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Multi GST rates will put less pressure on common man, defends Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 26 (ANI): Coming under criticism for proposing four-slab multi-rate tax structure under the Goods and Service Tax (GST), Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said the objective of this is to ensure that the tax structure does not become regressive or burde
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Rahul Gandhi bats for poor, voices against non-inflationary GST
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 18 (ANI): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday urged the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council to set a tax rate at 18 percent or lower so that the poor are not unduly burdened.
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Debt burden mounts as telecom operators get into price war, says ASSOCHAM-
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 28 (ANI): Even as the telecom industry finds itself in a tariff war with entry of a major player, an ASSOCHAM-KPMG paper has pointed towards the operators grappling with a huge debt burden of Rs. 3.80 lakh crore, reinforcing a case for rationalization of taxes and othe
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WHO commits to eliminate, eradicate neglected tropical diseases
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Sept. 7 (ANI): Health ministers of World Health Organisaton (WHO) South-East Asia Region today reaffirmed their commitment to achieve time-bound targets to control, eliminate and eradicate neglected tropical diseases, which continue to burden marginalized populations.
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Tata Trusts, Gilead sign MoU to address viral hepatitis in India
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 4 (ANI): Tata Trusts and Gilead Sciences, Inc. today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under the presence of Chairman Tata Trusts, Ratan Tata to explore collaborating within India on an initiative to address the burden of viral hepatitis in the country.
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Gurugram lady sells chole kulche on road, says don't want to be burde
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana), Aug 4 (ANI): If there is a will there is a way. This proverb aptly applies to this lady, who now runs a chole kulche stall in Gurugram to take care of her family. The woman Urvashi Yadav, who was earlier a nursery teacher, took up this constructive job after her husband
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I am people's hero: John Abraham
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai, Aug. 1 (ANI): Stardom, which entails big responsibility, may a burden for some, but not for John Abraham as he is already a "people's hero."
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Here`s how much couch potatoes are costing the world
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 28 (ANI): A world-first study has revealed that in 2013, physical inactivity cost 67.5 billion international dollars globally in healthcare expenditure and lost productivity, revealing the enormous economic burden of an increasingly sedentary world.
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RS nomination was a mere burden, purpose defeated: Sidhu post resignation
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 18 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Navjot Singh Sidhu who resigned from the Rajya Sabha, on Monday said his nomination in the Upper House was a mere burden, adding that the purpose behind it stood defeated now.
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