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Modi highlights ‘double bonanza’ of GST reduction, income tax benefits

PM lauded India's socio-economic progress, saying '25 crore people have overcome poverty' in the last 11 years, giving rise to a 'neo-middle class'.

Buy & sell ‘swadeshi’, Modi appeals to nation before GST 2.0 comes into effect

Emphasising self-reliance as the path to a developed India, Modi said the reduction in GST rates will directly benefit micro and small businesses.

‘GST bachat utsav to begin tomorrow’: PM Modi on GST 2.0 coming into effect

GST reforms would benefit the poor, middle-class, farmers, traders, and entrepreneurs alike, Modi said in his address to the nation on Sunday.

Thousands take to streets in Tel Aviv to protest Israeli offensive in Gaza

As thousands poured onto the streets to protest Israel's ground operations in Gaza, they also urged Donald Trump to put pressure on Netanyahu to accept a ceasefire agreement.

Trump repeats claim he ended Indo-Pak ‘war’; says he deserves Nobel prize for ‘ending 7 wars’

Washington: US President Donald Trump has repeated his claims of brokering peace between India and Pakistan earlier this year through trade, stating that he...

PM Modi to address nation at 5pm Sunday days after announcement of GST 2.0

Earlier this month, GST Council unanimously approved collapsing the existing four-tier structure into a simplified two-slab system, effective 22 September—coinciding with Navaratri.

‘Fix your foreign policy’—Congress’s Pramod Tiwari slams Modi after Trump’s H-1B fee announcement

Trump's H-1B visa hike to $100,000 is set to impact India adversely as 71% of the visa holders in US are Indians.

US Chamber of Commerce warns Trump’s H-1B order could hurt workers, families & employers

President Trump signed an Executive Order Friday, raising the fee for companies sponsoring H-1B applicants to USD 100,000, effective only for new applications filed after 21 sept.

Delhi HC transfers MJ Akbar’s defamation appeal against journalist Priya Ramani

The Delhi HC transferred the case to a special MP/MLA court noting that the matter involved a former Member of Parliament. The case will now come up before Justice Ravinder Dudeja on 15 October.

Assamese singer Zubeen Garg dies in scuba diving accident in Singapore

The famous 'Ya Ali' singer suffered breathing difficulties while diving, according to the statement by the Northeast India Festival.

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Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.