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The previous Budget, presented in July 2024 after the Lok Sabha election, had accorded priority to employment and skill development, given the nature of the election mandate. The Finance Minister had announced a Prime Minister’s Package of five schemes and initiatives to facilitate job and internship opportunities for 4.1 crore youth over a five-year period…
A political row has broken out in Telangana after the Revanth Reddy government’s proposal to confer a Padma award on Gaddar alias Gummadi Vithal Rao — a revolutionary balladeer, renowned folk singer, and also a Maoist sympathiser — was ignored by the Centre. The Chief Minister was peeved that his government had recommended five names…
While India’s peak custom duty rate is now 70%, the import duties on the top 30 items exported by the U.S. to India — led by crude petroleum, coking coal, aeroplanes, and liquefied natural gas — are minimal, in the range of zero to 7.5%, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs chairman Sanjay…
‘The Budget’s policy announcements and fiscal plans need closer scrutiny’ | Photo Credit: ANI The Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman’s presentation of the Union Budget on Saturday, February 1, was against the backdrop of pressing macroeconomic challenges — persistently high taxes and unemployment squeezing the middle-income class, subdued private investment, mounting external vulnerabilities that threaten…
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Following his side’s massive win over England in the fifth match of the series, India’s Shivam Dube said that it was a great feeling for him to contribute as an allrounder. Abhishek Sharma’s all-round performance in the match guided the hosts India to a historic victory over England in the fifth and final…
The Union Budget 2025-26 is in line with the government’s sustained efforts over the past few years to bolster economic growth and development. The provisions of the Budget indicate the continuation of the government’s strategic approach toward economic expansion, fiscal prudence, and sectoral growth. The multiplier effects of the IT cuts One of announcements in…
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Arsenal kept alive their Premier League title challenge with a 5-1 demolition of dismal Manchester City on Sunday as the troubled champions endured another humiliation in their season from hell. Mikel Arteta‘s side had no margin for error in the title race after leaders Liverpool won 2-0 at Bournemouth on Saturday to move…
Opener Abhishek Sharma, who hammered a 54-ball 135 and claimed 2 wickets for three runs to help India thrash England by 150 runs in the fifth and final T20I, said his mentor Yuvraj Singh would have been really happy with his knock as he batted till the end of the innings, staying till…
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World champion D Gukesh and Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa lost on a dramatic final day but still set up a tie-breaker at the end of the 13th and final round of the Tata Steel Chess tournament here on Sunday. Gukesh lost his first game as the world champion, bowing to some energetic play by…
File image of Manan Vohra© BCCI Pacer Jagjit Singh led the way with excellent figures of 6/51 as Chandigarh comfortably defended a small target to register a 54-run win over Chhattisgarh in their Elite Group D Ranji Trophy match here on Sunday. Chhattisgarh were bowled out for 122 after being set a victory…
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