The decision of the GST Council to levy a GST of 28 percent on the entire turnover of online gaming is plain wrong. It is bad in principle, against settled jurisprudence, harms a burgeoning industry with enormous potential for jobs and innovation, and, most perversely, carries an inbuilt algorithm to depress overall tax collections. It should not stand.
The New Delhi summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) concluded on July 4, 2023 virtually after 140 programmes of conferences, workshops, and dialogues of member states on different subjects.
An informative and interactive panel discussion on “Policy Initiatives and the Role of Indian Judiciary” was held on the 19th of June, 2023, as part of the Law and Public Policy Youth Fellowship organized by the Impact and Policy Research Institute (IMPRI), which is a 2-month Online Immersive Legal Awareness and Action Research Certificate Training course and Internship Programme.
Before Russia launched the invasion of Ukraine last year, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was widely considered to be a relic of the past. It used to be in the news more for the problems of cohesion it was encountering ever since the end of the Cold War than for the forward-looking agenda of its members
How America counters Chinese ingress in its backyard will be an important touchpoint in crafting its future approach.
An inaugural session of the course on Day 1 was related to India’s Digital Public Diplomacy and Brand Building. An insightful session on this topic was delivered by Dr Palma Sinhapalit, Adjunct Senior Fellow, at Rajaratnam School of International Studies.
In response to the exponential hike in onion prices in the mandis (wholesale fruit and vegetable bazaars) and retail markets, the Union Government reintroduced stock limits on October 23 on traders and wholesalers by invoking a provision of the newly-amended Essential Commodities Act of 1955. Before this, to ease rising prices, the Government had banned export of the bulb and relaxed import norms to increase the stocks available for retail trade.