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4 *Businesses are now anxious about how the roll-out of e- way bills will pan out under GST. *Feb 01: all inter-state movement of goods worth over D50,000 will be tracked with the introduction of the e-way bill system *All consignments moving more than 10 km from their origin will require prior registration and generation of an e-way bill through the GST Network, which will be valid for varying durations depending on the distance travelled. *States must implement the bill system for capturing intra- State trade by June 1

5 *Differing compliance requirements for inter-state trade and intra-state trade. *GST features, such as e-way bills and matching of invoices, will make tax evasion difficult and bump up collections. *Plugging revenue leakages is essential, and encouragingly, Karnataka s e- way bill experience in the first month saw very few glitches. *Given industry s nervousness, the government must simplify the onerous rules proposed for e-way bills (a one-day validity for distances up to 100 km, for instance), ensure that the IT backbone is robust, and make inspections the exception, not the norm.

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7 *Less theology today *The new age terrorist seems to belong to an altogether different genre of terrorism. *Beginning with the attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris in January 2015, the major incidents at Brussels and Istanbul Ataturk airports as well as the Bastille Day attack in Nice, France, all in 2016, to the string of attacks in London, Stockholm, Barcelona and New York, in 2017 are very different in structure and the morphology from attacks of an earlier period. *Past three years: IS and NIHILISM and direct to home jihad

8 *Other terror networks have continued to be no less active. *November 2017: More than 230 were killed in Egypt *Intelligence agencies today are well-versed in the latest techniques of intelligence gathering and analysis. *The real problem is that when dealing with terrorism and terror networks, no two situations in the actual world are identical. * Intelligence gap is different from intelligence failure. *There is a case for far greater sharing of intelligence and information among intelligence agencies worldwide than it exists at present. *Mumbai 2008: certain foreign intelligence agencies had additional information *Terror and terrorism is a universal phenomenon.

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10 *99/182: A message for country and Congress. *But much of the credit for the Congress s performance goes to three young men who channelised the people s discontent against the BJP and set the stage for the revival of the Congress in Gujarat *A key question of this election is this: why did the BJP do so poorly in rural areas while retaining its hold over a majority of the seats in its urban strongholds? *Focussing on agrarian distress in the country, the neglect of the social sector (education and health), and the failure to create jobs is important. Simultaneously, it also needs to come up with a convincing narrative that will appeal to the aspirational, urban middle class.

11 *The return of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPO) to government through a coalition caps a year of gains made by far-right parties across Europe. *Its candidate Norbert Hofer was defeated by a narrow margin in last year s presidential election. *France, Marine Le Pen s National Front *Germany, the Alternative for Germany *Netherlands, the Party for Freedom *Far-right parties are gaining strength in several other European countries such as Italy, Greece, Sweden, Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia. *Common thing: hard line anti-immigrant view, belief in extreme nationalism and Euroscepticism.

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14 Govt. defends special courts for politicians *Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday defended the government s decision to set up fast track courts for dealing with criminal cases against politicians and said lawmakers should take the lead in setting an example. *After Opposition members in the Rajya Sabha expressed concern over the decision, Mr. Jaitley, who is also Leader of the House, said he felt that like Caesar s wife, lawmakers should be above suspicion. * As elected representatives, can lawmakers say their trial should be delayed, he asked, urging the political parties to set an example. Earlier the Opposition parties raised the SC directive on setting up fast track courts.

15 China a threat, India an ally: Trump *Trump s new National Security Strategy *Promised support for India s emergence as a leading global power, while identifying China, Russia and Islamism as main threats. *Quadrilateral Cooperation *Many countries in the Indo-Pacific were looking to the U.S. for leadership even as Chinese dominance risks diminishing the sovereignty of many states in the region, it noted.

16 U.S. partnership vital in Asia-Pacific: India *The Indo-U.S. partnership helps maintain stability in the Asia-Pacific region, the External Affairs Ministry said here on Tuesday, hours after President Donald Trump announced the new National Security Strategy of the U.S. and described India as a leading global player. *Common objectives, including combating terrorism and promoting peace and security throughout the world. *Tuesday also marked the first dialogue between India and the U.S. on terrorism-related designations. *India has been campaigning for banning Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e- Mohammed s chief Masood Azhar at the UN but has failed in its goal due to China s opposition.

17 Govt. rules out apology from PM *The government made it clear on Tuesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not tender an apology to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his comments during the campaign for the Gujarat Assembly elections. *Venkaiah Naidu asked both sides to talk and resolve the issue. He also made it clear that he would not admit any adjournment motion on the issue. *In the Lok Sabha, Congress members staged a walkout after Speaker Sumitra Mahajan refused to allow them to raise the issue and demand an apology.

18 Centre wants GST on fuel: Jaitley *The Centre favours including petroleum products within the ambit of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), but it would want a consensus among the States before taking such a step, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. *Responding to the charge that petrol and diesel prices were not coming down in line with global prices, Mr. Jaitley said it has to be kept in mind that a large number of duties on these products were imposed by the States.

19 230% increase in ceasefire violations *In 2017, Pakistan violated ceasefire 771 times along the LoC while the figure stood at 228 last year. *There were 153 violations in There were 110 violations along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir, the lowest in four years. *The 740-km LoC is under the operational control of the Army and 192 km of the International Border in Jammu is manned by the Border Security Force. *The truce between India and Pakistan along the International Border, the Line of Control and the Actual Ground Position Line in Jammu and Kashmir came into force in November 2003.

20 Bodies of 2 soldiers traced in Valley *Two more bodies of soldiers, who went missing on December 12 at the forward posts in north Kashmir during heavy snowfall, were recovered on Tuesday. *Both the bodies were retrieved by the Army s Avalanche Rescue Teams (ARTs) and experts of the High Altitude Warfare School in Gurez, around 200 km from Srinagar. Three bodies have been recovered so far, said Defence sources. *The body of 19-year-old sepoy Koushal Singh, a resident of Samba district in J&K, was found on Monday. *Five soldiers went missing during heavy snowfall. *The search for the remaining soldiers continued on Tuesday.

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22 China slams U.S. strategy as Cold War mentality *hina and Russia on Tuesday decried President Donald Trump s first national security strategy which pilloried both nations as challengers to U.S. power as a Cold War mentality with an imperialist character. *The two global powerhouses hit back hours after the Trump administration unveiled its approach to the world with biting language framing Beijing and Moscow as global competitors.

23 Northeast policy to aid trade with ASEAN *The new Industrial Policy being framed for the development of industries in the northeast would prove catalytic to the trade with southeast Asian nations, according to the government.

24 Centre planning strategy to boost services exports *The government is formulating a new strategy to boost services exports by identifying new markets such as Latin America as well as services, including healthcare and financial services, which have tremendous potential in terms of exports and job creation, according to Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu. *Mr. Prabhu said with manufacturing becoming increasingly automated, services would contribute more to employment generation. * I don t think we are just the back office of the world. We should be the front office... providing services of all kinds, he said. *Uday Kotak, chairman, CII National Council on Services, said the sectors which had the most potential for exports included health and wellness, media and entertainment and leisure.

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26 CAG picks flaws in Centre s accounting *The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has highlighted several flaws in the Union government s accounting procedures for the financial year , which could have led to an understatement of the fiscal deficit and revenue deficit for that year. *Further, the report added that due to the misclassification of revenue expenditure as capital expenditure and vice versa, the revenue deficit was understated by D1,583 crore during financial year In addition to this, D20,911 crore collected under levies and cesses were not transferred to the relevant funds, which led to an understatement of revenue/fiscal deficit by an equivalent amount during

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