New Delhi, 18/2: GST Council on Saturday reduced the Goods and Service Tax on liquid jaggery, pencil sharpeners, and certain tracking devices, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said. Briefing media after the 49th meeting of the GST Council, the minister also informed that reports of the GoM (Group of Ministers) on checking tax evasion…
Goa, 18/2: Yoga guru Ramdev on Saturday claimed that the number of cancer cases in the country has increased after the Covid-19 pandemic. He made this observation while addressing a gathering early morning at Miramar beach in Goa, where his Patanjali Yog Samiti has organised a three-day-long yoga camp starting Saturday. Goa Chief Minister Pramod…
Mumbai, 18/2: Standing on an open roof car under scorching Sun outside the Matoshree bunglow amid sloganeering, Uddhav Thackeray sounded aggressive and asked his cadres to prepare for polls even as he lashed out at the BJP and Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. “On the eve of Maha Shivratri, the Shiv-dhanush has been…
Bangalore, 18/2: Royal Challengers Bangalore have expectedly named senior India batter Smriti Mandhana as their captain for the inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL). The left-handed India vice-captain was signed in the recent auction held in Mumbai for Rs 3.40 crore, the highest price for a player in the WPL auction. The announcement…
New Delhi, 18/2: The CBI has called Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia for questioning in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy case nearly three months after filing the charge sheet in the case, officials said Saturday. Sisodia, called on Sunday for questioning, has not been named as accused in the charge sheet, they…
Washington DC, 18/2: Twitter said on Friday it will allow only paid subscribers to use text messages as a two-factor authentication (2FA) method to secure their accounts. After March 20, “only Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to use text messages as their two-factor authentication method,” the company tweeted. Two-factor authentication, meant to make…
New York, 17/2: A terminal at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) will remain closed on Friday due to an electrical power outage, disrupting inbound and outbound flights at one of the world’s busiest airports. The outage began on Thursday in Terminal 1, which serves several international carriers, including Air…
Mumbai, 17/2: The Election Commission on Friday ordered that the Eknath Shinde faction of Shiv Sena will get the official name of Shiv Sena and the bow-arrow symbol of the Balasaheb Thackeray-founded party, amid an ongoing tussle between the Shinde faction and the Uddhav Thackeray faction over these rights. Following the rebellion spearheaded by Eknath…
Manchester, 17/2: Saudi Arabia has joined the race to buy Manchester United ahead of Friday’s nominal deadline, according to a report in Britain’s Daily Telegraph, raising the stakes in what could be the most lucrative deal in sports history. The American Glazer family, who completed their takeover of the 20-times English champions in…
Mumbai, 17/2: Former India batsman Shiv Sundar Das will be the new interim chairman of the selection committee after Chetan Sharma resigned. Sharma who was in an embarrassing situation following a TV Sting operation sent his resignation letter to the BCCI Secretary Jay Shah. BCCI has also accepted the same. However, a senior BCCI official…
