Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) President Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Monday described the ongoing floods in the state as a man-made disaster and called on the Centre to provide an immediate relief package, urging authorities to focus on action rather than political blame ahea
India could move towards a single Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate structure once the country achieves income parity across different segments of society, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) Chairman Sanjay Kumar Agarwal said in an exclusive interview.
Dharmendra Malik asked who Kharge is blaming if his party's government is in power in Karnataka. The BKU leader said that the Congress president should rather question CM Siddaramaiah rather than blame Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Himachal Pradesh was declared a fully literate state on International Literacy Day. CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu announced the achievement in Shimla, crediting reforms and efforts under the New India Literacy Programme. Himachal recorded 99.30% literacy, surpassing the national benchmark.
The increase in tariff rates by 50 per cent over the baseline, effective from August 27, 2025, is expected to hurt the competitiveness of Indian apparel exporters.
Gold futures breached the USD 3,600 per ounce mark on Monday, marking their fresh all-time high, on expectations that the US Federal Reserve will cut the key policy rate.
The new GST rates and slabs will have a wide-scale positive impact on the many items related to heavy industries, be it auto, transport, or auto ancillaries.
South Africa's woes continued to mount after slumping to their biggest defeat in the ODIs against England. The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday confirmed that the Temba Bavuma-led side has been fined for a slow over-rate in the third ODI at The Rose Bowl.
The food-processing sector has been a major beneficiary of the recently announced rationalisation of GST rates, with most products witnessing a decline to a 5 per cent GST slab.
The outlook for the Indian apparel export industry has been revised to Negative from Stable by rating agency ICRA, following the upward revision in tariff rates by the US.
Costs of home-cooked vegetarian and non-vegetarian thalis declined 7% and 8% year-on-year in August, respectively, in line with moderate commodity prices, according to Crisil Intelligence's latest Roti Rice Rate (RRR) report.