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Centre's schemes will help India achieve SDG before time: Swaraj
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sep 29 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj expressed confidence that India will fulfill the Sustained Development Goals (SDG) well ahead of the stipulated deadlines, backed by the slew of measures announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government.
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Govt increases customs duty on 19 items to curb imports; air travel, house
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 26 (ANI): The Central Government on Wednesday announced new tariff measures by increasing the basic customs duty of 19 items to curb import of certain products. The government said that these changes are aimed at narrowing the Current Account Deficit (CAD). The total
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SC constitutes committee over prison reforms
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 25 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday constituted a three-member committee to recommend measures on prison reforms.
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Putin informed Assad of response measures after Il-20 crash: Kremlin
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Sept 24 (Sputnik/ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday held a telephone conversation with his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad and informed him of the response measures after the crash of Russia's Il-20 military aircraft, the Kremlin press service said in a stateme
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UP: Dy CM Dinesh Sharma hails govt crackdown on expenditure
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sep 21 (ANI): Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (UP), Dinesh Sharma on Friday hailed the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led state government for the cost-cutting measures that were implemented on September 19.
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Medical camp for specially-abled children organised in J-K's Udhampur
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Sep 17 (ANI): A medical assessment-cum-measurement camp was organised for specially-abled children under the Centre-sponsored Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur.
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Measures to control CAD will churn benefit of USD 8-10 billion: DEA secret
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 15 (ANI): Economic affairs secretary Subhash Chandra Garg on Friday expressed hope that the new measures taken to tackle higher Current Account Deficit (CAD) would have an impact of nearly USD 8-10 billion.
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Govt. announces 5 measures to tackle higher current account deficit
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 14 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said that a broad policy decision has been taken to address the issue of expanding CAD (Current Account Deficit) under which the government will take necessary steps to cut down non-essential imports and also increas
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Oakridge School kids create giant balloon to measure ozone concentration i
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 14 (NewsVoir): Rapid industrialization has led to increase in the Ozone concentration in lower layers of the atmosphere. And, direct inhalation of the ozone causes can cause several health problems and wide spread illnesses among humans.
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PLO mission: Palestine plans to fight US' decision
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Ramallah [Palestine], Sep 13 (ANI): Days after the Trump administration decided to shut the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) diplomatic office in Washington DC, Palestine leaders have said that they are weighing retaliatory measures against the decision, AL Jazeera reported.
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Retail inflation cools to 3.69% in August
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 12 (ANI): India's retail inflation, measured by Consumer Price Index (CPI), slipped to a ten-month low of 3.69 per cent in the month of August.
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UIDAI refutes report on Aadhaar software hacking
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 11 (ANI): The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Tuesday dismissed reports of the Aadhaar Enrolment Software being hacked, and said the news was "completely incorrect and irresponsible." UIDAI added that it has taken full measures to ensure end-to-
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