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Oath-taking ceremony of newly elected members of Hong Kong Legislative Cou
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 3 (ANI): The oath-taking ceremony for 90 members of the seventh-term Legislative Council (LegCo) of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) began at 11:00 am local time Monday. The election eroded the democratic elements of Hong Kong's electoral system.
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Moscow sees Biden as the key to avoiding war in Ukraine
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 2 (ANI): US President Joe Biden hopes to pull off a diplomatic coup that bolsters his sagging political fortunes ahead of the 2022 general elections.
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Former Chandigarh Congress Vice President Devinder Singh Babla, councilor
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], January 2 (ANI): Former Vice President of Chandigarh Congress Devinder Singh Babla along with his wife Harpreet Kaur Babla joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday.
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'I'm fine with it': Dravid on India losing WTC point due to slow over-rate
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], January 2 (ANI): Team India head coach Rahul Dravid is "fine" with the International Cricket Council (ICC) docking World Test Championship (WTC) points for maintaining a slow over-rate.
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Cong slams Centre, says GST hike on textiles deferred due to Assembly poll
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], January 2 (ANI): Congress has slammed the Centre's decision to defer its decision of hiking the Goods and Services Tax on textiles from the existing 5 per cent to 12 per cent, and said that the move has been made only until the counting of votes in the upco
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Centre deferred GST hike on textiles fearing defeat in upcoming polls: Con
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 1 (ANI): Reacting to the Centre's announcement to defer the earlier decision to increase GST on textiles from 5 per cent to 12 per cent, All India Congress Committee (AICC) Spokesperson Mohan Prakash on Saturday said that BJP took this decision out of f
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India lose one WTC point for slow over-rate against South Africa in Centur
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Centurion [South Africa], December 31 (ANI): India to lose one point from their World Test Championship points tally for maintaining a slow over-rate against South Africa in the first Test held in Centurion, the International Cricket Council announced on Friday.
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Afridi, Rizwan, Root, Williamson nominated for ICC Men's Cricketer of the
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], December 31 (ANI): Pakistan's Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan along with England Test skipper Joe Root and New Zealand's captain Kane Williamson has been nominated for the ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year award, the International Cricket Council announced on Friday.
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Death toll from Typhoon Rai in Philippines exceeds 400
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], December 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of deaths from typhoon Rai (also known as Odette) in the Philippines has reached 405, and 82 people are still missing, the National Disaster Risk Reduction & Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Friday.
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Smriti Mandhana, Ireland's Gaby Lewis among nominees for ICC Women's Crick
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], December 31 (ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday announced England cricketer Tammy Beaumont, South African batter Lizelle Lee, Indian opener Smriti Mandhana and Ireland's Gaby Lewis as the four nominees for the ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year.
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GST on textiles will not be increased from 5 per cent to 12 per cent: Sith
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council has decided to defer the decision to increase tax on textiles from 5 per cent to 12 per cent.
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GST Council defers rate hike on textiles
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Friday decided to defer the tax rate hike on textiles from 5 per cent to 12 per cent. The new GST rate on textiles was scheduled to be implemented from January 1, 2022.
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