1. Odisha become the sixteenth state to ratify the GST bill, decks cleared for presidential assent.
The approval of 16 states has come far ahead of centre's targeted deadline of rolling out the new taxation system from April 1, 2017.
2. BRICS Convention on tourism to be held on 1st & 2nd September 2016 at Khajuraho, MP.
3. Assam: Majuli is all set to be the first island district of the country.
On 8th of September the river island Majuli will be upgraded to a district from sub-division.
Majuli covers an area of around 340 miles and one of the prime tourists destination of North East.
Nearly 1 lakh 60 thousand people reside at the Majuli river island.
4. India has now been ranked 35 amongst 160 countries.
In terms of the six-components of the LPI i.e. Customs, Infrastructure, International Shipments, Logistics Quality and Competence, Tracking and Tracing, and Timeliness, India’s ranking is 38, 36, 39, 32, 33 and 42 respectively.
5. Gabon’s incumbent President Ali Bongo has won a closely fought presidential election.
Bongo had obtained 49.80 percent of vote, beating rival candidate Jean Pin who received 48.23 percent.
6. Brazil’s Senate has removed President, Dilma Rousseff, from the office for breaking budgetary laws.
This ends an impeachment process that polarized the country and paralyzed its politics for nine months.
Michel Temer has been sworn in as 37th President of the country.
7. The rhino horn verification committee (RHVC) has found one of the world’s largest horns in central Assam’s Nagaon treasury.
According to forest officials, the massive horn belonged to the Bagori range of Kaziranga National Park & it was found in Aug,1982.
The horn weighs 3 kg and 51 grams and its height is 36 cm.
The only recorded horn bigger than this could be found in the British Museum, London
The approval of 16 states has come far ahead of centre's targeted deadline of rolling out the new taxation system from April 1, 2017.
2. BRICS Convention on tourism to be held on 1st & 2nd September 2016 at Khajuraho, MP.
3. Assam: Majuli is all set to be the first island district of the country.
On 8th of September the river island Majuli will be upgraded to a district from sub-division.
Majuli covers an area of around 340 miles and one of the prime tourists destination of North East.
Nearly 1 lakh 60 thousand people reside at the Majuli river island.
4. India has now been ranked 35 amongst 160 countries.
In terms of the six-components of the LPI i.e. Customs, Infrastructure, International Shipments, Logistics Quality and Competence, Tracking and Tracing, and Timeliness, India’s ranking is 38, 36, 39, 32, 33 and 42 respectively.
5. Gabon’s incumbent President Ali Bongo has won a closely fought presidential election.
Bongo had obtained 49.80 percent of vote, beating rival candidate Jean Pin who received 48.23 percent.
6. Brazil’s Senate has removed President, Dilma Rousseff, from the office for breaking budgetary laws.
This ends an impeachment process that polarized the country and paralyzed its politics for nine months.
Michel Temer has been sworn in as 37th President of the country.
7. The rhino horn verification committee (RHVC) has found one of the world’s largest horns in central Assam’s Nagaon treasury.
According to forest officials, the massive horn belonged to the Bagori range of Kaziranga National Park & it was found in Aug,1982.
The horn weighs 3 kg and 51 grams and its height is 36 cm.
The only recorded horn bigger than this could be found in the British Museum, London
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