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05 Oct

FM Sitharaman: Government To Extend Surcharge On Luxury Items, Tobacco products.

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India will extend a surcharge on taxes on luxury goods including cars and tobacco products beyond 2022, under plans to help states repay loans raised to meet revenue shortfalls in the current fiscal year, the finance minister said on Monday. "The GST council has approved to extend the cess(surcharge) beyond five years," Nirmala Sitharaman told reporters after a virtual meeting with state finance ministers. Tax receipts of the central and state governments fell about 40 per cent year-on-year in the five months to August due to the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The economy is projected to contract by…

05 Oct

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern Says “We Beat The Virus Once more”.

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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declared on Monday New Zealand "beat the virus again" and announced restrictions in the country's largest city would be eased, after a second Covid-19 wave was contained.The virus was believed to have been eradicated in late May after a strict national lockdown led to New Zealanders enjoying 102 days without community transmission. But a new cluster emerged in Auckland in August, forcing the city of 1.5 million into lockdown for almost three weeks. With no new confirmed instances in Auckland for 12 days, Ardern stated Monday the virus was now beneath management and congratulated residents for…

03 Oct

BSF OBSERVES “FIT INDIA FREEDOM RUN” AND CLEANNESS DRIVE AT FRONTIER HQ GUWAHATI.

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. Border Security Force Guwahati Frontier concluded a series long “Fit India Freedom Run” by conducting 10 Km ‘Fit India Freedom Run’ at Patgaon, Guwahati and also conducted cleanness drive on the occasion of birth anniversary of father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi. On 2nd Oct’ 2020, Frontier HQ Border Security Force Patgaon Guwahati concluded the series of “Fit India Freedom Run” by conducting 10 Km run under overall supervision of Shri Rajesh Kumar, IPS, Inspector General BSF Guwahati Frontier. The Run was flagged off by Shri Rajesh Kumar, IPS Inspector General Border Security Force, Guwahati Frontier. 150 participants including…

03 Oct

Hathras gang-rape case : Village Border Reopened After 2 Days,Reporters Allowed In.

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On Saturday authorities in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras reopened the borders and said that they will allow media to enter the village where a 19-year-old woman was gang-raped, said the official. The UP Police has set up the barricades roughly 2km from the village on the main road on early Thursday, blocked off all the access paths, and deployed the policemen on the mud tracks and in the fields to prevent any "outsiders" from accessing the village. The officials have also said that section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which prohibits the assembly of four or more people.was camped…

03 Oct

Amid LAC faceoff, US military aircraft refuels at Port Blair.

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In a improvement that comes amidst India’s ongoing navy confrontation with China in jap Ladakh, long-range maritime patrol plane of the US appear to have begun refuelling from the strategically-located Andaman & Nicobar island archipelago. An American P-Eight Poseidon plane, armed with radars in addition to missiles and rockets to tackle enemy submarines and warships, landed at Port Blair for a number of hours on September 25 for logistics and refuelling assist, stated sources on Friday.Whereas India and US have been offering refuelling and operational turnaround amenities to one another’s warships beneath the reciprocal navy logistics pact inked in 2016,…

03 Oct

“Jungle Raj In Goa”: Congress Leaders stage Midnight Protest to meet Javedkar.

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Several Goa Congress leaders, including the pradesh committee vice president, were detained Friday night after they protested in the lobby of a hotel demanding they be allowed to meet Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar. Javadekar is in Goa to attend a series of meetings on the new farm bills Saturday. The Congress leaders reached the hotel around midnight and demanded to meet the Union minister over the Mahadayi river water dispute with Karnataka. When the hotel management refused them permission, they sat on a protest in the lobby. Later, the leaders were detained and taken to a police station in…

02 Oct

Bronze Statue Of Mahatma Gandhi Inaugurated In Ukraine On Gandhi Jayanti

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Globally, Gandhi's birth anniversary is celebrated as theInternational Day of Non-Violence. Several events were held inIndia and across the world to mark the occasion.On the occasion of the 151st birth anniversary of MahatmaGandhi, a bronze statue of Bapu was inaugurated in Kyiv,Ukraine.The statue was inaugurated jointly by Indian AmbassadorPartha Satpathy, First Deputy Foreign Minister of UkraineEmine Dzhaparova, Deputy Minister for Education andScience of Ukraine Andriy Vitrenko and Professor PetroBekh, Vice-Rector, Taras Shevchenko National University ofKyiv.

02 Oct

NDRF OBSERVED GANDHI JAYANTI

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1st Battalion NDRF celebrated the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in a befitting manner today. Various physical and social activities were conducted by 1st Battalion NDRF on commemoration of 150th Birthday Anniversary of Mahatma Ghandi Ji in presence of Sh. R.S.Gill, Commandant, 1st Battalion NDRF. Unity Run conducted by this Unit at Patgaon, Company locations i.e Mirza, Changsari and Regional Response Centre, Agartala, Tripura and all NDRF Rescuers participated and completed 10 Kms Run as part of the event. This generated feeling of wellness among the troops & physical fitness for good health.“Tree plantation Campaign” was carried at Battalion…

02 Oct

PM Modi to inaugurate ‘VAIBHAV’ Summit through video conferencing today.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 'VAIBHAV Summit' -- a platform which brings together overseas and resident Indian researchers and academicians, today. The summit aims to bring our Indian-origin luminaries in academic institutes, research organisations across the world, and resident counterparts on a single platform to debate upon collaboration mechanisms to strengthen academic and science and technology (S&T) base in India for global development, a Prime Minister's Office statement said. PM Modi will inaugurate Vaishvik Bhartiya Vaigyanik (VAIBHAV) Summit today at 6:30 pm via video conferencing. It is a global virtual summit of overseas and resident Indian researchers and…

02 Oct

Political storm over Hathras gang-rape intensifies; AAP leaders to protest at India Gate.

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In view of growing protests over Hathras gang-rape, the Delhi Police on Friday (October 2) cautioned against any gathering around India Gate due to imposition of Section 144 CrPC. Police also said that a gathering of up to 100 people is permissible at the Jantar Mantar, but with a prior permission of the competent authority. No gathering is permissible around India Gate due to imposition of Section 144 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) which prohibits assembly of five or more people at a time, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) New Delhi. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has said…