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Graphics on cigarette pack can avert death rates
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 6 (ANI): A study says that using prominent, graphic picture on cigarette packs warning against smoking could avert more than 652,000 deaths, up to 92,000 low birth weight infants, up to 145,000 preterm births, and about 1,000 cases of sudden infant deaths in the U
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Petrol price up Rs. 0.89 per litre, diesel by Rs. 0.86
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 5 (ANI): Petrol price on Saturday was hiked by Rs 0.89 litre, and diesel by Rs 0.86 following the impact on global rates.
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GST Panel fixes tax structure at 5, 12, 18 and 28 pct; 50 percent products
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 3 (ANI): The most anticipated Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council has finally zeroed on a four-rate tax structure of 5, 12, 18 and 28 percent, said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley at a press conference here on Thursday.
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ASSOCHAM proposes for setting up road transport regulatory authority
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 3 (ANI): Apex industry body ASSOCHAM has mooted a proposal to the Union Government to constitute an appropriate authority either at the Central or state level to fix the ceiling on road freight rates and breaking local monopolies.
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IRCTC, Mobikwik tie-up to launch 'E-Cash Payments' for tatkal bo
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 3 (ANI): India's largest independent payments company MobiKwik has announced its partnership with Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) for tatkal bookings with a much higher success rate than other modes of online payment.
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Summer breaks lead to childhood obesity, not school year: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 3 (ANI):A new study says that increase in overweight and obesity rates among young children occur during summer vacations, not during the school year.
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Remove anomalies before imposing GST across sectors, says ASSOCHAM-KPMG pa
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 2 (ANI): Sharp anomalies in the taxation rates and structure across different industries such as telecom, tobacco, textiles, food processing and tourism, should be addressed to as the country moves in a transition period for implementing the Goods and Services Tax, the
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Proposed 26 pct sin rate on Tobacco to negatively impact revenue, public h
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 2 (ANI-BusinessWireIndia): India has the second largest number of tobacco users (275 million or 35 percent of all adults in India) in the world - of these at least one million die every year from tobacco related diseases. Tobacco-use imposes enormous health and economi
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Gold slightly unchanged ahead of Fed meeting
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 2 (ANI): The gold price held steady on Wednesday ahead of the market expectations for the outcome later in the day of a Federal Reserve meeting for clues on the possible US interest rate hike.
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Afghan saffron rated best in the world
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct. 29 (ANI): International Taste and Quality Institute based in Brussels has rated the Afghan saffron as the best in the world for the third consecutive year.
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Crime rate down in Bihar, but Kaimur killers will be punished, says JD-U
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 27 (ANI): Assuring that the motorcycle-borne men responsible for killing a minor girl in Kaimur would swiftly be brought to justice, Janata Dal-United leader Pawan Verma said investigations were ongoing, but simultaneously sought to pitch the view that the crime rate
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Catholic Syrian Bank Registers Record Net Profit in H1, 2016-17
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Thrissur (Kerala) [India], Oct.27 (ANI-Businesswire India): During the first half of the financial year 2016 -17 Catholic Syrian Bank has registered the highest ever net profits during the first half, in the entire history of the 96 year old organization. Backed by surge in treasury profits
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