Center unlikely to give ground on GST compensation

NEW DELHI: The government is unlikely to give in to demands to change the goods and services tax (GST) offset formula despite opposition-ruled states requiring the Center to borrow from the market and transfer funds to cover the deficit between real collections and the promised growth of 14%. Senior government …

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Covid-19: what you need to know today

On Friday, as reported by the Hindustan Times on the same day, India crossed the US seven-day high average in terms of daily coronavirus cases, according to worldometers.info and the New York Times database. The United States saw its seven-day high average in mid-July; India saw him in late August. …

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Number theory: how the rain pattern is changing significantly

The total monsoon precipitation in 2020, as of 8.30 am Sunday, is the eleventh highest for this period since 1901. However, 2020 appears to be an outlier when read with long-term precipitation statistics. Monsoon rains in India have been gradually decreasing since the 1950s. This trend has been accompanied by …

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