Union Cabinet approved Rajya Sabha panel’s amendments on GST Bill, 2014
The Union Cabinet on 29 July 2024 approved amendments proposed by Rajya Sabha Select Committee on Goods and Services Tax (GST) Constitution Amendment Bill, 2014.
Monthly Archives: July 2015
Yakub Memon executed as SC rejected his fresh plea in pre-dawn hearing
1993 Mumbai serial blasts lone death row convict, Yakub Memon was executed on 30 July 2024 at the Nagpur Central Jail. The State Government of Maharashtra decided to hand over his body to his relatives, after completion of formalities.
India to become most populous nation by 2022: UN World Population Prospects
United Nations (UN) released the report titled ‘World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision’ at the UN Headquarters in New York. According to the report, India will surpass China to become the most populous nation in the world by 2022. In the forecast issued by UN in 2013 India was expected to surpass China’s population by 2028.
BNP acquires Sharekhan for Rs. 2.2k cr
Economy /
European banking major BNP Paribas will buy domestic online retail broking major Sharekhan for an undisclosed sum of money, although market players said the allcash deal was valued at about Rs 2,200 crore.
US ‘militarizing’ South China Sea, says Beijing
China’s defence ministry on Thursday accused the US of “militarizing” the South China Sea by staging patrols and joint military drills there, ramping up the rhetoric ahead of a key regional security meeting in Malaysia next week.
FB now used by half of the world’s online population
Economy /
Facebook has claimed that the number of people who use the social networking site at least once in a month grew 13% to 1.49 billion in the three months to the end of June this year.
How a brain surgery helped defeat Napoleon
History /
Napoleon Bonaparte likely would have conquered Russia in 1812 if not for a life-saving brain surgery performed on Russian general Mikhail Kutuzov by a French surgeon, scientists have found.
Padma Shri Vasundhara Komkali, Kumar Gandharva’s wife, dies
Art & Culture, Person in News /
Vasundhara Komkali, who spent most of her life as the great Kumar Gandharva’s wife, student and accompanist died after a brief illness. For the longest time, her voice used to fill the spaces in her husband’s music with the selflessness of a devotee.
Pak violated ceasefire 1,140 times since 2013: Defence Minister
Defence /
Pakistan has violated the ceasefire as many as 1,140 times since 2013, with the focus of its firing being concentrated more across the settled International Boundary (IB) than the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.
International Tiger Day observed across the world
International Tiger Day was observed across the world on 29 July 2015. The day is observed every year since 2010 to promote the protection and expansion of the wild tiger habitats and to gain support through awareness for tiger conservation.