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As India hosts Brics, partners seek more predictable trade regime

WTO review exposes trade concerns among BRICS partners, with China, Indonesia and Brazil seeking greater predictability and fewer barriers in India's trade regime

Delhi building collapse: Students worry about safety, but options limited

"Our parents have been calling us. They are anxious and want us back home, or at least shifting elsewhere," says Ansh Agarwal, a second-year BA student from Motilal Nehru College, DU

Delhi gears up to raise SDRF, battalion of 1,100 personnel proposed

In a meeting of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta with senior National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) officials at the Delhi Secretariat, necessary inputs were gathered for the state-of-the-art SDERF team

Global consumer companies see India as a long-term growth market

Executives at Coca-Cola, Mondelez, Unilever and Reckitt Benckiser see India offering strong growth on resilient demand, premiumisation and wider distribution

Trade unions question composition of minimum wage advisory board

AITUC, CITU and NFITU have raised concerns over the exclusion of major central trade unions and the board's role in the formulation of minimum-wage policy

Supreme Court asks FSSAI where to draw line on food label warnings

Supreme Court asks food regulator to spell out quantitative thresholds and scientific basis for identifying packaged foods that would require front-of-pack warnings

India, Russia aim to increase trade to $100 bn by 2030: Piyush Goyal

Commerce minister says non-energy trade offers headroom for growth as India and Russia target $100 billion in annual bilateral trade and $50 billion in investment by 2030

Haryana tops states with seven most productive informal-sector districts

NSO's first district-level estimates show sharp geographic concentration in informal-sector productivity, while Telangana and the Northeast lead in women's participation

Delhi HC bars GST registration without biometric Aadhaar authentication

The court granted the authorities liberty to file objections regarding any practical difficulty in its implementation and listed the matter for hearing on September 22.

Karnataka govt limits Vande Mataram to two stanzas at official events

The Congress govt in Karnataka has ordered that only the first 2 stanzas of Vande Mataram be sung at its programmes, except those attended by the president, vice-president, prime minister or governor.

Indian envoy urges stable, predictable India-China ties ahead of Xi visit

This will be Xi's first visit to India in nearly seven years. He is also expected to hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit from September 12 to 13.

Next-generation reform architecture to be defined by deregulation: Gauba

Niti Aayog Member Rajiv Gauba says the next phase of reforms must dismantle the maze of permissions, approvals and renewals burdening businesses and citizens

West Bengal AAR says actual-cost electricity recovery not liable to GST

Authority says electricity charges recovered without any markup or profit, including for HVAC and common areas, can be excluded from the value of maintenance services

Delhi HC orders biometric Aadhaar authentication for all GST registrations

Court takes note of misuse of stolen or frozen PAN and Aadhaar details, asks authorities to examine additional safeguards against fraudulent GST registrations

Rajasthan govt to set up 39 food parks to boost agro, food processing

Rajasthan plans 39 food parks, with land allocated at 35 locations, to boost agro-processing, farmer incomes and value addition across the state

India backs safe, sustainable space domain based on int'l law: PM Modi

Addressing the International Space Summit, PM Modi called for global cooperation in building a safe space domain and urged France and other nations to partner in India's next-gen space research

CJP protest: SC seeks govt report on minor girl's harassment allegation

A bench led by CJI Surya Kant directed the Solicitor General to ensure action on the minor girl's FIR and sought reports from the Delhi and Uttar Pradesh governments

Brics summit: 15,000 Delhi Police personnel to be deployed for security

Massive deployment will be made for law and order, security and traffic management, he said, adding that security arrangements will cover the airport, hotels

Punjab HC strikes down Income Tax Act's Section 147A as unconstitutional

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has struck down Section 147A of the Income Tax Act as unconstitutional, affecting rules on who can issue reassessment notices under the faceless tax system

MCD intensifies demolition drive across Delhi after Satya Niketan collapse

Civic teams carried out action against dangerous buildings, unauthorised construction and building norm violations across all 12 zones following death of 7 people in Satya Niketan PG collapse