Healthcare, education exempted from GST
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Friday exempted healthcare and education from the tax, which is scheduled to kick-start from July 1, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday.
Assange rape probe to be dropped by Swedish prosecutors
Swedish prosecutors said on Friday that they would drop the investigation into a rape claim against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after almost seven years. The Swedish Prosecution Authority said in a statement that Marianne Ny “has decided to discontinue the investigation.”
Ex-coal secretary Gupta convicted for block allocation fraud
A Delhi court on Friday held former Coal Secretary H. C. Gupta and others guilty in a coal block allocation scam case. Special Judge Bharat Parashar also convicted managing director of Kamal Sponge Steel and Power Limited (KSSPL) Pawan Kumar Ahluwalia, former Joint Secretary of the Coal Ministry, K.S. Kropha, and former Director, CA-I Section in the Ministry, K.C. Samaria.
OPS camp urges ECI to restrain Sasikala faction from using AIADMK office
The O. Panneerselvam faction of the AIADMK on Friday approached the Election Commission of India (eci), urging it to restrain the V. K. Sasikala camp from using the party office.
ECI to announce EVM challenge schedule on Saturday
The Election Commission of India will announce the schedule for an electronic voting machine (EVM) challenge on Saturday.
The Commission will also organise a live EVM demo before making the announcement. At the event, those having raised questions on EVM security would be invited to demonstrate how EVMs can be tampered with.
NGT bans open defecation, dumping of waste on Yamuna floodplains
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday banned open defecation and dumping of waste on the floodplains of the Yamuna river and announced an environment compensation of Rs. 5,000 for those violating the diktat.
French researchers find last-ditch cure to unlock WannaCry files
French researchers said on Friday they had found a last-chance way for technicians to save Windows files encrypted by WannaCry, racing against a deadline as the ransomware threatens to start locking up victims' computers first infected a week ago.
Tamil Nadu has good leaders but the system is rotten, says Rajinikanth
In what could be inferred as a statement of political intent, actor Rajinikanth on Friday urged his fans to wait for an impending war. “Go home and do your work. The day we have to fight the war, we will take care of it,” he said on the final day of his five-day initiative in Chennai to meet fans from all over Tamil Nadu.
Now, Ketan Mehta sends legal notice to Kangana for ‘hijacking’ ‘Rani of Jhansi
Kangana Ranaut is undoubtedly controversy’s favourite child. Simran writer Apurva Asrani recently accused her for taking credit for his work in the movie and now filmmaker Ketan Mehta has sent her a legal notice for “hijacking” his dream project on Rani Lakshmi Bai.
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