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September 4, 2025 1:23 PM

GST Council cuts tax on renewable energy equipment to 5 percent

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council has reduced the tax on renewable energy devices and manufacturing parts from 12 per cent to 5 per cent, effective from September 22 this year. The Council also raised the tax on coal and lignite from 5 per ce...

September 4, 2025 12:48 PM

Afghanistan earthquake death toll rises, survivors face aid crunch

Rescue workers battled to pull bodies from the rubble of homes razed in Afghanistan's earthquakes this week, as time runs out for survivors, who face a bleak future with global aid agencies warning of dwindling funds for food, shelter and medicines. ...

September 4, 2025 11:20 AM

Putin tells Ukraine: End war via talks or I will end it by force

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Kyiv on Wednesday there was a chance to end the war in Ukraine via negotiations "if common sense prevails", an option he said he preferred, but that he was ready to end it by force if that was the only way. ...

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