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GoM bats for exemption of life insurance premium from GST: Report

The GoM to decide on the GST rate on life and health insurance met on Saturday and decided to exempt GST on premiums paid for health insurance with coverage of Rs 5 lakh for individuals

GoM recommends lowering GST rate on water bottles, bicycles to 5%: Report

The rate rejig decision taken by the GoM on GST rate rationalisation under Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary would lead to a revenue gain of Rs 22,000 crore

Elections alone don't make democracy, people's voice also matters: Wangchuk

The activist, who has been subsisting on salt-water solution since October 6, also rued that his supporters were being stopped from meeting him by heavy barricading erected around the building

Modi govt anti-farmer, adequate procurement not happening: Congress

Dubey claimed that a report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee has made a shocking revelation that the then agriculture minister Narendra Tomar was writing letters to Narendra Modi since 2017

India's road infrastructure will surpass that of US: Nitin Gadkari

The senior BJP leader said his friend Ratan Tata, who died earlier this month, had asked him several times about the quote during his visits to the minister's office

Common Brics currency will take time, need cautious approach, says Putin

Putin said that at this point of time BRICS currency is a long term prospect. It is not under consideration. BRICS will be cautious and act gradually, move slowly

Aim to restore smiles in both Jammu and Kashmir divisions: Omar Abdullah

However, the chief minister said whatever the reasons, he knows that his government will not run on the voting pattern

Bomb threats escalate, over 30 Indian flights affected since morning

o far this week, at least 70 flights of Indian carriers have received bomb threats and most of them turned out to be hoaxes

Cong's Manish Tewari urges parliamentary oversight of intelligence agencies

India has rejected the charges as absurd and denied any involvement of its agencies or officials

Vijaya Kishore Rahatkar succeeds Rekha Sharma as new NCW chairperson

In addition to the appointment of Rahatkar, Archana Majumdar has been officially named a member of the NCW for a tenure of three years

RBL Bank Q2 results: PAT down 24% at Rs 223 cr on MFI exposures stress

The private sector lender had reported a post-tax net profit of Rs 294 crore in the year-ago period, and Rs 372 crore in the preceding June quarter

BJP protests outside Delhi CM's residence, demands tabling of CAG report

According to officials, the CAG reports cover a variety of topics, including the state finances audit, the prevention of vehicular air pollution, public health infrastructure and services

Shapoorji Pallonji's Afcons Infra to float Rs 5,430 cr IPO on Oct 25

The initial share sale will conclude on October 29 and the bidding for anchor investors will open for a day on October 24, according to the red herring prospectus (RHP)

Climate change affects the most marginalised, need to learn from past: CJI

India has long recognised the value of nature. It is not only about the state doing it. But we citizens will also have to do it." Apart from these provisions in the Constitution

Xi Jinping inspects military brigade, calls for strengthening deterrence

Xi on Thursday visited at Hefei the Chinese People's Liberation Army's (PLA) Rocket Force, a key arm of the military operating the missiles, including nuclear weapons

262K MT of paddy lifted, 1.63 mn MT procured: Punjab food minister

To a question on the lesser out-turn ratio in PR-126 variety, Kataruchak said the CM during his recent visit raised the issue with the Centre

125,000 openings listed by companies under PM Internship Scheme: Report

Announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Union Budget 2024, the scheme aims to provide an opportunity to do an internship in the top 500 companies in India for 12 months

Breast cancer cases surge seen among young Indian women over last 3 decades

The recent data from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) showed that breast cancer accounted for 28.2 per cent of cancers in women

Ahead of Assembly polls, EC orders removal of acting Jharkhand DGP

The decision to remove Gupta was taken based on a history of complaints and action taken by the commission against him during previous elections

Commercialisation of education harming its quality, says V-P Dhankhar

Dhankhar said, "I see all around that what began as charitable work has now become commerce. Education becoming a business is not good for the future of the nation"