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No excuse for firms not to be ready for GST - Arun Jaitley

NEW DELHI, June 20 (REUTERS): Indian small business has been given enough time to prepare for the July 1 rollout of a new national Goods and Services Tax (GST), Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday, ru

/ 20th June 2017
India’s Q1 GDP growth slowest since Q4 2014: Fitch Ratings

Mumbai, June 20 (IANS): Global credit rating agency Fitch Ratings said the 6.1% year-on-year (yoy) growth of Indian gross domestic product in the first quarter of 2017 was the slowest growth rate since the four

/ 20th June 2017
Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 now in India

New Delhi, June 20 (IANS): After launching it at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, in February, Samsung Electronics on Tuesday brought Galaxy Tab S3 to India, featuring an advanced S Pen.

/ 20th June 2017
Wealthy Chinese rise to 1.6 million in past decade, up nearly 9 times: survey

BEIJING, June 20 (Reuters): The number of high net worth individuals (HNWIs) in China has risen nearly 9 times since a decade ago, a private survey released on Tuesday showed, as strong growth in the world’s

/ 20th June 2017
FB ‘bots’ write own language, start communicating sans humans

New York, June 20 (IANS): Adding to the fear that full artificial intelligence (AI) could spell the end of the human race, researchers from the Facebook Artificial Intelligence Research lab (FAIR) have found th

/ 20th June 2017
Death of American detained in NKorea baffles experts

SEOUL, June 20 (AP): North Korea’s missile and nuclear tests, its carefully scripted propaganda bluster, even its military threats: Far from the scattershot workings of a madman, most of this fits the playboo

/ 20th June 2017
Suspected Nazi artifacts found in Argentina’s capital

BUENOS AIRES, June 20 (AP): In a hidden room in a house near Argentina’s capital, police believe they have found the biggest collection of Nazi artifacts in the country’s history, including a bust relief of

/ 20th June 2017
Philippines launches offensive in hope of recapturing Marawi

MARAWI CITY, June 20 (Reuters): Philippine aircraft and troops launched a renewed push against Islamist militants in a southern city on Tuesday and a military spokesman said the aim was to clear the area by the

/ 20th June 2017
Jack Kirby to be named 'Disney Legend'

Jack Kirby, the co-creator of Captain America, Fantastic Four, Avengers, Hulk, Iron Man and Black Panther is going to be honored as one of Disney's Legends next month for his contribution to the Marve

/ 20th June 2017
Deadly heatwaves will hit 3/4ths of world by 2100: Study

New York, June 20 (IANS) Nearly 75 per cent of the world's population will be affected by deadly heatwaves by 2100 if carbon gas emissions continue to rise at current rates, says a study. Currently

/ 20th June 2017
Trump denounces North Korea after freed US student dies

Washington, June 20 (IANS) US President Donald Trump denounced North Korea as "a brutal regime" after a 22-year-old American university student held prisoner by Pyongyang for over a year before being returned i

/ 20th June 2017
Modi in Lucknow to lead third International Yoga Day celebrations

New Delhi/Lucknow, June 20 (IANS) The stage has been all set for grand celebrations of the third edition of International Yoga Day on Wednesday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister

/ 20th June 2017
Extortion: The Bane of our Society

Prof. G.T. Thong Nagaland University Recently the NSCN (IM) was at it again, brutally manhandling a Volunteer at Peducha area and shutting down all ongoing works on highway expansion. Reason... Sover

Public Space / 20th June 2017
The Relentless March of Drought – That ‘Horseman of the Apocalypse’

Baher Kamal Inter Press Service By 2025 –that’s in less than 8 years from today– 1.8 billion people will experience absolute water scarcity, and two thirds of the world will be living under

/ 20th June 2017
Punjab to forgive over $1.5 billion in farm debts

NEW DELHI, June 20 (Reuters) - Punjab will waive more than $1.5 billion in loans to farmers, becoming the third state to do so in response to growing rural distress caused by food oversupply and weak prices.

/ 20th June 2017
Kepler telescope finds ten more possible life-friendly planets

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., June 20 (REUTERS): Astronomers on Monday added 219 candidates to the growing list of planets beyond the solar system, 10 of which may be about the same size and temperature as Earth, boost

/ 20th June 2017
US group favours ban on sale of smartphones to kids under 13

New York, June 20 (IANS) With the balance between children's screen time and other activities going for a toss in more and more homes, a group in the US state of Colorado has for the first time sought ban on sa

/ 20th June 2017
Exclusive: Trump seen hardening line toward Pakistan after Afghan war review

WASHINGTON, June 20 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration appears ready to harden its approach toward Pakistan to crack down on Pakistan-based militants launching attacks in neighboring Afghanista

/ 20th June 2017
U.S. student held prisoner by North Korea dies days after release

June 20 (Reuters) - An American university student held prisoner in North Korea for 17 months died at a Cincinnati hospital on Monday, just days after he was released from captivity in a coma, his family said.

/ 20th June 2017
'He said he was Christian, they shot him,' says son who saw father die

DAYR JARNOUS, Egypt, June 20 (Reuters) - Egyptian schoolboy Mina Habib rarely leaves his house these days. The 10-year-old is still recovering from seeing Islamist gunmen kill his father for being Christian.

/ 20th June 2017