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Crucial CGST, IGST bills cleared by Council; next meet to be held on March
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 4 (ANI): The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, which met on Saturday at Vigyan Bhavan, has cleared the Central GST and Integrated GST laws and agreed the next meeting will be held on March 16.
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Immigration laws will improve jobs, wages for Americans: Trump
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], March 1(ANI): President Donald Trump in his address to the joint session of the Congress asserted that enforcing immigration laws will improve jobs and wages for Americans.
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Legalising same-sex marriage may reduce suicide in teens
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb. 23 (ANI): The implementation of state laws for legalising same-sex marriage can significantly reduce the rate of suicide attempts among teenagers, reveals a study.
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Post criticism, Melania Trump refiles her USD 150 million defamation suit
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Feb. 23(ANI): In what comes as a development of U.S first lady Melania Trump's USD150 million defamation lawsuit against a British media outlet, her lawyers have changed and refiled it, which leaves out a controversial portion of the original, a section that argued the f
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Hollywood to face lawsuit for not hiring women directors
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London (UK), Feb. 20 (ANI): Women in Hollywood have always been vocal about the unfair behaviour against them within the film industry, and now it seems like the industry might have to face the heat in this matter from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
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GST council expected to finalise laws at the Udaipur meeting today
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 18 (ANI): The 10th council meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) to vet the draft supporting legislations crucial for its implementation has begun at Udaipur here today.
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Padma Bridge project victims to file case against World Bank: PM Hasina
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Feb. 18 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the people affected by the World Bank's decision on cancelling finance to the Padma Bridge project and subsequent lawsuit in Canadian Court would file case against the bank.
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Google, Yahoo asked to appoint expert bodies to block sex determination ad
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 16 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday condemned search engines like Google, Yahoo and Microsoft for not adhering to Indian laws by permitting online advertisement test prohibited in India.
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Two key labour reform bills to come up in Parliament, says Bandaru Dattatr
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 9 (ANI): As a part of Labour reforms, the government would introduce two important bills relating to wages and industrial relations in Parliament in March for simplification and rationalisation of the Labour Laws, Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said at an ASSOCHAM
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Milli Yakjehti Council to launch agitation for Hafiz Saeed's release
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Feb. 9 (ANI): The Milli Yakjehti Council, a circle of around 25 religious parties and groups, has decided to launch a protest from Friday for the release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed and protection of Islamic laws in the country.
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Nepal: Committee formed to draft new media laws
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Feb. 4 (ANI): Nepalese Minister for Information and Communications, Surendra Kumar Karki, said on Saturday that a recommendation committee has been formed for drafting new media laws in conformity with the National Media Policy, 2016.
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Judge greenlights $50m settlement in wage-fixing suit against Dreamworks A
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 20 (ANI): A federal judge recently gave a preliminary approval for a settlement of a class action lawsuit brought by animation workers against DreamWorks Animation.
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