Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Hindu Analysis - 2 April 2019

1. GST revenue hits a record high in March.

- The Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections clocked ₹1.06 lakh crore in March 2019.
- This is the highest in the history of the tax in India.
- Fourth time monthly collections have crossed ₹1 lakh crore this year.
- According to offi­cial data released on Monday, Average monthly collections for the year stand at ₹98,114 crore, 9.2% higher than the average for 2017-­18.

2. Jet fuel price up by 1%, LPG cost goes up by ₹5

- Jet fuel price was hiked by over 1 %,
- The second straight monthly increase. 
- The price of aviation turbine fuel was hiked by ₹677.1 per kilolitre, or 1.07%, to ₹63,472.22 per kl.  - The price of nonsubsidised cooking gas was increased by ₹5 per 14.2 kg cylinder. It now costs ₹706.50 in capital.

3. Hyundai unveils BlueLink connectivity in India

- South Korean carmaker Hyundai will soon roll out the ‘BlueLink’ connectivity feature in India
- This will allow users to interact with their cars using voice, while enabling them to remotely switch on/off the car or its AC.
- This feature will be first introduced in its upcoming compact SUV Venue.
- The feature is powered by an “inbuilt and tamper­proof device” with a Vodafone­Idea eSim and a cloud­based voice recognition platform
- It currently supports ‘Indian English’ language,”
- In case BlueLink is unable to find a 4G network, it will automatically look for 3G or 2G networks, whichever is available.

4. India retains Test Championship mace

- Makes it three in-a-row; Skipper Kohli proud of the achievement
- India retained the ICC Test Championship Mace and won the purse of $1 million for a third year running after a memorable season saw it winning its maiden series in Australia.
- The Kane Williamson­led side — he got the ICC Spirit of Cricket award for 2018 — earned $500,000 after finishing with 108 points.

5. Sawhney takes over as ICC chief

- Media professional Manu Sawhney took charge as chief executive of the International Cricket Council.

6. With 1.5 billion users a month, Gmail turns 15

- Google’s email service Gmail that has nearly 1.5 billion monthly active users turned 15.
- Gmail started with an initial storage capacity of one gigabyte per user on April 1, 2004.



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