Day: September 20, 2019

Trump denounces ‘partisan’ whistleblower as scandal swirls

Donald Trump angrily denied wrongdoing Friday in a phone call with a mystery foreign leader that prompted an intelligence whistleblower to sound the alarm, as reports say the complaint centers on a conversation with Ukraine’s leader. The allegations have triggered a showdown between Congress, whose Democratic leaders are […]

Trump announces toughest sanctions ‘ever’ on Iran

President Donald Trump on Friday announced new sanctions on Iran’s central bank, calling the measures the toughest ever imposed on another country by the United States. “We have just sanctioned the Iranian national bank,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “These are the highest sanctions ever imposed […]

Journalists see heart of Saudi oil industry after attack

BUQAYQ, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia took journalists on Friday to the site of a missile-and-drone strike on the kingdom’s oil industry that shook global energy markets over the weekend, while Kuwait raised the security levels at its ports following the attack that the U.S. alleges Iran carried […]

India cuts corporate taxes to boost manufacturing and revive growth

PANAJI, India – India cut corporate tax rates on Friday in a surprise move designed to woo manufacturers, revive private investment and lift growth from a six-year low that has led to major job losses and fueled discontent in the countryside. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, under pressure to […]

Nifty, Sensex clock best day in 10 years after sharp cuts in corporate taxes

Indian shares notched their best day in more than a decade after the government announced deep cuts in corporate taxes to revive flagging growth in Asia’s third-largest economy. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the effective corporate tax rate would be lowered to around 25% from 30% and scrapped […]

Notification of Registration and Licensing of Industrial Undertaking (Amendment) Rules, 2019

open view news desk G.S.R   (E).-  Whereas draft of certain rules further to amend the Registration and Licensing of Industrial Undertakings Rules, 1952, were published, as required by sub-section (1) of section 30 of the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951 (65 of 1951), vide notification of the […]

5 Afghan passengers held at IGI Airport; 370 ingested capsules of heroin of high purity worth Rs 15 crores recovered

open view news desk Five male Afghan passengers , aged 18, 19, 20, 20 and 29 years respectively, arrived at T3, IGI Airport, New Delhi, by flight No. FG 311 (Kandahar-Kabul-Delhi) at 18:00 hrs on 14th September 2019. On the basis of specific intelligence indicating that these five passengers […]

Standard Operating Procedure for Acceptance of Transport Related Information in Electronic Form

open view news desk The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has issued detailed SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) for acceptance of Driving Licence, Registration Certificate and other transport related information presented in electronic form. The Central Motor Vehicles Rules were amended by the Ministry  in  November 2018, enabling production […]

National Conference on Agriculture- Rabi Campaign 2019

open view news desk Inaugurating the National Conference on Agriculture for Rabi Campaign 2019 Union Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Shri Parshottam Rupala highlighted the record production achieved for food grains (285 million tonnes) and also complimented state governments for effective implementation of Centrally Sponsored […]

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