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with has among the top 10 Indian states with highest Goods and Services Tax for Financial Year 2024-25) and even in April 2025 with total GST collection of However, the state’s financial capital’s growth has decreased from 13% (in April 2024) to 11% (in April 2025).

Also, total GST revenue collection reached at in 2024, the highest since the introduction of GST in 2017. This marks an increase of 8.86% compared to the last year’s collection.
As per the Ministry of Finance (MoF)’s latest data, total GST revenue collections reached at Rs 2,36,716 lakh crore in April 2025, reflecting an annual growth rate of 12.6%.

GST Council is a constitutional body introduced through 101st Amendment Act, 2016 in the constitution. It was constituted under Article 279-A of the constitution.
Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance Minister
– 2016

In May 2025, Noida (Uttar Pradesh, UP)-based Inland Waterways Authority of India under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), has established its new office, located at Transport Bhawan in, Union Territory (UT) Jammu & Kashmir (J&K). This move is expected to bolster the Inland Water Transport (IWT) sector in J&K.

.This new office will serve as the central hub for its activities in J&K, monitoring the development of river navigation infrastructure across the region.
.In March 2025, IWAI signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of to develop river navigation infrastructure across 3 National Waterways (NWs): (river Chenab); (river Jhelum) and (river Ravi).

Vijay Kumar
 Noida, Uttar Pradesh (UP)
– 1986

In May 2025, the District Magistrate of Indore, Madhya Pradesh(MP) announced that has become the which is result of an ‘anti-begging campaign’ initiated in February 2024 to eliminate begging.

Indore is one of the 10 cities where the MSJE has started a pilot project to eliminate begging.

.Earlier, the city had 5000 beggars, including 500 children, who were rehabilitated by helping to find employment, children involved in begging were enrolled in schools.
Under the campaign, individuals found begging at intersections and roads in Indore were caught and sent to relocation centres, where they were provided with accommodation and food.

.Indore district administration also launched a dedicated number where the citizens could report the presence of beggars via whatsapp or other means, leading to the immediate dispatch of a rescue team to relocate them to rehabilitation centres.

In May 2025, Chicago (the United States of America, USA)-based Illinois Institute of Technology has become the to receive approval from India’s University Grants Commission (UGC) to set up an independent, degree-granting campus in (Maharashtra).

The Mumbai campus will offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in high-demand fields such as Computer Science, Engineering, and Business.
The Mumbai campus will offer the same experiential, industry-aligned curriculum as Illinois Tech’s Chicago campus, including the university’s signature Elevate program, which guarantees all students access to hands-on research, internships, and career-accelerating experiences.
Courses will be delivered by an internationally recruited faculty, including visiting professors from Illinois Tech’s Chicago campus and faculty with global academic credentials.

In May 2025, , Minister for Science and Technology, the Government of Karnataka, officially launched an innovative veterinary application(app) developed by Bengaluru (Karnataka)-based held in Karnataka, also featured Dr. Ashok S. Alur, Vice Chancellor of Kodagu University.

Petologist is a digital healthcare platform designed to connect pet owners and farmers with licensed veterinarians, clinics, and hospitals.
.The platform offers features such as digital health records, vaccination tracking, medication reminders, farm animal monitoring, and telemedicine consultations, aiming to enhance animal healthcare delivery in both urban and rural areas.
The platform is incubated at the Indian Veterinary Research Institute established in 1889, which serves as India’s premier institute for veterinary research and education.It was located in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh(UP).
.The platform is currently in its soft launch phase, with access limited to a select group of veterinarians and clinics in Karnataka.

In May 2025, , Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) to the Government of India (GoI), has launched a report on India’s Priority Corridors for Zero Emission Trucking in New Delhi, Delhi. The report was presented by Akshima Ghate, Managing Director (MD) of the United States of America, (USA)-based Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI).

The report is developed with support of Centre of Excellence for Zero Emission Trucking – Indian Institute of Technology Madras , located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu (TN).

The report has identified top 10 corridors for ZET in India through a 3-phase process, which included both qualitative and quantitative assessment of an initial list of 230 corridors.
These top 10 corridors were short-listed using parameters like: toll traffic data and mapping of supply/demand centres, stakeholder consultations and detailed field research.

As per the report, long-distance trucks are the main source for nearly 40% of fuel consumption and transport emissions in India.
It also acts as a reference for the, launched in2024bytheMinistry of Heavy Industries (MHI), GoI, with a total outlay ofRs. 500 crore,to promote the adoption of zero-emission transport (ZET)solutions.

