Postal stamps of Vedanta Desikan unveiled
Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu unveiled commemorative postage stamps on the 750th birth anniversary of ‘Vedanta Desikan’ a religious philosopher, at the Sardar Patel Conference hall at the Vice-President’s secretariat.
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)
A group of 25 influential American lawmakers urged the U.S. Trade Representative not to terminate the GSP programme with India.
India extends retaliatory tariff deadline on U.S. items
The Government has extended its deadline to impose retaliatory import duties on 29 products from the United States (US), till May 16.
Small tea growers
According to official statistics, the Indian tea industry harvested its highest tea crop of 1,350 million kg for fiscal 2019 and 1,338.6 million kgs for the calendar year.
Generalized System of Preference (GSP)
A group of 25 influential American lawmakers urged the U.S. Trade Representative that U.S. should not terminate the GSP programme with India after the expiry of the 60-day notice period.
Taliban refused to put down arms
Taliban said that U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan should stop calling on Taliban militants to lay down their arms and U.S. should end the use of force.
High Security Registration Plates
The National Informatics Centre (NIC) blocked access to the Transport Mission Mode Project’s pan-India application ‘Vahan’ for vehicle registration on a directive of the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH).
How Cyclone Fani got its name?
With the extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani expected to cross Odisha coast.
Robust plan in place to import oil: MEA
As the deadline for the U.S. sanction waiver for oil imports from Iran expired without an extension from the U.S., India has a “robust plan” to import oil from other countries, the Ministry of External Affairs said.
Manufacturing PMI
As per the recent data, the country’s manufacturing sector performance eased to an eight-month low in April.