Monday, Sep 23rd 2019
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Monday, Sep 23rd 2019
Monday, Sep 23rd 2019
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman on Friday slashed corporate tax rates for domestic companies and new domestic manufacturing companies. The announcement comes ahead of the crucial GST meet in a bid to boost the capital markets.The government has cut the effective corporate tax to 25.17 per c
Senior advocate Harish Salve has blamed the Supreme Court for pushing the country into the economic slowdown, citing its judgements in the 2G spectrum case. Salve said the economic slowdown begun with the 2G case order when the apex court in one stroke cancelled 122 spectrum licences issued to telecom operators. In an interview to a legal website, Salve said, "I squarely blame the Supreme Court." Though, he ackno
India on Tuesday made it clear that Pakistan remains to be a 'unique challenge' until the neighbouring country successfully addresses the issue of cross border terrorism and becomes a normal neighbour. While addressing a press conference on 100 days of Modi government's second term, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that immediate neighbourhood remains a priority for India, with focus on
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday announced that the Chandrayaan 2 orbiter is performing satisfactorily well in its orbit around the Moon and continues to perform the scheduled science experiments as planned. However, the space agency do gave a hint indirectly which could be mean that the chances re-establishing connection with the Vikram lander are near impossible. Informing about the orbiter, ISRO took to Twitter and said: "#Chandrayaan2 Orbiter continues to perform scheduled s
After a massive hue and cry about the previous National Register of Citizens (NRC) list released on August 31, the Assam government on Saturday released the final list on...
In a show of support to India's abrogation of article 370 and 35A in Jammu and Kashmir, Israeli Ambassador to India Ron Malka said, 'we see it as something that...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday greeted the nation on the occasion of Hindi Diwas and stressed on the simplicity, spontaneity and decency of the language give me...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on Sunday, said that the Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir is an integral part of India and said that the issue wouldn't have been there if the then PM Jawaharlal Nehru had...
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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said that killing someone in the name of Hindu religion is an insult to Hindu dharma and Lord Rama.Speaking at an event organised by the All India Professionals C...
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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Saturday teared into Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Centre after a farmers' rally was not allowed to enter the national capital e...
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Russia on Saturday backed Indian government's move of scrapping Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, and its division into two Union Territories, saying that the change brought about by New Delhi is...
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China intends to support Pakistan in the UN Security Council (UNSC) over the Kashmir issue, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Friday after meeting with his counterpart Wang Yi and other se...
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US President Donald Trump said he expects to meet again with Kim Jong-un after he received "a very beautiful letter" from the North Korean leader."I think we'll have another meeting," Efe news q...
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A government data released on Monday revealed that the growth of eight core industries has dropped to 2.1 per cent in the month of July, against 7.3 per cent growth in the same period of last year. Th...
by : Jack Thomas
After Europe, the Percassi brand makes its way to Asia. WOMO, the men's cosmetics brand owned by Percassi, and Genesis Luxury, a Reliance Brands Limited company, announce that they have signed an...
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The Reserve Bank of India will come out with a mobile application to help visually challenged people in identifying currency notes as cash still remains a dominant mode of transaction. At present, ban...
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Has it ever happened that you return home from work, looking forward to tell your man that you have been promoted sooner than most colleagues, and you are met with indifference (read: resentment)? Gue...
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Studies show that sexting is indeed on the rise among teenagers all over the world. In fact, a study published in JAMA this year notes, "...sexting is associated with various sexual behaviors and ment...
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We want people to worry a little bit less about how many likes they're getting on Instagram and spend a bit more time connecting with the people that they care about," Adam Mosseri, Head of Insta...
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Going to Mars is about as much of a challenge as chomping on a Mars chocolate bar -- at least, that's the impression "Mission Mangal" gives you. Akshay Kumar's latest ode to the nation prior...
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Here's the full statement:Press release by All India Cine Workers AssociationMika Singh's performance at the mehndi ceremony of the daughter of Karachi based billionaire businessman Adnan As...
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Abhay's plans in life will be thrown in a tizzy with the resurfacing of his onetime flame Babli Yadav (Parineeti) in his life. They call her Babli Bomb for her feisty personality, and she is quit...
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take your little one to a pediatrician. He asks if you would like to get him vaccinated for influenza. Considering that the doctor presented it to you as an option, a lot of you deem it unnecessary an...
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Energy healing is a holistic practice that helps in activating the body's subtle energy systems to remove blocks. By breaking through these energetic blocks, the body's inherent ability to h...
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According to Globocan 2018 data (a research on incidence, mortality rate and prevalence of 36 types of cancers in 185 countries), the five most prevalent cancers in Indian men are those of mouth, lung...
by : Priti Prakash
Out of the three significant issues that majorly dot India China relations, NSG and BRI being the ot...
by : Satya Narayan Sahu
Yesterday i.e. on 8th July 2019, the 106th birth anniversary of comrade late Shri Jyoti Basu was cel...
by : Rajeshwar Singal
This may sound like a dilemma, but it is not far from truth. Conduct Rules are meant to govern condu...
by : Sunita Narain
The idea of secularism is this very idea of India which respects the equality of all. Of course, wit...
by : Ravi Kishore
Today every one is talking about judicial accountability i.e. how the whole system of judiciary is t...
