries
IMF recently released World Economic
Outlook report . The report has raised it’s forecast for worldwide
aggregate growth in 2024 to 3.2 % from earlier 2.9% ,it had projected in October .
The increased growth forecast is largely on the back of large economies led
by US getting momentum .
IMF has pointed to the growing gulf between
low income developing countries and rest of the world .
The report says that low income countries in
Africa , Asia , and Latin America is slow output growth and debt burden that is
limiting their spending on education , health care and social service sector .
Limited
Company
The
left and Congress was doing no favours in Kerala
CPI (M ) is an INDIA bloc ally . And hence Congress and CPI (M ) is
fighting together against BJP in several states .
But the two parties Congress and CPI ( M ) is
not having good terms in Kerala . They are fighting separately in Kerala .
Kerala historically has two alliances UDF and
LDF .
The Congress is allied with CPI under UDF .
While CPI (M ) and its allies comes under LDF . In state LDF government is there which is led by Pinayari Vijayan .
Following campaigning for Lok Sabha elections
the two parties are campaigning against each other than BJP .
