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Swachh
Bharat cess to be levied on portion of taxable service
Economy
> Swachh
Bharat Tax
According
to the Finance Ministry service tax on restaurant bills will go up
from 5.6 per cent to 5.8 per cent following the levy of 0.5 per cent
Swachh Bharat cess on all taxable services from November 15. The
Swachh Bharat cess will be levied only on the portion of taxable
services (after abatement) and will go towards funding of the
cleanliness drive, a pet project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Paris
suicide bomber identified; ISIS claims responsibility for 129 dead
World
> Paris
Attack
France
has declared a national state of emergency and tightened borders
after at least 129 people were killed in a night of gun and bomb
attacks in Paris. Eighty people were reported killed after gunmen
burst into the Bataclan concert hall. People were shot dead at
restaurants and bars at five other sites in Paris. At least 180
people were injured. ISIS claimed responsibility for the horrific
Paris attacks, for which France vowed revenge.
Record
rains submerge Chennai, kill 189 in Tamil Nadu
India
> Chennai
rains
Heavy
rain battered Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu, exposing the
government's inability to tackle the crisis. A depression formed in
the Bay of Bengal has triggered rains in coastal areas of India's
Tamil Nadu state and Sri Lanka. Government officials said around
10,000 people had been evacuated from their homes in Chennai, the
Reuters news agency said.
Others
India,
UK strike 3.2 bn pound deal on energy, climate change
Economy
> India-UK
Deal
Ahead
of the Paris climate summit, India and Britain have agreed on a
comprehensive package of collaboration on energy and climate change
which includes commercial deals worth 3.2 billion pounds. During
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ongoing UK visit, the two countries
reaffirmed the importance of addressing climate change and promoting
secure, affordable and sustainable supplies of energy that will
support economic growth, energy security and energy access.
Syed
Akbaruddin appointed as next Permanent Representative of India to UN
India
> Syed
Akbaruddin
Syed Akbaruddin was on 16 November 2015
appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the United
Nations at New York. In this position, Akbaruddin will head India’s
diplomatic mission in the UN and articulates the country’s stand on
critical issues at the global forum.
Govt
to impart digital literacy training to 52.5 lakh by 2016
Politics
and Government > Digital
Literacy Training
The
government has advanced the deadline for making 52.5 lakh people
digitally literate, under National Digital Literacy Mission, by a
year to 2016 than end of 2017 fixed earlier.
The
Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (DISHA) or National Digital Literacy
Mission (NDLM) Scheme has been formulated to impart IT training to
52.5 lakh persons, including Anganwadi and ASHA workers and
authorised ration dealers in all states/UTs across the country so
that the non-IT literate citizens are trained to become IT literate.
Australia’s
Mitchell Johnson retires from international cricket
Sports
> Cricket
Australia's
Mitchell Johnson, the most devastating fast bowler of his era,
retired from all international cricket at the conclusion of the
second Test against New Zealand.The 34-year-old left-armer, who was
named International Cricket Council (ICC) Player of the Year in 2009
and 2014, made the announcement before the day's play at the WACA and
took two wickets to finish with 313 victims at an average of 28.40.
Russia
Allies with France Against ISIS
World
> Russia
Russia
announced =that it was coordinating with the French military in
sharply ratcheting up attacks on Syrian territory, especially areas
held by the Islamic State, as the government for the first time
acknowledged that a bomb had destroyed a Russian charter jet that
crashed more than two weeks ago in Egypt.
‘Kiss
of Love’ leader, wife arrested for allegedly running sex racket
India
> ‘Kiss
of Love’
‘Kiss
of Love’ protest leader Rahul Pasupalan and his wife Reshmi R Nair
were among eight arrested in Kochi late on Tuesday on charges of
running an online sex racket. ‘Kiss of Love’ was a non-violent
protest against moral policing which started in Kerala in November
2014 and later spread to other parts of India, including Delhi and
Kolkata.
India
beat China to top group in junior men’s hockey Asia Cup
Sports
> Hockey
India
defeated China 4-1 in their last pool match to maintain a clean slate
going into the quarterfinals of the junior men’s Asia Cup hockey
tournament, in Kuantan. The win over China helped the Indian colts,
who had earlier defeated Japan 2-1 and hosts Malaysia 5-4, register
their third consecutive win in the tournament and finish on top of
Pool A.
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