NEW DELHI: The 42nd meeting of the federal tax body, the Goods and Services Tax Council (GST), is underway via videoconference, primarily to discuss how to fill the deficit in state tax revenue. Mint takes a look at the key issues on the table. What is Monday’s Council meeting about? …
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The fourteenth season of the controversial reality show Bigg Boss began on Saturday with 11 celebrities entering the show and while 7 of them entered the main house, four contestants, including Rubina Dilaik, Nishant Malkani, Jaan Kumar Sanu and Sara Gurpal, were rejected and will have to undergo some tasks …
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SRINAGAR: Two CRPF staff died and three others were injured as terrorists attacked a security forces party in Nowgam area out of town here Monday, police said. Terrorists fired at a group of security forces near the Kandizal bridge in Nowgam this afternoon, a police officer said. He said that …
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Hardeep Singh Puri tweeted images showing Rahul Gandhi apparently sitting on cushions. New Delhi: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri attacked Rahul Gandhi today for images showing the congressional leader sitting in what appear to be padded seats on a tractor during a demonstration in Punjab to protest the center’s controversial …
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LUCK: Three-time Legislative Council member and veteran Samajwadi Party leader of Auraiya, Mulayam Singh Yadav passed away on Sunday after a prolonged illness. He was 92 years old. Describing his death as an irreparable loss to the party, Samajwadi Party Chairman Akhilesh Yadav said he was a simple man who …
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WASHINGTON: Before the Quad Foreign Ministers’ talks, the US Secretary of State. Mike pompeo, on Sunday (local time) said he hopes to discuss further cooperation to promote their shared vision of a free and open Indian Pacific. “I am preparing for my visit to Japan. I look forward to discussing …
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NSE’s Nifty finished above 11,500 marks at 11.503, up 0.76 percent. Benchmark equity indices closed nearly 1 percent higher on Monday, driven mainly by information technology (IT) stocks and private sector lenders such as HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank. Shares in information technology (IT) companies were on a roll after …
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The feat is a technological breakthrough at ASW, said Rajnath Singh (Representative Image) / Indian Navy | Photo credit: ANI Key points Defense Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO on the achievement Union Minister Prakash Javadekar praised the development as a step towards Aatmanirbhar Bharat New Delhi: The Defense Research and …
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Americans Harvey J Alter and Charles M Rice, and British scientist Michael Houghton were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology on Monday for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus. The head of the Nobel Committee, Thomas Perlmann, announced the winners in Stockholm. The World Health Organization estimates …
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On Monday, the Bombay High Court reserved its order on actor Kangana Ranaut’s petition seeking compensation for damages for the demolition of his bungalow in Mumbai by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation last month. The actress had also alleged that the demolition was a counterattack to the tweets exchanged between her …
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