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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
The Political and Business Daily
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
The Political and Business Daily
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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September 05, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
Trump says India kills us with tariffs, claims is New Delhi now offers ‘no tariff’ to America
INDIA kills the US with tariffs and the country has now offered \"no tariffs\" to America, President Donald Trump has said, amid New Delhi's escalating tensions with Washington over his administration's policies on trade and tariffs.
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September 04, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
Threshold for footwear, apparel raised
FM chaired 56th GST Council cuts rate on footwear, apparel priced upto ₹2,500 to 5 per cent
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September 04, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
Service sector PMI hits 15-year high in August
THE Indian services sector growth touched a 15-year high in August, driven by a sharp rise in new orders and output, amid substantial improvement in demand conditions, a monthly survey said on Wednesday.
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September 04, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
FDI up 15 pc to $18.62 billion in Apr-June FY26
FDI in India rose 15 per cent to $18.62 billion during April-June this fiscal year, while the inflow from the US nearly tripled to $5.61 billion during the quarter despite tariff issues, according to government data released on Wednesday.
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September 04, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
Cabinet clears ₹1.5Kcr sops to boost mineral recycling
THE Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved a Rs 1,500 crore incentive scheme to develop recycling capacity in the country for the separation and production of critical minerals from secondary sources.
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September 04, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
10 highway stretches for plying green hydrogen trucks identified: Centre
THE government has identified 10 highway stretches in different parts of country for plying green hydrogen powered trucks with an aim to reduce vehicular pollution, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday.
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September 03, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
Prez urges banks to boost financial inclusion
PRESIDENT Droupadi Murmu urged banks to help meet the national target of saturation in financial inclusion as it was one of the critical pillars of the country’s development.
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September 03, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
Modi: Next phase of Semicon Mission, DLI revamp in works
Says chip projects worth $18 billion underway
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September 03, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
Next gen GST reforms to set economy open and transparent: Sitharaman
THE next generation GST reforms would ‘absolutely’ set an economy open and transparent with further reduction in compliance burden and benefiting small businesses, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said.
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September 03, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
India hopeful of concluding trade pact with US by 'Nov or so': Goyal
COMMERCE and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday expressed hope that India will conclude the proposed bilateral trade agreement (BTA) with the US by the fall or November this year.
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September 03, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
No entry permit for foreigners involved in anti-national acts
States to set up detention camps
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September 03, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
Indians travelling to US fall for '1st time' in over 20 yrs
FOR the first time since 2001, excluding the Covid-19 years, the number of Indians visiting the United States has fallen as 2.1 lakh Indians travelled there in June 2025, which is an 8 per cent drop compared to 2.3 lakh in the same month last year, according to the US Commerce Department's National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO).
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September 01, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
Odisha govt forms 16 new notified area councils, upgrades seven others
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Sunday announced the formation of 16 new notified area councils as well as upgradation of seven existing NACs into municipalities.
1 min |
September 01, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
Motor Vehicle Tax shouldn't be levied if vehicle not used in 'public place', says Supreme Court
MOTOR vehicle tax is compensatory in nature and if a vehicle is not used or not kept for use in a 'public place', then its owner should not be burdened with motor vehicle tax for such period, the Supreme Court has said.
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September 01, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
Rural farmers can be global players: Edu Minister charts Odisha's tech-driven future
From marigold flowers cultivated in Nildungri village reaching London markets to local mangoes being exported to Europe, Union Education Minister and Sambalpur MP Dharmendra Pradhan sees technology and education transforming Odisha's agrarian communities into global players.
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