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Torrent Group’s green hydrogen plant in UP inaugurated

New Delhi, Aug 17 (PTI) Ahmedabad-based Torrent Group's green hydrogen plant in Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh was on Sunday inaugurated by state chief...

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

‘Next Gen GST’ precursor to eventual single tax slab GST: Sources

New Delhi, Aug 16 (PTI) Describing the proposed GST tax reforms as ‘Next Gen GST’, senior government officials on Saturday said that the...

Govt implements Rs 3,000 FASTag pass for private vehicles

New Delhi, Aug 15 (PTI) State-owned NHAI has implemented the FASTag annual pass across the country from Friday to encourage the use of technology...

GST revamp to see rates of 5%, 18%; 40% tax on 7 items

New Delhi, Aug 15 (PTI) The central government has proposed just two tax rates of 5 per cent and 18 per cent in the...

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

Rs 15,000 for first-time employees: Modi’s employment incentive push on Independence Day

Approved by Union Cabinet last month as ELI scheme, PM Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana aims to incentivise creation of more than 3.5 cr jobs in the country over a period of two years.

Be ‘atmanirbhar’ and go ‘swadeshi’: PM Modi’s clarion call to nation on 79th Independence Day

New Delhi: 'Atmanirbharta' and a call for 'swadeshi' were the mainstay of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s longest Independence Day address Friday, at a time...

‘Standing like a wall’: PM Modi vows to protect interests of farmers in Independence Day speech 

New Delhi: Amid the American tariff hike, PM Narendra Modi in his 12th consecutive Independence Day speech reiterated that India will not compromise on...

Status of US team visiting India for trade talks to be known closer to scheduled date: Commerce Secy

New Delhi, Aug 14 (PTI) The status of a US delegation visiting India for the next round of bilateral trade talks will be...

On Camera

Why Modi, BJP should worry about bad blood between CEC Gyanesh Kumar and Rahul Gandhi

If there is bad blood between the CEC and the Opposition leaders, it will shake the people’s faith in election results. It’s the worst thing that could happen to Indian democracy.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

India provides Nepal with military equipment, medical supplies; PM Oli likely to visit next month

New Delhi: India has handed over military equipment, medical supplies, trained dogs and horses to the Nepalese Army Monday, ahead of Prime Minister K.P....

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?