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Sunanda death case: Court directs police to hand over documents to Tharoor

New Delhi : A court here directed Delhi Police on Tuesday to hand over certain documents to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, accused in a case related to wife Sunanda Pushkar’s death. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal passed the directions after he was told by senior advocate Vikas Pahwa, […]

Sensex drops 141 points in early trade on global sell-off, profit-booking

Mumbai :  Breaking its five-day winning streak, the benchmark BSE Sensex fell 141 points in early trade Tuesday, as banking, IT, realty and FMCG stocks retreated, tracking sell-off in global market. The 30-share index dropped 140.51 points, or 0.40 per cent, to 36,129.56 points in opening trade. The gauge […]

Working to bring 99 pc things in sub-18 pc GST slab: Modi

Mumbai : Indicating that further simplification of the Goods and Services Tax is on the anvil, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government wants to ensure that ’99 per cent things’ attract sub-18 per cent GST slab. Before implementation of the GST, registered enterprises only numbered 65 lakh, which […]

RBI guidelines for agencies to deposit money in ATMs

open view web desk Reserve Bank of India (RBI) vide its guidelines issued on 6.4.2018 on ‘Cash Management activities of the banks – Standards for engaging the Service Provider and its sub-contractor’, advised banks to put in place certain minimum standards  in their arrangements with the service providers […]

Govt not seeking RBI surplus funds to meet fiscal deficit: Minister

New Delhi :  The government has not sought funds from surplus reserves of the Reserve Bank to meet fiscal deficit, Minister of State for Finance Pon Radhakrishnan said Tuesday. The minister in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha said, “No, sir. Government has not asked funds from its […]

Care revises outlook on domestic copper industry after resumption of Tuticorin plant

New Delhi :  Care Ratings Tuesday said it has revised the outlook on the copper industry with the resumption of Sterlite Copper’s Tuticorin plant, noting that it would limit the fall in the domestic metal production. “With the permanent closure of the Tuticorin smelter, we had predicted the production […]

China will ‘never seek hegemony,’ Xi says in reform speech

Beijing :  China will never pursue hegemony, President Xi Jinping said Tuesday as global concerns persist over the country’s growing economic influence. During a speech to mark 40 years of market reforms, Xi repeated China’s commitment to a multilateral trading system and further opening of its economy. However, he […]

Imran Khan says Pak will do everything within its power for Afghan peace

Islamabad : Prime Minister Imran Khan said Tuesday that Pakistan will do everything within its power to further the peace process in Afghanistan as talks sponsored by the country between the US and the Taliban were being held in the UAE to end the 17-year bloody conflict. The US […]

Putin says open to third nations joining nuclear treaty

Moscow : Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Tuesday he was open to the idea of other countries joining a key Cold War treaty limiting mid-range nuclear arms or to starting talks on a new agreement. The president spoke after Washington this month said it would withdraw from the Intermediate-Range […]

Trump accuses Facebook, Twitter, Google of Democrat bias

Washington  :  US President Donald Trump took a swipe Tuesday at tech giants Facebook, Twitter and Google, accusing them of being biased in favor of opposition Democrats. “Facebook, Twitter and Google are so biased toward the Dems it is ridiculous!” Trump tweeted. “Twitter, in fact, has made it much […]

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