Bengal Gazette
- Recently, the Hicky’s Bengal Gazette was in the news.
- About Bengal Gazette
- On January 29, 1780, Hicky's newspaper i.e. Bengal Gazette or Calcutta General Advertiser, was founded
- Irishman James Augustus Hicky published India's first printed newspaper i.e. Bengal Gazette.
- It was a weekly English-language newspaper published in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), the capital of British India.
- It was closed down in 1782 after it criticized the then Governor General Warren Hastings.
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- Bengal Gazette
- Governor General Warren Hastings
Capital Gains Tax
- The Finance Minister has refuted claims of plans to bring changes to the capital gains tax structure.
- About Capital Gains Tax
- Under the Income Tax law, any profits or gains arising from the transfer of a 'capital asset', is chargeable to tax under the heading of 'Capital Gains'.
- Types:
- Short-Term Capital Gain: For assets generally held for less than 36 months.
- Long-Term Capital Gain: For assets held for 36 months or more. However, tenure varies in the case of different assets. For e.g. Long term capital gain is levied on listed shares if period of holding is more than 1 year.
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- Capital Gains Tax
- Finance Minister
Drip Pricing
- The Department of Consumer Affairs has issued a warning against drip pricing.
- About Drip Pricing
- It is a pricing technique in which firms advertise only part of a product’s price and reveal other charges later as the customer goes through the buying process.
- It is used as a tactic to attract customers into initiating the purchasing process
- It has been identified as a dark pattern under Guidelines for Prevention and Regulation of Dark Patterns, 2023.
- A Dark pattern refers to practices adopted by online platforms that mislead people into paying for items or services they did not intend to do originally.
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- Drip Pricing
- Dark pattern
Tactical Nuclear Weapon (TNW)
- Russia plans to hold tactical nuclear weapon drill to deter West.
About TNWs
- A TNW is any weapon that have not been classified as “strategic” under US- Russian arms control agreements like Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty etc.
- Refers to short-range weapons, including Land-based missiles (range less than 500 km), and