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Everyday essentials to luxury travel: GST cuts shape lives in varying ways
The GST Council cleared a sweeping overhaul of tax rates, affecting a swathe of items. HT spoke to three people across the income spectrum to understand its implications.
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September 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Curb EC powers in draft ONOE bill, say panel MPs
THE JOINT PANEL IS STILL EXAMINING THE 129TH CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT BILL AND A SIMILAR BILL FOR UTs
3 min |
September 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Reimagining education is key to future of work
We need disciplines to interact with each other — both for structural renovation of institutions and departments, as well as to ensure holistic, multidisciplinary, and future-ready education for students
4 min |
September 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Yamuna wanes slightly, but threat persists
Areas along the course of the Yamuna continued to reel from inundation on Thursday too, two days since the 206-metre mark was breached in Delhi for the first time this monsoon, but there was some respite as data from the Central Water Commission (CWC) started showing a downtrend on the day, with the water level stabilising.
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September 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
2 JAWANS KILLED IN J'KHAND GUNFIGHT WITH MAOISTS
Two security personnel were killed and another was injured in a gunfight with a splinter Maoist group in Jharkhand's Palamu district on Thursday, police said.
1 min |
September 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Ashish Kapoor arrested by Delhi Police in alleged rape case
Ashish Kapoor, known for his role in the popular television show Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, was arrested by Delhi Police in Pune after a woman accused him of rape, officials said on Wednesday.
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September 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
ODISHA DALIT MAN LYNCHED OVER SUSPECTED BEEF
A total of six people were arrested on Thursday for allegedly lynching a 35-year-old Dalit man and critically injuring his friend over suspicion that they were selling beef, police said.
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September 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Portugal investigates cause of streetcar crash that killed 16
Investigators sifted through the wreckage of a streetcar in downtown Lisbon on Thursday, trying to determine why the popular tourist attraction derailed during the busy summer season, killing 16 people and injuring 21, five of them seriously.
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September 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
GST slash to lower agri costs, spur mechanisation
The Goods and Services Tax on most agricultural inputs —from tractors to sprinklers — now fall in the lowest rate slab of 5% from as high as 18% earlier, a move that will push down farming costs and help spur mechanisation, analysts said.
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September 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Why moving into your self-owned office in a new building makes smart business sense
For any growing business, office space isn’t just a necessity — it's a strategic investment. While renting an office may seem convenient in the short term, moving into a self-owned office in a newly constructed building can offer long-term financial and operational advantages.
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September 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
COURT TO HEAR PLEA ON SONIA GANDHI IN ELECTORAL ROLL
A Delhi court will next week consider a plea seeking action against Congress parliamentary party chief Sonia Gandhi, alleging her name was included in the electoral rolls three years before she became an Indian citizen.
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September 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
FMCG, appliance cos to pass on GST cuts
Price cuts, promotions and packs with a little extra in them—that’s broadly how FMCG and appliance companies plan to pass on the benefit of GST rate cuts announced Wednesday evening to consumers.
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September 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
INDIA'S EXPORTS THIS YEAR TO BE HIGHER THAN 2024-25: GOYAL
India’s exports during the current financial year would be higher than 2024-24, said Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday, while asserting the government is working at a fast pace for diversification of outbound shipments.
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September 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
‘Collective effort has helped secure top rank’
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has secured top rank in the engineering category for the 10th consecutive year in NIRF 2025 and in the overall category for the 7th consecutive year. It also secured the first rank in the innovations category, improving upon its second position of last year. The Chennai-based institute also secured first rank in the category of ‘Sustainability Development Goals’ (SDG), which was introduced this year.
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September 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Four years on, FAA back in Slam semis
The last time Felix Auger-Aliassime made the semifinal of a Grand Slam, back in the 2021 US Open, he went past Carlos Alcaraz in the quarterfinal.
