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Gaganyaan

The Indian Space Research organisation has successfully completed its first test flight to demonstrate a crew escape system for the Gaganyaan mission that aims at humans in space after rescheduling the flight due to bad weather and then temporarily delaying the launch just five seconds before the scheduled lift -off on due to an anomaly in the system.

posted by 22nd Oct 2023

Manual Scavenging in India

The Supreme Court said claims of fraternity equality and dignity among the citizens remain a mere illusion if sizeable section of society is forced to enter sewers for living and die trapped in them even a decade after the outlawing of the inhuman practice of manual scavenging.

posted by 21st Oct 2023

Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements

In a significant ruling with respect to the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements the SC stated that a notification under section 90(1) of Income tax is a “necessary and a mandatory” condition for a court, authority, or tribunal to give effect to a tax treaty that has the effect of altering existing provisions of law.

posted by 20th Oct 2023

Monsoon

The Southwest Monsoon has ended, and the north-east monsoon is likely to set in “in the next 72 hours”, the Indian Meteorological Department said.

posted by 20th Oct 2023

Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements

In a significant ruling with respect to the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements the SC stated that a notification under section 90(1) of Income tax is a “necessary and a mandatory” condition for a court, authority, or tribunal to give effect to a tax treaty that has the effect of altering existing provisions of law.

posted by 20th Oct 2023