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Key Highlights of Union Budget 2019-20

open view news desk The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman made her maiden Budget Speech today and presented the Union Budget 2019-20 before the Parliament. The key highlights of Union Budget 2019 are as follows: 10-point Vision for the decade Building Team India […]

Rs. 400 Cr allocated for creating world class educational institutions

New education policy for reforms in school and higher education National research foundation (NRF) announced to step up research in thrust areas National sports education board for development of sportspersons to be set up under Khelo India An amount of Rs. 400 crore has been provided for FY 2019-20 […]

Budget Speech Summary – Part A

open view news desk Indian economy becoming a 3 trillion dollar economy this year with World’s 3rd  largest economy in terms of Purchasing Power Parity, government’s intention to invest Rs. 100 lakh crore in infrastructure in next 5 years, enhaced target of over one lakh 5,000 crore of disinvestment in […]

Strongest earthquake in 20 years rattles Southern California

LOS ANGELES — The strongest earthquake in 20 years shook a large swath of Southern California and parts of Nevada on the July 4th holiday, rattling nerves and causing injuries and damage in a town near the epicenter, followed by a swarm of ongoing aftershocks. The 6.4 magnitude […]

Outside court, Cong workers ask Rahul to withdraw resignation

Mumbai, Jul 4: As Rahul Gandhi reached a court here to appear before it in a defamation case, many Congress supporters gathered outside shouted slogans, asking him to rescind his resignation as the party chief. Across the road from the metropolitan court building, around 150 Congress supporters held placards […]

Rahul Gandhi calls for change as he quits as Congress leader

NEW DELHI – Rahul Gandhi, leader of opposition Congress party, said on Wednesday he had asked party bosses to find a successor after he took responsibility for losing a general election that has left the party in crisis. Gandhi, the fourth generation scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, released […]

Rouhani: Iran will enrich uranium to ‘any amount we want’

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s president warned European partners in its faltering nuclear deal on Wednesday that Tehran will increase its enrichment of uranium to “any amount that we want” beginning on Sunday, putting pressure on them to offer a way around intense U.S. sanctions targeting the country. The […]

Rahul formally quits as Congress pres, says accountability crucial for growth of party

New Delhi, Jul 3: Asserting that he is no longer the Congress president, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said in a letter that it had been an honour to serve the party whose values and ideals have served as the “lifeblood of this beautiful nation” As president of the Congress, […]

Former Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca has died at age 94

DETROIT — Lee Iacocca, the auto executive and master pitchman who put the Mustang in Ford’s lineup in the 1960s and became a corporate folk hero when he resurrected Chrysler 20 years later, has died in Bel Air, California. He was 94. Two former Chrysler executives who worked […]

Collapsed wall kills 22 in Mumbai monsoon chaos

A wall collapsed and killed at least 22 people in Mumbai on Tuesday as the heaviest monsoon rains in a decade brought chaos to India’s financial capital and surrounding areas. Scores more were injured when the structure came down at nighttime in a slum, said Tanaji Kamble, a […]

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