January 2019

  INTERNATIONAL   ·        India cuts tax on palm oil imports from ASEAN countries   The duty on crude palm oil from Malaysia, Indonesia and other members of the Association of South East Asian Nations(ASEAN) was cut to 40% from 44%, while the tax on refined palm oil was cut to 45% from 54% if imported from Malaysia and to 50%, if purchased from Indonesia or … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan college girls set to get free sanitary pads   Rajasthan is set to become India’s first state to provide free sanitary napkins to college students. The department of higher education has decided to install free sanitary napkin vending machines in all 189 government colleges in the state from the next academic session starting July 2019.   … Read more

  INTERNATIONAL     ·        Bangladesh’s PM Hasina wins third straight   Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasinahas secured her third consecutive term, with her alliance winning 287 of the 298 seats for which results have been declared for the 300-strong parliament. The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, which boycotted the 2014 poll, has won just six seats in the general election held on December 30.   … Read more

RAJASTHAN Govt to bring new system to fix fees of private schools’   Education minister Govind Singh Dotasra has hinted to replace RajasthanS chools (Regulation of fees) Act 2017.   The existing fees Act which mandates to form a committee of parents and school management has not prevented schools to fleece parents. Several news reports have … Read more