As per the recent research from the most authoritative source on the languages of the world, 5 Indian languages namely, are among the top 20 most spoken languages worldwide in 2025.

While, is the most widely spoken language globally in 2025 as it is the local and second language of individuals across 188 countries.
It is followed by Chinese Mandarin (the official language of China), which is considered the world’s largest language when counting only native speakers, is the 2nd –most widely spoken language in the world in 2025, with total 1.18 billion speakers.
The official language of Spain and 20 other countries i.e.  emerged as the 4th most spoken language globally in 2025, with 558.5 million speakers.

On May 13, 2025, the Geneva (Switzerland) based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre () and Oslo (Norway) based Norwegian Refugee Council () released the Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) 2025 which presents a comprehensive analysis of internal displacement trends worldwide.

,  the list with 11.6 million IDPs, the highest ever in a single country due to civil war.Other affected nations such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Afghanistan, and Myanmar each hosted over 3 million IDPs.
Disaster caused  displacements in 2024, the highest since IDMC began tracking in 2008.
In India, Floods responsible for 66% of displacements, including 2.5 million in Assam, which witnessed its most severe floods in over a decade.

– Alexandra Bilak
– Geneva (Switzerland)
 – 1998

In May 2025, Brussels (Belgium)-based International Federation of Journalists on behalf of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) released the 23rd Annual South Asia Press Freedom Report titled ‘As per the report, India is a part of a wider trend of eroding press freedom in the South Asia region.

The report annually reviews the state of press freedom in  South Asian countries, namely: India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and Maldives.
The report recorded a total of media rights violations in 2024-25, which included the targeted killings of 20 journalists and media workers, up from 8 deaths reported in 2023-24 period.
The report has raised several concerning trends, like: a “increasing trust deficit in media outlets”, “choking of independent websites” and “extreme precarity of gig workers who are also facing challenges posed by Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Dominique Pradalié
Brussels, Belgium
1926

Mumbai(Maharashtra) based State Bank of IndiaIndia’s largest Public Sector Bank (PSB), has reached a new milestone by becoming one of the world’

.SBI becomes the to enter the top 100 most profitable companies in the world after New Delhi(Delhi) based Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited in 2009,and Mumbai (Maharashtra) based Reliance Industries Limited in 2021.
SBI’s rise in the global rankings is largely due to its strong financial performance, with a compound annual growth (CAGR) in net profit over the last five years.
This comes nearly a decade after SBI’s merger with five associate banks that made it one of the world’s top 50 banks by assets.

SBI has now joined the ranks of some of the world’s most profitable companies like Alphabet, Apple, NVIDIA, and JPMorgan Chase
, the parent company of Google, tops the list with a profit of showing the strong earnings power of tech companies.

The list is led by United States of America companies with 43 entries, followed by China with 19 companies and Germany comes third with five companies in the list.

SBI is a Public Sector Bank(PSB) and financial services company, headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
In 2017, SBI merged with 5 five of its associates:State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur (SBBJ), State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH), State Bank of Mysore (SBM), State Bank of Patiala (SBP) and State Bank of Travancore (SBT). The merger also included the Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB).
Challa Sreenivasulu Setty
– 1955
Pure Banking, Nothing Else

On May 13, 2025, Mumbai (Maharashtra) based , the Business-to-Business (B2B) e-commerce arm of JSW Group, secured approximately (Rs. 340 crore) in a funding round led by Principal Asset Management, OneUp, and JSW Steel. This investment propels the company’s valuation to USD 1 billion, marking its entry into

The capital raised will be utilized to strengthen national supply chain leadership in the steel and cement categories, and to enhance distribution and logistics networksacrossIndia.
It will also helpscale the fintech and Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) arms, andexpand access to creditforMicro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)across India.
These initiatives will be supported by developing a robust technological infrastructure to provide an integrated digital procurement experience for small businesses.
: In March 2025Mumbai (Maharashtra) based Limited became the with a market capitalisation exceeding .

Chairman and Managing Director () – Sajjan Jindal
– Mumbai, Maharashtra
– 1982

In May 2025, , a renowned senior corporate legal expert, was appointed as the of the New Delhi (Delhi) based BRICS Chamber of Commerce & Industry () to strengthen ties among BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa).

