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18 Aug 2025

Tax reforms (GST revamp + new Income-Tax Bill):

18 Aug 2025 GS 3 Economy

Key Features of Proposed GST Reform New GST Structure Two-tier GST: 5% and 18%. 40% slab for sin goods (tobacco, luxury liquor, etc.). ...

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17 Aug 2025

Almond Cultivation in India

17 Aug 2025 GS 3 Agriculture

1. Major Varieties (Commercially Grown & Traded) Indian & Kashmiri Varieties Shalimar – pointed, large-size nuts Mukdoom, Pranyaj –...

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Discovery of New Palm Species – Phoenix roxburghii

17 Aug 2025 GS 3 Science & Technology

Context Recent botanical studies have reclassified species of the Phoenix genus, originally described in Hortus Malabaricus (17th century treat...

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Decoding Animal Communication

17 Aug 2025 GS 3 Science & Technology

Context Earlier Assumption: Humans believed they were the only “speaking” species; animal sounds were thought to be instinctive background no...

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Julian Huxley: Architect of Global Conservation Policy

17 Aug 2025 GS 3 Environment

Background & Early Life Career as Scientist & Communicator Science Populariser: Essays of a Biologist (1923). The Science of Life (193...

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CITES- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

17 Aug 2025 GS 3 Environment

Why CITES Was Needed Poaching crisis: African elephant numbers fell from 5 million (1950) to ...

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