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India Plans Tax Reform Ahead of Festival
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) India is preparing to implement a significant reduction in its consumption tax system by October, aligning the reform with Diwali, the festival of lights celebrated across the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi revealed the plan during...
Jaishankar Meets Wang Yi, Raises ‘3 Mutuals’ For India-China Ties, Border Stability, Terrorism Fight
ABP Live
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August 18, 2025
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday emphasised that the future of India-China relations must be guided by “mutual respect, mutual sensitivity and mutual interest” as he held talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in New Delhi....
China Says Wang Yi's India Visit An Opportunity To Enhance 'Political Mutual Trust'
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Beijing, Aug 18 (IANS) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's India visit will help in both countries working together to implement the consensus reached between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year,...
China to work with India to maintain sustained peace, tranquility in border areas
Pakistan Today
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August 18, 2025
BEIJING: China is ready to continue in-depth communication with India on the boundary questions in a positive and constructive manner, and jointly maintain sustained peace and tranquility in the border areas, a Chinese Foreign Ministry...
India News | Punjab CM Mann Challenges Sukhbir Badal on Bargari Firing, Drug Deaths
Latestly
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August 18, 2025
Rupnagar (Punjab) [India], August 18 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Monday launched a sharp attack on Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal, challenging him to take responsibility for the Bargari firing incidents as...
‘India hate at play’: Kanwal Sibal slams Navarro, reminds US of billions its firms earn in India
Business Today
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August 18, 2025
Former Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal on Monday slammed White House trade advisor Peter Navarro for his take on New Delhi's purchase of Russian oil. In his op-ed for The Financial Times, Navarro termed the increase in India's purchase of Russian...
Chinese FM Begins 2-Day India Visit, To Hold Border Talks
Kashmir Reader
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August 18, 2025
New Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi began his two-day visit to India on Monday to hold border talks with National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval. Wang’s visit comes days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s planned trip to China to...
India News | PM Modi Chairs Meeting to Discuss Roadmap for Next-generation Reforms
Latestly
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August 18, 2025
New Delhi [India], August 18 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday chaired a high-level meeting to deliberate on the roadmap for next-generation reforms aimed at speedy and comprehensive reforms that will enhance Ease of Living, improve...
Minister Muswere, job creation is more than just numbers—it should be about decent work and transforming lives
The Zimbabwean
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August 18, 2025
Tendai Ruben Mbofana The Zimbabwean government has once again gone into overdrive, trumpeting supposed “milestones” of the so-called Second Republic. To directly receive articles from Tendai Ruben Mbofana, please join his WhatsApp Channel on:...
China has reportedly told its data center operators to source more than 50% of their chips from domestic manufacturers in an effort to break away from US tech
PC Gamer
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August 18, 2025
The Chinese government has reportedly mandated that its domestic data center operators nationwide should source more than 50 per cent of their chips from domestic producers. The mandate is said to have originated in guidelines proposed last March...
Asean News Headlines at 10pm on Monday (Aug 18, 2025)
The Malaysian Star
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August 18, 2025
Malaysia: * Curb bullying from primary school level, King decrees / Education Ministry to implement anti-bullying campaign in schools following royal decree * Another MP is ejected as Speaker orders Awang Solahuddin to leave * Zara Qairina case:...
'India's bureaucracy too active': Raghuram Rajan's next-gen reforms for $50 trillion economy by 2047
Business Today
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August 18, 2025
Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said India needs a whole new generation of reforms to unlock growth, warning that excessive bureaucracy continues to hold back investment. "India's bureaucracy is a little too active. We need to cut the red tape...
Government Considers Easing FDI Rules and Boosting Tax Incentives for Startups
Silicon India
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· Commerce Ministry plans 100-day reform agenda to ease FDI rules and boost startup incentives. · Proposals include relaxed environmental norms, e-commerce export promotion, and streamlined certification processes. · FDI grew 13% to $50 billion in...
China aggrieved over loss of life and property in monsoon rains in Pakistan
Pakistan Today
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August 18, 2025
BEIJING: China on Monday expressed grief and offered condolences to the people and government of Pakistan over heavy losses of life and property in the monsoon rains in across country. Mao Ning, the spokesperson of China’s Ministry of Foreign...
China will ‘kill’ underperforming Australian economy, says Labor heavyweight
Sky News Australia
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August 18, 2025
Labor heavyweight Peter Beattie has raised concerns over the Albanese government's plan to tax unrealised gains in superannuation as he warned China would "kill" Australia's economy if it continued to underperform. The former Queensland premier...
India’s Russian crude buying has to stop
Daily Star
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August 18, 2025
Tue Aug 19, 2025 12:00 AM Last update on: Tue Aug 19, 2025 12:00 AM US adviser Navarro says REUTERS Tue Aug 19, 2025 12:00 AM Last update on: Tue Aug 19, 2025 12:00 AM White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said India's purchases of Russian crude...
Minister Kiren Rijiju Gives Special Blessings To Arunachal Bodybuilder Hillang Yajik
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Kiren Rijiju, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of Minority Affairs, on Monday met upcoming woman bodybuilder Hillang Yajik from Arunachal Pradesh and gave her his blessings and best wishes for...
INDIA bloc decides to field VP candidate, weighs DMK-backed scientist Mylswamy Annadurai among options
The Economic Times
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August 18, 2025
New Delhi: Leaders of many INDIA bloc parties held an online meeting on Monday evening and decided in principle to field an Opposition vice-presidential candidate. While some probable names - including DMK-floated Mylswamy Annadurai, a space...
India News | Second Loop of Hebbal Flyover to Be Ready by November: DK Shivakumar
Latestly
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August 18, 2025
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 18 (ANI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar today said that a new 1.5 km long tunnel road is being planned from Esteem Mall to Baptist Hospital to ease traffic at Hebbal flyover. Speaking to...
India blinks, removes duty on cotton imports in trade thaw with US
Mint
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August 19, 2025
New Delhi: In a move seen as breaking the ice in strained trade relations with the US, the Indian government late on Monday removed the customs duty and agriculture cess on cotton imports, a step that industry observers believe could ease tensions...