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No change in personal income tax rates in Budget
New Delhi: Belying expectations, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman did not tinker with the personal income tax rates in the Budget for 2022-23. The minister also did not raise standard deduction, which was…
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Abide by Indian law or pack up: Andhra HC to Twitter
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh High Court (HC) has issued a stern warning to social media giant Twitter to either abide by Indian law or else move out of the country. The HC’s…
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Budget is betrayal of salaried, middle classes: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday accused Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Prime Minister Minister Narendra Modi of betraying the country’s salaried and middle classes by not announcing any relief measures for…
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Hyderabad: Three held for illegal sale of anaesthetic drugs
Hyderabad: Three persons including a pharma distributor and two others were arrested on Monday allegedly over illegal sale of anaesthetic drugs. The accused were identified as Doma Vijayendra Reddy, an engineer-cum-pharma executive,…
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India to earmark 68 per cent of capital procurement budget of Defence for domestic industry
New Delhi: With an objective to reduce dependence on imports of defence equipment, India will earmark 68 per cent of its capital procurement budget of the defence sector for the domestic industry,…
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Telangana: Teachers ask govt to focus on school infrastructure
Hyderabad: Several educators have expressed their belief that a good implementation of the ‘Mana Ooru-Mana Badi’ initiative will be a game-changer for government schools across the Telangana state. Aside from focusing on…
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Spectrum auctions to be conducted in 2022 to facilitate roll-out of 5G services: FM
New Delhi: The government will conduct a spectrum auction this year, which will facilitate the roll-out of 5G services by private telecom operators during the financial year 2022-23, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman…
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Number of subscribers to PM Modi’s YouTube channel crosses one crore
New Delhi: The number of subscribers to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s YouTube channel has crossed one crore. Modi has a significant presence on social media with a massive following across various platforms.…
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UAE announces new 9 per cent corporation tax from June 2023
Abu Dhabi: Businesses in the United Arab Emirates will now be subject to a new 9 per cent corporation tax from the beginning of their first financial year that starts on or…
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AP: Salaries will be paid according to revised pay scale from Feb 1, says Botsa
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister Botcha Satyanarayana on Monday said that the salaries will be credited as per the new Pay Revision Commission (PRC) recommendations from February 1.…
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Karnataka: Students to attend classes with hijab defying govt order
Udupi: Karnataka hijab row is likely to continue as the students have decided to attend the classes wearing a veil despite the state government banning it on the college campus. The issue…
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Karnataka: Flower seller’s daughter secures 17th rank in police exam
Hyderabad: Farida Bano, daughter of a flower seller of Karnataka Koppal District has topped the police inspector exams and obtained 17th rank. Farida, 30, has also attempted the UPSC exam but she…
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Israeli President launches national day at Expo 2020 Dubai
Tel Aviv: Israeli President Isaac Herzog on his second day of visit to the United Arab Emirates, visited the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque and opened Israel’s National Day at Dubai Expo 2020…
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50% Lebanon’s population register in World Bank’s social safety plan
Beirut: Lebanese Minister of Social Affairs Hector Hajjar said that about 50 per cent of the country’s population have registered for social assistance through the social safety net financing plan funded by the…
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Telangana: Increase in valuation of lands, properties effective from today
Hyderabad: The state government has decided to increase land and property valuation from February 1 and issued amended guidelines for its implementation. In accordance with the division of market value guidelines and…
