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Cases of trachoma trichiasis -- a cause of blindness -- on rise in India
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Union Health Ministry has received fresh cases of trachomatous trichiasis (TT) with prevalence rate at 3.5 per 1,000 population while the World Health Organisation (WHO) restricts the disease's prevalence to less than two per 1,000 population.
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Our continued growth not connected to BJP in power: RSS leader
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 13 (ANI): The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has over the past few years grown at an exponential rate and currently has over fifty thousand gathering centres across India with the highest number daily shakhas present in Kerala, according to a senior RSS lea
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Syndicate Bank cuts MCLR across tenors by 5 basis points
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 13 (ANI): Government-owned Syndicate Bank has reduced its marginal cost of funds-based lending rate (MCLR) by 5 basis points for various tenors effective July 15.
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UN lauds India for reducing multidimensional poverty
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], July 12 (ANI): The United Nations has praised India for reducing multidimensional poverty in the country at the fastest rate in the world.
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Bajaj Finance Fixed Deposit offers interest rates up to 8.95 per cent
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India] July 11 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Investors of any risk type consider investing in fixed deposits because FDs are low-risk investment avenues, wherein you can invest your principal amount and let it grow over time. However, recently, repo rates were reduced, and
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Sensex, Nifty open higher tracking positive global cues
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 11 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices opened with a positive streak on Thursday, tracking gains in Asia after US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reinforced prospects of a US interest rate cut later this month.
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Regulators may enable stock exchanges to allow AA rated bonds as collatera
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): The government will work with Reserve Bank of India and Securities and Exchange Board of India to enable stock exchanges to allow AA rated bonds as collaterals, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday while presenting the Union Budget 2019-20 in
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High-end income group people need to pay 3 pc to 7 pc more annually
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): The people in the high-income group will have to pay more taxes as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that "tax rates for individuals having taxable income from Rs 2 crore to Rs 5 crore and Rs 5 crore and above would be increased by around 3 p
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Lower rate of 25 pc corporate tax extended to companies with turnover up t
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5(ANI) : The Union Budget 2019-20 on Friday proposed to extend the lower rate of 25 per cent corporate tax to all companies with annual turnover up to Rs 400 crore.
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Addtional income tax rebate for purchasing electric vehicles: Sitharaman
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday that India can become a global hub of manufacturing electric vehicles and announced a series of sops including likely reduction in GST rate and additional income tax rebate of up to Rs 1.5 lakh.
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Services sector witnesses 7.5 pc growth in 2018-19
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The services sector, which accounts for 54 per cent of India's gross value added (GVA), witnessed a growth rate moderated to 7.5 per cent in 2018-19 as compared to 8.1 per cent in 2017-18, says the Economic Survey 2018-19 report which Finance and Corporate Af
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Core GVA growth was higher for all quarters for 2018-19: Economic Survey
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The core gross value added (GVA) was higher for all quarters of 2018-19 than overall GVA growth as agriculture and allied, public administration and defence experienced the largest decline in growth rates relative to other sectors, says the Economic Survey 20
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