BJP’s Tejasvi Surya says will strive to be the voice of young Indian

Tejasvi Surya, the 28-year-old BJP MP from Bengaluru South, says he will strive to build new Karnataka, new Bengaluru in tune with the PM’s vision of New India

Karnataka: JD(S)-Congress to continue coalition government

• Deputy CM Parameshwara says the JD(S)-Congress will continue its term in office as the election mandate was for the Lok Sabha and not for the state
• An informal cabinet meet was convened by CM Kumaraswamy to discuss the next course of action for the state government

Lok Sabha polls over, all eyes now on assembly elections

• In Delhi, the BJP is set to take on the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party
• Elections are also due to be held in Jammu & Kashmir, which has been under president's rule since November

Credit view on India hinges on policies of new govt: Moody's

• Moody's expects the broad push towards fiscal consolidation to remain
• As per the trend, BJP-led NDA will form the government at the Centre for the second successive term with absolute majority

In sharp contrast to Vajpayee days, Naidu fights to remain relevant

• Naidu is set to reach New Delhi on Thursday evening even if there is the slightest possibility of forming an alliance to deny the NDA a chance of forming the govt
• TDP chief is even ready to set aside differences with KCR besides working with other regional and national parties

Karnataka coalition government survives a turbulent year

• CM Kumaraswamy says that despite the ‘hindrances’ and ‘artificial calamities’ created by the BJP, the coalition has succeeded
• The coalition has been defined by the bitterness between the two parties rather than their goal to take on BJP

Swaraj, Qureshi exchange pleasantries on sidelines of SCO meeting

• This comes amid a serious strain in ties following a major uptick in tensions in recent months
• The two merely 'exchanged pleasantries' with nothing substantial discussed

'Niti's economic agenda for new govt likely to focus on boosting pvt invest'

• Lok Sabha election results would be announced on Thursday and the new government would be in place in the coming weeks
• For the current fiscal ending March 2020, Kumar expects Indian economy to record a growth of around 7%

Swaraj meets Chinese counterpart, discusses issues of bilateral interest

• Swaraj arrived here on Tuesday to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Council (SCO) of Foreign Ministers in the Kyrgyz capital
• After the Wuhan summit, both the countries stepped up efforts to improve relations on different spheres

GSTN releases prototype of a new simplified return filing system

• It will allow users to use functionality such as drop down menus, invoice upload, upload of purchase register
• Businesses which make supplies to only consumers (B2C) have to file return form 'Sahaj'

SC grants BJP Barrackpore candidate Arjun Singh protection from arrest

• Senior Advocate Ranjit Kumar appearing for Singh cited the strike by lawyers in West Bengal as reason for approaching the apex court
• Supreme Court clarified that the state police shall not arrest Singh until 28 May

Welfare scheme delivery: How does your district fare

Explore how well five flagship welfare schemes have been delivered in your district over the last five years

SC stays Delhi HC order on black money law

• The apex court vacation bench issued a notice to Gautam Khaitan, asking him to reply within six weeks
• The high court had on 16 May restrained the centre and the income tax (I-T) department from taking any action against Gautam Khaitan

Finance commission may not extend GST compensation

• Tax buoyancy will take care of current shortfall in revenue in some states, says panel
• The guaranteed compensation to states under the GST regime will end in two years from now

Bio-Med directors in the dock over supply of tainted drugs

• Zonal drug regulator files complaint against company’s senior staff in Ghaziabad court
• The complaint is against Bio-Med’s five directors, its lab in-charge and the company itself

India projected to grow at 7.1% in FY20: UN report

• The WESP 2019 Mid-year Update said that the Indian economy expanded by 7.2% in 2018
• The estimates for India, however, reflect a downward revision from the projections made in the WESP 2019 report

68% Indians feel job market has improved in last 5 years: Survey

• Nearly 70% of the respondents opined that they will have better career opportunities in the near term
• For 66 per cent of male workers and 60% women workers, the start-up ecosystem in the country has remarkably evolved

Next government to focus on land, labour reforms, export promotion: Report

• Most exit polls have predicted a sweeping victory for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance
• The priority is likely to be on reforms on land, labour, privatisation and export promotion, Goldman Sachs said in its report

59% Indian millennials optimistic about economic recovery: Deloitte report

• Around 57 per cent of Generation Z (Gen Z) expect improvement in the economic situation
• The report noted that this optimism among young Indians is contrary to the gloomy outlook among their global counterparts.

Job creation up at 8.14 lakh in March: EPFO payroll data

• Around 67.59 lakh jobs were generated in the entire 2018-19 fiscal
• During March 2019, the highest number of 2.25 lakh jobs were created in the 22-25 years age group