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Prelims Focus Facts-News Analysis
Page-1- GST Council approves single form for filing of returns.
Goods and Services Tax Council on Friday decided to convert the GST Network into a 100%
government enterprise, and implement a single form for GST filing from the current three.
At its 27th meeting, the Council also decided to create a Group of Ministers
to review the plan for imposition of a cess on sugar.
The cess was meant to subsidise sugarcane farmers as their production cost is much
higher than the selling price.
Prelims Focus Facts-News Analysis
Page-3- Vice-President to leave for South America tomorrow.
Nine months after assuming office, Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu is going on
his maiden foreign tour to the South American countries of Guatemala, Panama
and Peru on May 6.
Prelims Focus Facts-News Analysis
Page-8- India, China should work together: Luo
Disputes between India and China can be resolved in future, but both sides can now
work together on new fronts of cooperation as in Afghanistan, Chinese Ambassador
Luo Zhaohui.
Three possible meetings in BRICS, SCO and G-20 where Mr. Modi and Mr. Xi are expected to
meet.
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Page-8- Modi, Hasina and Mamata to meet in West Bengal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will meet in Santiniketan on May 25
for the inauguration of the “Bangladesh Bhawan” Tagore Museum,
Indian and Bangladeshi officials confirmed.
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North seeks air corridor to South Korea.
Riyadh launches $34.7 bn entertainment revolution.
After repealing a decadeslong ban on cinemas only last year, Saudi Arabia has launched an
ambitious drive to become a culture and entertainment hub.
Jio lines up 1.1TB broadband data offer.
The company has started offering ultra high-speed fiber to the home (FTTH)
broadband connections with 1.1 terabytes (TB) of free data at speeds of 100 megabits
per second (mbps) in select markets in the country.
Last Day- Q’s- Answers…
1st May:- International worker’s day.
Also known as International Labour day.
Theme of 2018- Uniting workers for social & economic advancement.
√ Article 124(4) -deals with removal of CJI.
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