History/Culture

  • urbanization impact on monuments: AS MANY as 50 of India’s 3,693 centrally protected monuments are missing/ untraceable over the years
  • Reasons: due to rapid urbanisation,(being)submerged by reservoirs (and) dams, difficulties in tracing in remote locations (and) dense forests, nonavailability of their proper location, etc.,” Ministry of Culture informed this to Parliament.
  • (शहरीकरण के चलते क़रीब 50 प्राचीन स्मारक ग़ायब हो गए हैं ऐसा संस्कृति मंत्रालय ने संसद को बताया.)

Polity

  • Opposition MLAs in Maharashtra have moved a no confidence motion against assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar, alleging that he was biased towards the ruling BJP and the Eknath Shinde group of the Shiv Sena.
  • However, this no confidence motion does not contain the signature of the leader of the opposition Ajit Pawar. (महाराष्ट्र में स्पीकर के ख़िलाफ़ ही अविश्वास प्रस्ताव)

Economy: GST Changes before and after

  • EcoPill2-Budget Taxation: ⚾️📻⚾️🎙✋ GST some minor changes but I don’t find them IMP from exam point of view e.g. GST on rent paid by bizman on residential property etc.
item Before From 2023-Jan
House rented to a bizman for ‘residential’ purpose some GST 0%
Ethanol sold to refineries for blending with petrol 18% 5%
Husk of pulses 5% 0%
Fruit Based drinks ?no idea and I’ll not google? 12%

Ethics/Society

Persons in News- Alok Sharma

  • PIN-Award: Alok Sharma, an Indian-origin former UK minister, has been knighted for his contribution to combatting climate change at the COP26 summit.
Alok Sharma, an Indian-origin former UK minister, has been knighted for his contribution to combatting climate change at the COP26 summit