Traders
rue underpriced onion export to UAE
Amid the extended ban on Onion , govt sold
tonnes of Onion to the UAE at a very low price compared to international prices
. This has given quite less profit to farmers and traders .
An Indian farmer is being paid ₹12 to ₹15 per
kilogram for a kilogram of Onions procured for exports ,which are then sold
at₹120 per kilogram at the UAE stores ,
exporters alleged .
The export in India is handled by NCEL (
National Cooperative Export Ltd ) , a government owned body by the Ministry of
Cooperation .
On March 1 ,the center permitted the export of
14,440 tonnes of Onion to the UAE .
The
election season , MSMEs pursues candidate with GST reform demands
High GST charges is a bone of contention of
functioning MSMEs .
There is a demand by different sections of
MSME for the new govt to decrease GST on MSME .
Modi ,
Mamta exchange barbs over attack on NIA in Bhupatinagar
A team of National Investigation Agency ( NIA
) was attacked in Bhupatinagar area of West Medinipur district of West Bengal .
The NIA team was visiting the area to conduct a search operation in a “
December 2022 “blast case .
On Sunday PM Modi attacked TMC over this .
“ TMC wants it’s corrupt leaders and
extortionists to get a free license of terror . That is why they arrive when
the central agencies arrive here . “
Trinamool Congress in a Press Conference said that NIA is conspicuously trying to arrest TMC
candidates even on minor charges . TMC asked over the silence of election
commission .
‘
Unnecessarily complex ‘ GST needs urgent reform : Kelkar
Chairman of 13th Finance Commission and key
architect of GST , Vijay Kelakar has called upon the country’s next government
to take urgent reform in the “ unnecessarily complex “ Goods and Services Tax (
GST ) regime .
“The genesis of the current GST structure lies
in the very structure of GST rates , as high rates of GST makes it lucrative for fraudsters to evade taxes .”
He stressed .
Other proposals by him was the creation of an
independent secretariat for GST .
He stressed the need for a single GST rate at
12 % , to simplify it and to decrease
evasion of taxes .
Mr Kelkar was given the TIOL Fiscal Award .
Churches
screens The Kerala Story lands in a row
The Idukki. diocese of the Syro Malabar Church
, stepped onto a political minefield , by screening the film for Catechism
students .
The father of the church said that was the
screening was to create awareness of the issue among students hailing from Syro
Malabar community.
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Telecast
Last week the movie was telecast by
Doordarshan National . This has created a political row , with LDF and UDF
parties of Kerala accusing BJP to decide the state .
Earlier Kerala story was banned by Kerala
Government after its release
Kerala has the largest Muslim population in
India .
The percentage of Muslims residing in highest
when compared among large Indian states .
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and Context
Why are
Vistara flights being canceled ?
Between March 31 and April 3 ,Vistara canceled
over 150 flights and 200 flights was delayed over two hours resulting in
massive disruption at the airline ,primarily due to challenges with “ Crew unavailability .
Vistara is expanding its routes , and recent
situation resulted due to roster cruck as there was a mismatch between network
expansion and strength of its pilots . The information was shared by the CEO of
Vistara .
The TATA group is in Process to merging its
four airline companies to form a Low Cost Carrier ( LCC ) to compete with
Indigo .
The four companies are : Air India , Air India
Express , Air Asia , Vistara
What
would be the impact of Baltimore bridge collapse ?
The Port of Baltimore is the ninth US port by
overall trade volume . It moved around 50 millions tonnes of goods between the
US and other countries .
Trade through the port will largely be
suspended for sometime causing financial
losses of expected 9 million dollars a day .
The immediate impact will be felt on workers
also .
World
No
Israel embassy safe , says Iran after attack on its mission
A top Iranian military advisor General Rahim Safavi , a top military
commander to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini signaled that the
attack on a diplomatic mission could be met with Similar Response .
“ None of the embassies of Israel are safe
anymore “
Gen Safavi was quoted as saying by semi
semi-official Tasnim agency.
Israel
to pull back some troops from South Gaza as war crossed sixth months
The Israeli military on Sunday announced that
it was drawing back some forces from Israel’s stronghold in Southern Gaza .
Military said that forces will recuperate and prepare for future operations .
The Israel cabinet earlier had cleared its
orders for a major offensive in Rafah . Speculation is that Israel can launch a
heavy strike in Rafah city .
Rafah currently holds 1.4 million Gaza
residents , that is more than half of entire Gaza population . Any attack by
Israel can cause heavy casualties in Gaza .
ICJ to
hear Germany role in Israel’s Gaza war
Nicargua has moved to International Court of
Justice ( ICJ ) against Germany’s role
in “ facilitating “ acts of Genocide and breaches of international law in Gaza
.
Germany is accused of facilitating military
and other aid to Israel .
Nicaragua has asked ICJ to order immediate
suspension of the military aid by Germany to Israel.
Germany has rejected Nicaragua’s accusation
and has said that it will clear its position in court .
Israel
strikes Hezbollah sites in East Lebanon
The Israeli
military said on Sunday that it’s warplanes had struck Hezbollah
sites in eastern Lannon .
The Israeli military said that the attack was
in retaliation to the strike in which an Israeli drone was shot down ..
China
conducts ‘combat patrols ‘ as US allies hold maritime drills
China held “ combat patrols’ ‘ in South China
Sea .The same day the Philippines , the US,Japan and Australia conducted their
first joint drill in South China Sea .
‘US
China ties are on stable footing but more can be done ‘
US treasury secretary Jenner Yellen is in
China . On Sunday she met Chinese Premier Li Quing highlighting the improvement
in relations ,
“ We have more to do ,I believe that ,over the
past years , we have put our bilateral relations on more stable footings,
“ Ms Yellen said.
China has seen a sharp rise in trade with
Russia since the start of the Russia -Ukraine conflict . Though China does not sell military
equipment , the US has expressed concern over sell of items that can have dual
use , both as civilian and military products .
Ms Yellen had visited China last year in November as well .
‘US,Britain
, Australia milling expansion of Aukus Security pact ‘
An important meeting of defense ministers of
AUKUS will be held on Monday .
A Financial Times report has said that US is
pushing for Japan to be included in the grouping .
The talk will have other issues mainly comprising Artificial Intelligence , Cyber
Technology , Quantum Computing etc .
AUKUS – Australia , UK , US was created to counter China strategically .
US and UK will be supplying military
submarines to Australia in one of its agreements.
Rawanda
calls out apathy that led to 1994 genocide
Rawandan President Paul Kagame blamed international community for allowing 1994
genocide to happen .He was speaking to marks anniversary the anniversary of
Genocide .
International community failed ‘ all of us ‘
the Rwandan President said .
France , President Emanual Macron has said
that “ government lacked the will “ to
stop the genocide then. France was the closest European ally to Rwanda back in
1994 .
About
Rawanda Genocide :
In 1994 , Hutu community led
government launched genocide against
Tutsi community .
An estimated
5,00,000 – 8,00,000 people were killed in this .
Paul Kagamae was one of the rebel fighters who
overturned the government to stop genocide .
