GST slab of 28% may become virtual “hollow shell” in year or so : Arvind Subramanian
New Delhi, July 26: Outgoing Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian exuded confidence that the highest slab of 28 per cent tax ...
BRICS emerging economies meet as US trade war looms
Johannesburg, Jul 26: Leaders of the BRICS emerging economies – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – ...
Over 3 L hit by rains, floods in Odisha; 20 dead
Bhubaneswar, Jul 26: More than three lakh people in 20 districts of Odisha have been affected, while at least 20 people died due to ...
EU readying tariffs on $20 billion of U.S. goods : EU trade commissioner
Stockholm: The European Union Commission is preparing to introduce tariffs on $20 billion of U.S. goods if Washington imposes trade ...
UNICEF warns of HIV crisis in teen girls, with 20 cases every hour
London: Teenagers, and particularly girls, are bearing the brunt of the global AIDS epidemic with around 30 adolescents becoming ...
Greek wildfires toll rises to 79 amid search for survivors
At least 79 people died in huge wildfires around Athens, Greek authorities said Wednesday, as rescuers scoured scorched homes and ...
19 bodies found after Laos dam collapse, hundreds still missing
Rescuers recovered 19 bodies and hundreds remain missing after a dam collapse swamped several villages in southern Laos, as ...
Only conditional permission for diversion of foodgrains to bio-fuels: Pradhan
New Delhi, July 25 : Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday assured Rajya Sabha members that ...
34 killed, 36 injured in violence across Pakistan on Election Day
Karachi/Peshawar, Jul 25 : At least 34 people were killed today, including 31 in a deadly suicide blast outside a polling station in ...
Lynching: Rajnath says Govt ready to enact new law
New Delhi, July 24 : A volley of protests from Opposition members, including from the Congress, Trinamool, CPI-M, erupted in the Lok ...