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WEF Summit at Davos: PM Modi to address opening session, Trump on final day

Modi will be accompanied Arun Jaitley, Piyush Goyal, Suresh Prabhu, Dharmendra Pradhan, M J Akbar and Jitendra Singh

Biscuit manufacturers call for lower GST rate, cite mass comsumption

The GST Council kept biscuits at 18 per cent tax slab under the Goods and Services Tax, which was rolled out from July 1 last year

Israeli PM Netanyahu inaugurates 'Raisina Dialogue', praises Modi policies

Netanyahu, on a six-day visit to India, said a government can both facilitate and block economic growth

DGCA moots steps to enhance employability of aircraft maintenance engineers

Jayant Sinha was addressing a discussion on enhancing the employability of aircraft maintenance engineers

GST, other such policies to boost gold demand, says World Gold Council

Income growth also spurs savings, helping increase demand for gold bars and coins

Centre approves proposal to procure assault rifles, carbines worth Rs 35 bn

The procurement is expected to address the shortage of small arms for the armed forces

Global Business Summit: Reliance emerges as a top investor in West Bengal

A major portion of the announced Rs 50-billion investment has gone towards creating the Jio network

GST: Anti-profiteering body notice to HUL for withholding pricing benefits

This is the sixth notice issued by DGS to entities for not reducing prices after GST rollout

Milk output up 5% in FY18 summer season, egg production rises by 7%: Govt

Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Andhra Pradesh are top five milk producing states in the summer season

Global IT spending to hit $3.7 trn in 2018 on AI, blockchain boost: Gartner

Organisations are expected to increase spending on enterprise application software in 2018

Centre plans to invest Rs 107 bn to boost telecommunication in north east

Department of telecommunications also plans to establish a robust telecom network in bordering areas of the northeast

Krishnapatnam Port to expand bouquet; build liquid bulk cargo, LNG terminal

The overall project comprises an LNG floating storage, onshore buffer storage tank, re-gasification etc

Restaurant sector seeks re-introduction of input tax credit, says NRAI

"We would urge government of India to re-introduce ITC for restaurants," Singh said

GST Council considering single-stage filing to ease procedure

The GST Council is also considering a 'staggered' system where bigger companies would be allowed to file their taxes first

Budget 2018: Disincentivise cigarette smuggling through tax policy

FAIFA said seizure of smuggled cigarettes has doubled in the last two years indicating the increase in smuggling

Rs 50 bn investment: RIL to manufacture electronics in Bengal, says Ambani

Mukesh Ambani told Mamata Banerjee, 'Didi, under your leadership, West Bengal is becoming best Bengal'

Benjamin Netanyahu's Agra visit to bolster UP's defence manufacturing pitch

Uttar Pradesh to showcase defence manufacturing sector at 'UP Investors' Summit 2018'

GST Council meet on Jan 18; discussion on real estate inclusion key agenda

Earlier in November, Finance Ministry chaired a meeting with real estate developers over GST to be levied on properties

Fixing Aadhaar bugs: Putting a finger on the biometric problem

Ensure that Aadhaar enrolment centres are accessible to the elderly and wheelchair users; train the staff to be more sensitive to differently-abled people

Budget 2018 will be Modi govt's biggest challenge in 4 years. Here's why

The BJP government is more popular in urban areas than it is in the countryside