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September 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Gill's return to the T20Is is a no-brainer: Gavaskar
Shubman Gill's return to the Indian T20 team wasn't entirely straightforward. Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma had given explosive starts when Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal were away playing other formats. Jasiwal wasn't able to make it back. But the selectors’ kept faith in Gill. Seen as a future all-format leader, he's also been named vice-captain, almost guaranteeing him to start in the upcoming Asia Cup where India begin their campaign against UAE on September 10.
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September 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
CONGRESS SLAMS GOVT’S ETHANOL BLENDING POLICY
Fresh from its campaign against alleged “vote chori (theft)” in poll-bound Bihar, the Congress on Thursday launched an attack against the NDA government’ ethanol blending policy and the broken promises of lowering fuel prices.
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September 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Manpreet stars as India glide past Malaysia 4-1
After struggling in the tournament, the hosts finally find their rhythm in Asia Cup
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September 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Proactive protection lacking, US tariffs will hurt MSMEs
Indian exports to the US now face 50% tariffs. No other country in Asia has tariffs this high. Many leaders of the ruling dispensation have attempted to downplay the impact of these tariffs on Indian businesses by stating that India is a domestic consumption-led economy and that Trump's tariffs will not have a significant impact domestically. However, the reality could be very different.
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September 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Epstein survivors implore Congress to ‘release the files’
WASHINGTON: Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse made their voices heard on Wednesday on Capitol Hill, pressuring lawmakers to force the release of the sex trafficking investigation into the late financier and pushing back on President Donald Trump's effort to dismiss the issue as a “hoax”.
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September 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Govt, Oppn clash over credit for GST reforms
THE GOVT HAS WHITTLED DOWN THE GST RATE STRUCTURE FROM FOUR SLABS TO TWO MAIN RATES OF 5% AND 18%
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September 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
'Nearly 50% ministers face criminal cases'
THE REPORT BY THE ASSOCIATION FOR DEMOCRATIC REFORMS COVERED 643 MINISTERS, 302 OF WHOM FACE CRIMINAL CASES
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September 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
'WHEN YOU CONNECT WITH YOUR GURU, THEY WILL TEACH YOU EVEN IN DREAMS'
When the world identifies you as the last disciple of sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar and the great-grandson of music instrument maker Pandit Rikhi Ram Sharma, it can be intense.
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September 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Audit finds lapses in Odisha edu scheme
DESPITE EPM’S STANDARDISED RATES OF ₹2,945 TO ₹4,840 PER DESK, SCHOOLS AND EXECUTING AGENCIES BOUGHT THEM FOR RATES AS HIGH AS ₹7,907
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September 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Kabir and Mini's special Eid: Sadhya meets sheer khurma
For actor-host Mini Mathur and her husband, director Kabir Khan, this year's Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi will be multicultural. Mini says, “This year Onam and Eid may be on the same day, and we have a lot of Malayali friends. So, it's going to be sadhya meets sheer Khurma this year.” Kabir adds, “As a family, we celebrate all
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September 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
ASML looking to learn more about India, says CEO
Dutch company ASML, which makes equipment critical for manufacturing cutting-edge microprocessors, took part in Semicon India 2025 for the first time to study the ecosystem in the country and to explore growth opportunities, its CEO told HT in an interview.
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September 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
GST hike to make premium air travel costlier
The Goods and Services Tax Council has raised the levy on non-economy air travel from 12% to 18%, a move experts believe will drive up fares for passengers travelling in premium economy (PE), business and first class.
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September 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
SC slams delay in setting up NIA courts
{ COURT TELLS CENTRE TO ACT
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September 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Panel rejects NDMC's plan to reconstruct Bihar Niwas
The Delhi Urban Arts Commission (DUAC) has turned down a proposal submitted by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) to demolish and reconstruct the Bihar Niwas in Chanakyapuri, saying the building design presented was a generic \"modern structure\" that failed to reflect the cultural identity, heritage of Bihar.
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September 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
SC takes note of timber logs in floodwaters
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed alarm that rampant illegal tree felling appeared to be taking place across the fragile Himalayan belt, as it referred to videos of timber logs floating in the floodwaters of Himachal Pradesh.
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