- Sunday, April 20, 2025
India will not sign any free trade agreement in a hurry or to the disadvantage of industry and exporters, Union minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday, more than a month after the country walked out of the China-backed mega trade deal RCEP. On November 4, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced…
Ahead of crucial GST Council meet on Wednesday, industry body FICCI's arm made a case for maintaining GST rate on tobacco products at present level saying any increase would lead to rise in smuggling and will adversely impact domestic industry. Currently, GST rate on these products are 28 per cent…
Actor Radhika Apte believes the #MeToo movement just came and went in Bollywood with many things in the industry still remaining unchanged. The #MeToo movement gained momentum in India last year with women calling out actors, filmmakers, comedians, authors and journalists. When asked what were the things she liked or…
CLASHES erupted in New Delhi on Tuesday (17) between thousands of protesters and police, the latest violence in a week of opposition to a new law that makes it easier for non-Muslims from neighbouring countries to gain citizenship. Prime minister Narendra Modi's government says the new law will save religious…
The amended Citizenship Act is not anti-Muslim, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh assured the Indian community here and said "our culture does not teach us to hate". According to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and…
INDIAN Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has said that India is impacted to some extent by the global economic slowdown but expressed confidence that the country will come out of the difficult situation within a short time. Singh, who arrived in the US on Monday for the 2019 US-India 2+2 Ministerial…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday cautioned against "jihadist, Maoist and separatist" elements getting into student activism, and asserted protests fanned across the country will not derail the economic agenda. The remarks come in the light of continued protests across many universities in the last few days following the…
GLOBAL steel giant ArcelorMittal has completed the acquisition of debt-ridden Indian steel firm Essar Steel India Limited (ESIL), the company said on Monday (16). The LN Mittal-owned business conglomerate has also established a joint venture with Nippon Steel Corporation (Nippon Steel), which is named ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India Limited (AM/NS…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday termed violent protests across the country against the Citizenship Amendment Act as "unfortunate and deeply distressing", and appealed to people to stay away from rumour-mongering and not let "vested interests" divide the society. In a series of tweets, Modi also assured that the amended…
Prominent names from the film fraternity, including director Anurag Kashyap, Taapsee Pannu, Konkona Sensharma and Sudhir Mishra on Monday condemned the police crackdown on students of Jamia Milia while accusing the government of trying to stifle the voices of dissent against Citizenship Amendment Act. Thousands of students across India took…
