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September 4, 2025 10:14 AM
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he plans to hold talks about the war in Ukraine in coming days after his Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in August failed to achieve a breakthrough. Trump has been frustrated ...
September 4, 2025 10:15 AM
In a historic move, the Union government has slashed the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates for 33 cancer drugs and rare medicines -- from 12 to zero per cent. The decision taken by the GST Council, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on...
September 4, 2025 10:49 AM
A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration unlawfully terminated about $2.2 billion in grants awarded to Harvard University and can no longer cut off research funding to the prestigious Ivy League school. T...
September 4, 2025 10:09 AM
Russia has no plans to discuss any potential foreign military deployment in Ukraine in any format, calling it "unacceptable", foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters on Thursday. She was commenting on remarks by European Commissi...
September 4, 2025 9:50 AM
The GST rate rejig will make small cars and two-wheelers cheaper and big SUVs also are set to become affordable, as the festive season inches closer. The GST Council has approved transformational changes to India's indirect tax structure — adoptin...
September 4, 2025 11:18 AM
Donald Trump's administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to swiftly hear a bid to preserve his sweeping tariffs pursued under a 1977 law meant for emergencies after a lower court invalidated most of the levies that have been central ...
September 4, 2025 9:33 AM
After the Union government announced sweeping next-generation GST reforms to bring relief across sectors, from daily essentials and healthcare to farming, education, automobiles, and appliances, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar lauded th...
September 4, 2025 9:22 AM
Lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visionary leadership for delivering on his promises to the people of the country, Union Home Minister Amit Shah termed the GST tax rate cuts and reforms as a "truly transformative decision" and added that these ...
September 4, 2025 11:16 AM
After the GST Council approved historical changes to India's indirect tax structure, several daily-use goods will become cheaper from September 22. The new tax structure, adopted on Wednesday, has two major slabs now 5 per cent and 18 per cent, and ...
September 4, 2025 8:53 AM
The landmark next-generation GST reforms that were announced on Wednesday include significant relief to citizens in the healthcare and insurance sectors. One of the biggest announcements is the complete removal of GST on individual health and life in...
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