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Indian tricolour hoisted atop Seattle’s iconic Space Needle in historic first

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Indian Tricolor hoisted at Seattle’s 605 feet tall Space Needle, celebrating India’s Independence Day, on August 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The Indian tricolour was hoisted at Seattle’s iconic 605-feet-tall Space Needle on India’s 79th Independence Day, the first time that a foreign nation’s flag was raised at the popular American destination. Consul General…

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Centre moots two-rate GST system as part of PM Modi’s ‘Diwali gift’

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Representational image only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Diwali gift” to the people of India, of reforms to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) system, will likely be across three pillars — structural reforms, rate rationalisation, and ease of living — and could entail a shift to a two-rate GST system…

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