Harvansh P. Chawla is a distinguished Indian corporate lawyer and the Founder and Managing Partner of K.R. Chawla & Co. Advocates, a prominent law firm based in New Delhi (Delhi).
He is also appointed as an Advisor to the Trade and Invest British Columbia in India which is a collaboration with the Ministry of Jobs, Trade and Technology, British Columbia, Canada.
The Ministry of Finance (MoF), Government of India (GoI), chose him to draft counter guarantees for all infrastructure projects in the country, and he was also among the first lawyers in India to carry out detailed legal work on port privatization.
Mr. Chawla is a member of the London (United Kingdom, UK) based International Bar Association (IBA), Tokyo (Japan) based Inter Pacific Bar Association (IPBA), and Washington, D.C., (United States of America, USA) based Indo-US Business Council (IUBC).
Trade Expansion: Championed efforts to boost intra-BRICS trade, which surged to USD 162 billion in 2022–23, despite global economic headwinds.
Green Energy Partnerships: Facilitated collaborations among BRICS nations in solar energy, hydrogen fuel, and smart grid technologies.
Digital Innovation: Promoted BRICS-wide digital payment systems and tech startups to reduce dependency on Western financial platforms.

– Harvansh P. Chawla
– New Delhi, Delhi
– 2012

In May 2025, the Department of Personnel and Training), under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (MoPPG&P), assigned additional charge of Chairman and Managing Director () of New Delhi (Delhi)-based Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited () to

Santosh Kumar Sarangi is a 1994-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from the Odisha cadre.
He is currently serving as the of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy ().
Prior to his appointment as MNRE Secretary, he held the post of Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoC&I).
.He has held several prominent leadership positions in both state and central government roles. At the national level, he served as Chairman of the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) and the Tea Board of India.

RP Gupta is a retired 1987-batch IAS officer from the Gujarat cadre. He assumed charge as CMD of SECI in June 2023.
Prior to this, he served as the Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC).

SECI is a Navratna Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).
Chairman and Managing Director () – Santosh Kumar Sarangi
– New Delhi (Delhi)
– 2011

In May 2025, Former England Men’s Cricket Selector, was appointed as the President of Marylebone Cricket ClubLondon, England He will assume office for one year from 

He is a former England Cricketer, Cricket commentator, Journalist and an English author.
During his playing days, Smith played for Kent, Middlesex and England in a career that spanned 13 seasons.

He retired in 2008 and embarked on a career in the media and wrote five books.
He was the Chief Selector of England Men’s Cricket team from .

He is also involved in academia, as co-founder of the Institute of Sports Humanities (ISH), which has a mission to nurture and inspire sport’s current and future leaders.

In May 2025, Bengaluru (Karnataka)- based , a prominent lifestyle company under the , has announced the appointment of , currently the Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of its Jewellery Division, as the next .

Ajoy Chawla, became part of the Tata Administrative Services (TAS) in 1990 and initially joined the finance department of Titan in 1991.
Over the next two decades, he worked in the watches division and played several roles spanning commercial, sales, retailing, and supply chain.
From 2013 to 2019, he served as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), overseeing business incubation, fragrances expansion, and the Taneira business.
Since 2019 as CEO,  Jewellery division to significant achievements, with sales and profits expanding by 2.5 times and  strengthening Tanishq’s market leadership.

On May 13, 2025, Competition Commission of India under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs approved four significant acquisition proposals.
Approved the acquisition of equity share in Mumbai (Maharashtra)- based (Target) by (Rotterdam, Netherlands based) (Acquirer) from Blackstone for approximately (USD 220 million).
Approved the acquisition of equity share in Mumbai (Maharashtra)- based (Target) by (Rotterdam, Netherlands based) (Acquirer) from Blackstone for approximately (USD 220 million).
Approved the direct and indirect acquisition of certain entities, in which some are individually controlled by  and by and remaining which are by Blackstone Group and Sattva Group (Target Entities) by the Knowledge Realty Trust
Approved the demerger of the business of Mining Development and Operations of Thriveni Earthmovers Private Limited into a new entity Thriveni Earthmovers and Infra Private Limited

On May 12, 2025, conducted its first live-fire test of the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System supplied by the United States of America at the Jiupeng military base in Pingtung country, Taiwan.

