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Persons with income up to Rs7 lakh will not have to pay INCOME tax; exemption limit raised to Rs3 lakh
01 Feb 2023
Basic customs duty reduced from 21% to 13%
01 Feb 2023
Budget 2023-24: Focus on reforms through technology-driven mechanism
01 Feb 2023
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has proposed an overarching Saptarishi – 7 priorities of the government aimed at a multi-sectored focus on reforms through technology-driven and knowledge-based mechanisms during Amrit Kaal
Jagdeep Dhankhar to be sworn in as new Vice President on 10 August
09 Aug 2022
Dhankar, former governor of West Bengal and a senior counsel at the Supreme Court years ago, has been in politics for over 30 years since the 1990s, but had only a brief stint in government as a minister in former Prime Minister Chandrashekhar’s cabinet
Draupadi Murmu sworn in as 15th President of India
26 Jul 2022
We in India, especially those from the tribal community, take necessary resources from nature and serve nature with equal reverence, and this sensitivity has become a global imperative today, the President pointed out in her first address.
Droupadi Murmu elected President of India
22 Jul 2022
NDA’s presidential nominee Droupadi Murmu defeated rival candidate Yashwant Sinha by a margin of 947 votes, bagging 64.03 per cent of the electoral college votes against Sinha’s 35.97 per cent
UK slaps 25% windfall tax on profits of oil and gas companies
30 May 2022
Robbing Peter to pay Paul is a key policy of the opposition Labour Party and this would be especially sensitive now because it undermines the core Conservative values
BJP wins 4 out of 5 states in assembly polls
14 Mar 2022
While the BJP secured 273 of the 403 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 47 of the 70 seats in Uttarakhand, 32 out of 60 seats in Manipur and 20 of the 40 seats in Goa, the biggest gainer was AAP, which secured 92 of the 117 seats in Punjab and emerged as the real challenge to the BJP
Cabinet approves release of an additional 3% DA and DR to central govt staff, pensioners
27 Oct 2021
Govt sets up cyber lab for online capacity building on cyber law, crime investigation and digital forensics
07 Sep 2021
US Retreat Pushes Afghanistan Back Into The Dark Ages
05 Sep 2021
Not just that, the US and its allies have taken home enough of the lesser Talibans so that liberal democrats in those countries can nurture refugee-driven unrest, to challenge and destabilise governments there
India achieved emission reduction of 28% over 2005 levels, against target of 35% by 2030: minister
26 Aug 2021
PM launches digital payment solution e-Rupi
03 Aug 2021
The e-Rupi voucher, a targeted, transparent and leakage free digital pyment solution, will play a huge role in making DBT more effective and will give a new dimension to digital governance, said the prime minister
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As costs of saying final goodbyes rise UK families resort to crowdfunding to pay for funerals
By Axel Miller | 16 Jan 2025
The cost of saying a final goodbye to loved ones in the UK has reached a grim new high, leaving families grappling with unexpected financial burdens.
The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
By Cygnus | 28 Dec 2024
On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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