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The Supreme Court on Thursday, in a judgment championing the importance of “cooperative federalism” for the well-being of democracy, held that Union and State legislatures have “equal, simultaneous and unique powers” to make laws on Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the recommendations of the GST Council are not binding on them. The apex court’s decision came while confirming a Gujarat High Court ruling that the Centre cannot levy Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) on ocean freight from Indian importers. “The recommendations of the GST Council are the product of a collaborative dialogue involving the Union and the States. They are recommendatory in nature… The recommendations only have a persuasive value. To regard them as binding would disrupt fiscal federalism when both the Union and the States are conferred equal power to legislate on GST,” a Bench led by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud held. The court emphasised that Article 246A (which gives the States power to make laws with respec...
India's second Defence Pact with U.S.-the Communications,Compatibility,Security Agreement (COMCASA)-which will enable Indian military to obtain critical,secure and encrypted defence technologies from the other country.
Described by its organisers as the world's "largest grassroots movement for climate change", Earth Hour is a worldwide movement organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The event is held annually encouraging people to turn off non-essential electric lights for one hour, from 8:30 to 9:30 pm on a specific day towards the end of March, as a symbol of commitment to the planet.
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( 1) The Supreme Court in the exercise of its jurisdiction may pass such decree or make such order as is necessary for doing complete justice in any cause or matter pending before it, and any decree so passed or order so made shall be enforceable throughout the territory of India in such manner as may be prescribed by or under any law made by Parliament and, until provision in that behalf is so made, in such manner as the President may by order prescribe. (2) Subject to the provisions of any law made in this behalf by Parliament, the Supreme Court shall, as respects the whole of the territory of India, have all and every power to make any order for the purpose of securing the attendance of any person, the discovery or production of any documents , or the investigation or punishment of any contempt of itself .
The generation born after 1998,nineteen and twenty year olds, known as "millennials on steroids".
pantomime noun 1 . BRITISH a theatrical entertainment, mainly for children, which involves music, topical jokes, and slapstick comedy and is based on a fairy tale or nursery story, usually produced around Christmas. "a pantomime villain" 2 . a dramatic entertainment, originating in Roman mime, in which performers express meaning through gestures accompanied by music. verb 1 . express or represent by exaggerated mime. "they pantomimed picking up dropped food"
The Kookaburra Cricket Ball , extensively used worldwide across all cricketing formats in all ICC nations.
This refers to a form of persuasion wherein a person who wishes to convince a hostile audience about an issue can do so effectively by first arguing against his own idea. This finds mention in the book "Originals" authored by American psychologist Adam Grant,and is attributed to social scientist Leslie Sarick. Arguing first against one's own idea ,Grant says,disarms the audience and makes the speaker look more credible in their eyes..It also prevents the audience from seeing the speaker as a motivaterd salesman with biased views,and discourages them from trying to think of additional negatives about the speaker's idea.
Joseph Conrad's classic "Heart of Darkness"inspired T.S.Eliot,"The Waste Land" Graham Greene,"A Burnt-out Case" George Orwell,"Nineteen Eighty Four" William Goldling,"The Inheritors" Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 film,"Apocalypse Now" Salman Rushdie's autobiography Joseph Anton,name coined from the first names of two of the greatest writers-Joseph Conrad and Anton Chekov. Edward Said's influential work,"Orientalism"in 1978 Robert McCrum introduced the list of 100 greatest novels written in English.