Govt cuts corporate tax to spur investment
The government on 20 September 2019 issued an ordinance to reduce the corporate tax rate for domestic firms and new manufacturing units by 10 to 12 percentage points, effectively bringing India’s tax rates on par with its competing Asian peers.
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#NirmalaSitharaman #corporate #tax #MAT #FPIs #manufacturing

Gandhi Solar Park in UN
In a first of its kind symbolic effort by India at the UN, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a 50KW ‘Gandhi Solar Park’ next week during his visit to the world organisation, a gesture that highlights India’s willingness to go beyond the talk on climate change.
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#UN #GandhiSolarPark #NarendraModi #NGO #ECOSOC

Deciphered skull from DNA
Scientists say they’ve deciphered features of the skull and some other details of a mysterious, extinct cousin of Neanderthals by analyzing its DNA.
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#DNA #Neanderthals #China #Deciphered #brilliantandoriginal

Asia’s first Rugby World Cup
The first Rugby World Cup in Asia kicked off on 20 September 2019 at a packed Tokyo Stadium, as the game seeks to tap into a new fan base beyond its traditional heartlands in Europe and the southern hemisphere.
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#RugbyWorldCup #Asia #Olympics #YuryKushnarev

Right to access internet is part of RTE
Responding to a writ petition by a student of a college in Kerala challenging restrictions on usage of cell-phone in the hostel, the Kerala High Court ruled on 19 September 2019 that right to access the internet ‘becomes the part of right to education and right to privacy under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.
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#RTE #HumanRightsCouncil #Kozhikode #UnitedNations

India in WDCR 2019
India has advanced four places to 44th position in terms of digital competitiveness in the world as the country has made improvement in terms of knowledge and future readiness to adopt and explore digital technologies, according to a global report.
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#WDCR #India #IMD #telecommunications #WorldCompetitivenessCenter

IBSA call for reforms at international fora
India along with other members of the IBSA bloc has reaffirmed its commitment to promote reforms in all international organisations, including the UN, World Trade Organisation and G20 to achieve more "inclusive, and responsive" international governance architecture.
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#IBSA #G20 #internationalfora #BRICS #UNSC #WTO #G77

G-4 for UNSC reform
Expressing concern on the lack of progress, India, along with Japan, Germany and Brazil, pitched for an “enhanced role of developing countries” as it pushed for United Nations Security Council reforms.
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#G4 #UNSC #IGN #UNGA #Australia #UnitedNations

Vikram lander had a hard landing
America’s space agency NASA released high-resolution images of the lunar south pole region where ISRO’s Chandrayaan 2 attempted soft-landing.
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#Vikram #NASA #LROC #ISRO #Chandrayaan2 #LRO

Prehistoric ‘baby bottles’ unearthed
Researchers have discovered ancient ceramic drinking vessels in Bavaria that give unprecedented insight into how prehistoric humans used milk to feed infants. Some of the vessels are shaped like animals.
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#Prehistoric #babybottles #Bavaria #IronAge #Germany