Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in a tweet message on Saturday said the Narendra Modi government is ready to talk to citizenship law protesters at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh if a request is made in a “structured” manner. “The government is ready to talk to protesters of Shaheen Bagh but then […]
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Congress hopes Union Budget 2020 will provide relief to salaried class, invest in rural India
The Congress on Saturday expressed hope that the Union Budget would provide relief to the salaried class through tax cuts and invest in rural India besides providing a healing touch to the common man and industry facing “hardship” since demonetisation. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the last budget led […]
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More Indians to be rescued from coronavirus-hit Wuhan as second Air India flight leaves today
The second flight to evacuate Indian nationals from coronavirus epicentre Wuhan in China will leave today, national carrier Air India said. “Another flight will depart from Delhi to Wuhan at 12.50 pm today with different set of crew, same team of doctors with different aircraft. The rescue team will be […]
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324 Indians evacuated from Wuhan to Delhi moved to 2 quarantine facilities
The first batch of 324 Indians who arrived in Air India special flight from Wuhan (China) in Delhi Saturday morning are being taken to Indo-Tibetan Border Police Chhawla camp in Delhi and an army camp at Manesar in Haryana for medical observation, ANI reported. Two hundred and eleven of the […]
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AC Milan recalls Diego Laxalt; Juventus offloads Emre Can
United States left back Antonee Robinson underwent medical exams with AC Milan in an attempt to transfer from Wigan but the deal fell through before the window closed on Friday. Instead, Milan recalled Diego Laxalt from Torino, where the Uruguay fullback had been on loan. Juventus was relatively quiet on […]
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s ‘bahi khata’ makes a comeback as she gets ready to present her second Budget
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman again opted for a bahi khata, a ledger wrapped in a red-coloured cloth, as she arrived in Parliament to present her second Budget. Sitharaman broke away from long-standing traditions of colonial-era when she ditched the briefcase and opted for traditional bahi khata while presenting her full Budget in 2019. The […]
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Delhi Assembly Election 2020: AAP starts new campaign over ‘terrorist CM’ remark
With about 10,000 posters printed overnight and more than a million pamphlets likely to arrive in a day, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Friday launched a new campaign to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over MP Parvesh Verma’s remark that chief minister Arvind Kejriwal is a “terrorist”. The […]
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Budget 2020: Nirmala Sitharaman’s second budget may have tax cuts, sops to spur growth
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her second budget on Saturday seeking to revive a sagging economy and spur consumer demand as she is expected to increase spending on infrastructure and cut taxes. Nirmala Sitharaman will be aiming to get growth back up with the economy staring at the worst pace of expansion recorded in […]
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‘Uncle will shoot us’: Twins yet to recover from trauma of Farrukhabad hostage crisis
Ten-year-old twin sisters Ganga and Jamuna are yet to recover from the nearly nine-hour trauma they underwent during the hostage crisis at Karthia village in Farrukhabad district on Thursday night, their father said on Friday. A murder accused, Subhash Batham, had held 23 children, including the twins, hostage in the basement of […]
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GDP growth for fiscal year 2019 revised downward
The Indian economy which was expected to grow at 5% in 2019-20, will now be growing at 5.7%. This upward revision of 70 basis points (bps) is not because the Indian economy will do better than expected in the current fiscal year. One basis point is one hundredth of a […]
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Indian economy experienced abrupt slowdown, but it’s not in a recession: IMF
The Indian economy experienced some abrupt slowdown in 2019 due to turbulence in non-banking financial institutions and major reform measures such as GST and demonetisation, but it is not in a recession, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has said. “The Indian economy indeed has experienced an abrupt slowdown in 2019. […]
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Tax revenue, disinvestment target: Experts shed light on focus areas of Budget
The Union Budget is a virtual smorgasbord of numbers, but here’s what some top economists will be looking at (and why) when the finance minister presents the finance bill on Saturday. The ones most pick: disinvestment target; tax revenue; government expenditure (especially capital expenditure); and the primary deficit. Maitreesh Ghatak, Professor, […]
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SC issues notice to PMO over plea on black money details
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in a plea by former Indian Forest Service officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi seeking details of black money recovered from overseas locations since June 2014. The notice came after Chaturvedi challenged a Delhi high court judgment which upheld the […]
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Here is your horoscope for 1 Feb, 2020
Aries You’re in great shape on professional and leisure levels today, dear Aries, and you could enjoy applying yourself to a pleasurable pursuit. With a Venus-Pluto connection forming, encouraging energy is with you for doing something you genuinely enjoy and putting more of yourself into it. You are more disciplined […]
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2-day nationwide bank strike for wage revision begins, services hit
Bank employees from across the country on Friday participated in the two-day nationwide bank strike to press for wage revision and other demands. Several states including West Bengal, Bihar, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu are witnessing the protests, hitting services like cash deposits, withdrawals and cheque clearances. All India Bank Employees’ Association […]