HIMARS was manufactured by Maryland (USA)-based Corporation, an American defence and aerospace manufacturing company.
ii.HIMARS can be equipped with one pod containing six 227 Millimeter (mm) rockets or a single Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) with a range of up to 300 Kilometres (km).

iii.It carries six packs of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS), two Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM) or one ATACMS missile, and is designed to launch the entire Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) family of munitions.
iv.It is the most technically advanced, affordable and sustainable artillery solution.It provides cutting-edge technology on an indigenous platform.
v.It offers maximum commonality with M270 platform launch systems and MLRS interoperability. It simplifies coalition operations, training, logistics and coordination.
Note: Taiwan has purchased 29 HIMARS from the USA, 11 were delivered in 2024. The second batch of 18 HIMARS is scheduled to be delivered in 2027
About Taiwan:
President – Lai Ching-te
Capital – Taipei City
Currency – New Taiwan dollar(TWD)
About Lockheed Martin Corporation:
President – James Taiclet
Headquarters – Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America (USA)
Founded – 1995

OBITUARY

Uruguay’s Former President Jose Mujica Passed AwayOn May 13, 2025, Jose Alberto Mujico Cordano, a former President of Uruguay and Guerilla fighter passed away at the age of 89 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He was called by his nick name “Pepe” by the people of Uruguay.

About Jose Mujica:
i.Jose Alberto Mujico Cordano was born on May 20, 1935, in Montevideo, Uruguay.
ii.In the late 1960s he joined the Marxist Tupamaros guerilla movement.
iii.He was imprisoned for 14 years during Uruguay’s military dictatorship from 1970s and 1980s..
iv.After the return of democracy in Uruguay, he served as Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries from 2005 to 2008.
Presidency (2010–2015)
Mujica served as President of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015. His tenure was marked by progressive reforms, including the legalization of abortion, same-sex marriage, and the regulation of marijuana sales. He also promoted renewable energy initiatives and policies aimed at reducing poverty and inequality.
Awards and Achievements:
i.He was awarded the Premio ALBA de los Pueblos award in 2016 by the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of Our America (ALBA) for his contributions to Latin American integration and social justice.
ii.In 2014, he was conferred the Order of the Aztec Eagle, the highest honour from Mexico on foreigners.
iii.He was awarded the Prize for Political Thought and Humanities by the Spanish Foundation, Manuel Broseta in 2020.
About Uruguay:
President – Yamandu Orsi
Capital – Montevideo
Currency – Uruguayan Peso, UYU

BOOKS & AUTHORS

FM Nirmala Sitharaman Reviews the Book “The Tamils: A Portrait of Community” by Nirmala Lakshman
In May 2025, the book titled “The Tamils: A Portrait of Community”, written by Nirmala Lakshman was reviewed in The Book Review, an India-based peer-reviewed academic journal.The book was published by New Delhi(Delhi) based Aleph Book Company.

i.The book offers a comprehensive narrative of Tamil history and culture, tracing the community’s journey from the Stone Age through the Sangam era and into the modern day.
ii.Nirmala Lakshman, is a Publisher and Chairperson of THE HINDU Group of Publications.
iii.Earlier she was the Joint Editor of the paper, and she founded and edited ‘The Hindu Literary Review’, conceptualized and created ‘Young World’, India’s only Children’s newspaper supplement.

Vice President Releases Haryana Governor’s Book “Janta Ki Kahani-in Meri Aatamkatha”
In May 2025, the Vice President (VP) of India, Jagdeep Dhankhar released the book, “Janta Ki Kahani-in Meri Aatamkatha”, an autobiography written by Haryana Governor, Bandaru Dattatraya in an event organized at Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi, Delhi.

About the Author:

IMPORTANT DAYS

8th UN Global Road Safety Week 2025 – (12–18) MayThe United Nations(UN) Global Road Safety Week (UNGRSW) is a biennial campaign organized by Geneva (Switzerland) based World Health Organization (WHO) to raise awareness about road safety and advocate for measures to reduce road traffic deaths and injuries.

Background:
i.In 2005, the United Nations General Assembly(UNGA) adopted Resolution 60/5, which mandated the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Regional Commissions to organize periodic road safety weeks.
ii.The first UN Global Road Safety Week was held from April 23 to 29, 2007.

About World Health Organization (WHO):
Director-General(DG) – Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Headquarters – Geneva, Switzerland
Established – 1948
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STATE NEWS

Assam Govt Approves “Eti Koli Duti Paat” scheme, Renaming of Dibrugarh AirportIn May 2025, the Assam Cabinet headed by Chief Minister (CM) of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma has approved the “Eti Koli Duti Paat”, a financial assistance scheme for the welfare of tea garden workers.

Other Approvals:
i.He also approved the decision to rename Dibrugarh airport in Dibrugarh, Assam, after Bhupen Hazarika, the legendary singer and cultural icon of Assam, to mark his 100th birth anniversary.
ii.The cabinet has also approved the Assam Electronics Components Manufacturing Top-Up scheme, 2025.
iii.The cabinet also approved the implementation of CM’s ‘Jibon Prerna Scheme’ for graduates and scholars. It will be rolled out from October 2025.
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