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Piyush Goyal: Benefits of GST rate cuts must be passed on to consumers
UNION Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday asked the industry to pass on the full benefit of GST rate cuts to consumers, thereby increasing the demand of domestic products and strengthen the foundation of India's economy.
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September 09, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
Oppn MPs meet to display unity & solidarity on eve of VP election
LEADERS of the opposition INDIA bloc held a meeting in the Parliament complex on Monday in a show of unity on the eve of the vice presidential election, and urged MPs to listen to their inner conscience and vote independently in this \"ideological battle\".
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September 09, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
VP poll: Radhakrishnan versus Sudershan Reddy
THE stage is set for a direct contest between ruling NDA nominee C P Radhakrishnan and joint opposition candidate B Sudershan Reddy for Tuesday's vice-presidential election, with the BJP-led alliance having a clear edge in the poll necessitated due to the sudden resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar.
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September 09, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
SC directs poll panel to include Aadhaar as 12th prescribed document for Bihar SIR
Use of unfair means: You are destroying system of public exams, SC tells accused
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September 09, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
India cuts local remedies exhaustion period to 3 years for Israeli investors
INDIA has cut down the local remedies exhaustion period for Israeli investors to three years from the earli-
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September 09, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
Top wildlife panel cautious on extending voluntary community relocation policy beyond tiger reserves
THE Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife (SCNBWL) has deferred a decision on extending the policy for voluntary community relocation to wildlife corridors and reclassifying the rhesus monkey under the Wildlife Protection Act, calling for further studies and wider consultations.
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September 08, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
Love for country must guide your choice: Sudershan Reddy to MPs
Oppn MPs to practise with 'mock poll'
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September 08, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
Odisha's draft parking policy moots demand-based charges & more public transport push
draft parking policy, the Odisha government has proposed demand-based charges and promotion of sustainable mobility options such as walking, cycling, and the use of public transport, according to a statement issued on Sunday.
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September 08, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
India, EU working on series of transformative initiatives besides eyeing to seal FTA
Eyeing to conclude their ambitious free trade deal soon, India and European Union will hold two rounds of crucial negotiations in next one month to overcome differences in areas of rules of origin, market access and duties on wine and dairy products, authoritative sources said on Sunday.
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September 08, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
Kharge accuses EC of stonewalling info in Karnataka 'voter fraud' case
Transformative milestone in country's politics: Cong hails Rahul's BJY on launch anniversary
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September 08, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
PM attends workshop for BJP MPs, resolution on GST reforms approved
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday attended a workshop for BJP MPs where a resolution was passed lauding the government for the GST reforms ahead of the party's nationwide outreach to highlight its benefits.
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September 08, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
Will 'Hum Do Hamare Do' apply only to Modi govt: Jairam Ramesh's dig on Bhagwat's remark
CONGRESS leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday said that while RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has appealed to all Indian couples to have three children, BJP-ruled states have been disincentivising people with more than two children.
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September 07, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
GST overhaul people's reform, touches all: FM
CALLING the landmark GST overhaul a 'people's reform', Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that rationalisation of rates for a wide swath of products will benefit every family, boost consumption, and bolster the economy.
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September 07, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
Rain damage: Landslide strikes Himachal’s Sirmaur, 2 killed in house collapse in Jaipur
A landslide in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur Saturday morning shaved off a 200-metre swath from a hill, a house collapse likely triggered by rain killed a man and his five-year-old daughter in Jaipur, while in Uttarakhand, students hired a helicopter to reach their exam centre in the landslide-hit Munsiyari.
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September 07, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
Sasikala paid ₹450 cr in old notes to buy sugar factory during demonetisation: CBI
VK Sasikala, a close aide of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, had allegedly paid Rs 450 crore in old high-denomination currency notes to buy a sugar factory during demonetisation in 2016, according to an FIR lodged by the CBI.
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September 07, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
India-US ties 'special', says Trump
Modi reciprocates positive assessment
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September 07, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
EC top brass to discuss pan-India SIR preparedness with machinery
THE Election Commission top brass will discuss the preparedness of pan-India rollout of special intensive revision of voters’ list with its state representatives next week, officials said Saturday.
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September 07, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
Border dispute with China biggest security challenge followed by Pak proxy war: CDS
THE unresolved boundary dispute with China is the biggest national security challenge followed by Pakistan's proxy war and its strategy of \"bleeding India by a thousand cuts\", Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan said on Friday.
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September 06, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
GST 2.0 all set to unlock volume growth for FMCG sector: Report
THE fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector stands at the cusp of a structural reset as the GST Council has rolled out GST 2.0, with the reform simplifying the existing four-tier structure into two slabs — 5 per cent and 18 per cent — with a 40 per cent rate reserved for sin and luxury goods, a report said on Friday.
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September 06, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
Smart teachers more important than smart classrooms: Prez Murmu
SMART blackboards, smart classrooms and other modern facilities have their own importance in schools and higher education institutions but the most important thing is smart teachers, President Droupadi Murmu said on Friday. Recalling her time as a teacher, she described it to be a very meaningful period of her life.
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September 06, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
India junks Peter Navarro's comments
India supports early end to Ukraine conflict
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September 06, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
Vedanta beats Adani with ₹17K cr bid to acquire JAL
MINING conglomerate Vedanta on Friday beat Gautam Adani's Group to make a winning bid for the acquisition of debt-ridden Jaiprakash Associates (JAL) for Rs 17,000 crore, according to sources.
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September 06, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
Vital for India’s journey towards self-reliance: Modi on NEP 2020
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Friday shared an article on the significance of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, explaining how it would be central to India’s journey towards self-reliance and development.
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September 06, 2025
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IRF 2025: IIT Madras tops rankings for 7th year, IISc best varsity for 10th time
THE Indian Institute of Technology, Madras retained the top spot in 'overall’ category for the seventh consecutive year, while the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru was ranked as the best university for the tenth year in a row, according to the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2025 released on Thursday.
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September 05, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
Terror pact: ISKP, AQIS divide India into ‘zones of operation’
THE Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) and the Al Qaeda in the Sub-Continent (AQIS) were both launched in Afghanistan with the sole intention of creating havoc in the region.
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September 05, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
Floods: SC asks for replies from Centre, NDMA, affected states
CONSIDERING the unprecedented landslides and flooding in states like Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the Supreme Court on Thursday sought the stand of the Centre, National Disaster Management Authority and others, and observed “illegal felling of trees led to the disasters\".
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September 05, 2025
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PM Modi, EU leaders reaffirm commitment on final FTA talks
INDIA and European Union on Thursday pledged to seal their much-awaited free trade deal by December with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the 27-nation bloc's top leaders Antonio Costa and Ursula von der Leyen pledging to promoting, a rules-based global order, amid Washington's disruptive trade policies.
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September 05, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
Goyal urges industry to pass on GST rate benefits to consumers
THE industry must pass on to consumers the full benefits of the GST rate reductions, the \"biggest ever reform\" since India’s independence, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday.
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September 05, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
Kuki-Zo groups sign pact with govt; agree for peace, Manipur's ‘territorial integrity to be intact’
TWO prominent Kuki-Zo groups on Thursday signed a suspension of operations agreement with the government on renegotiated terms and conditions under which they agreed on maintaining territorial integrity of Manipur, relocating designated camps away from vulnerable areas and working for a solution to bring lasting peace and stability in the state.
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September 05, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
GST overhaul: Congress claims wait for 'true GST 2.0' continues
WITH the GST Council approving a complete overhaul of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, the Congress on Thursday termed it a \"GST 1.5\" and said the wait for a \"true GST 2.0\" continues.
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