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Pre-packaged rice, flour to get dearer as revised GST kicks in from today
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): Consumers will now have to shell out more for rice, wheat and flour, among other items, if branded and packed in a unit container from Monday as the revised Goods and Services Tax comes into effect.
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Sri Lanka: Wickremesinghe to implement urgent food, fuel relief programme
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 16 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has decided to implement an urgent relief programme to provide fuel, gas and essential food items to the public who are struggling due to the economic turmoil.
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Study: Eating bright-coloured fruits helps women live longer
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Georgia [US], July 15 (ANI): Women often have greater rates of sickness while living longer on average than males. A healthier diet rich in pigmented carotenoids, such as those found in yams, kale, spinach, watermelon, bell peppers, tomatoes, oranges, and carrots, is now suggested by a recen
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India sets global example with ban on single-use plastic items
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): With the ban on select single-use plastic items from this month, India has set a global example in the fight against plastic pollution.
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Sawan Food Guide 2022: Food items that should be avoided while fasting
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The Hindu calendar's fifth month, Shravan, also known as Sawan or Shravan Maas, often falls between July and August according to the Gregorian calendar. It is said that anyone who maintains a fast on a Monday during this month will have all of his wishes
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DRI unearths customs duty evasion worth Rs 4,389 cr by Oppo India
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) conducted searches at the office premises of Oppo India and residences of its key management employees, which led to the recovery of incriminating evidence indicating wilful misdeclaration in the description of c
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Delhi LG Saxena chairs meeting of task force on women's safety, issues ins
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Tuesday chaired the 17th Meeting of the Task Force on women's safety in the national capital and issued specific instructions with regard to various agenda items.
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New study examines memory of expert birdwatchers
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): According to a new study that examined memory in expert birdwatchers, having expert knowledge in a subject helps us memorize new information. This is because, while forgetting often happens when similar memories interfere with each other, expert knowledge provi
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Check out the elaborate spread for Punjab CM's wedding
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 7 (ANI): No Indian wedding is complete without mouth-watering delicacies! And Punjab CM Bhagwat Mann's wedding function will be no different with an array of food items lined up for the guests.
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Say cheese!
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Long ago, before the dawn of the selfie age, cameramen used to instruct the group being photographed to say 'cheese' to make the subject's lips break into a forced happy smile. That was the closest contact that many Indians made with edible cheese.
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Nearly 700 kg of plastic items seized in Delhi to curb single-use plastic
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): As the ban on single-use plastic came into effect on Friday, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) seized 689.01 kilograms of such items and issued 368 challans in its jurisdiction today.
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Priyanka Chopra's new homeware brand 'Sona Home' trolled by netizens for b
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 1 (ANI): Actor and businesswoman Priyanka Chopra, who recently launched her new Indian homeware lineup 'Sona Home' is under fire for keeping the prices of the items in the collection 'exorbitantly high'.
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