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Japan To Buy More Stealth Jets, Radar To Counter China, Russia
“The United States remains the world’s most powerful nation, but national rivalries are surfacing and we recognise the importance of the strategic competition with both China and Russia as they challenge the regional order,” said a 10-year defence programme outline approved by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government
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Working to Bring 99 Percent Things In sub-18 Percent GST Slab: Narendra Modi
Modi indicated that the 28 per cent slab of GST would only be restricted to a few select items, such as luxury goods
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Modi On Maharashtra Visit; To Launch Infra, Housing Projects
The Kalyan event will also see the launch of Navi Mumbai town planning authority City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra's (Cidco) mass housing scheme worth Rs 18,000 crore, which offers around 89,771 affordable homes under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
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Sensex Drops 141 Points In Early Trade On Global Sell-Off, Profit-Booking
The 30-share index dropped 140.51 points, or 0.40 per cent, to 36,129.56 points in opening trade. The gauge had rallied over 1,310 points in the previous five sessions
Read MoreDefeat Of BJP; Temple Stir In Eclipse
The Hindu agenda that was used as the key poll-plank in the three States of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in the backdrop of virtual crusade for construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya is believed to have boomeranged
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IMF Says Trade War Already Hurting Asia, May Cut Global Growth Forecasts
Changyong Rhee, director of the IMF's Asia and Pacific Department, said Japan and South Korea could be among countries in the region hit hardest by the trade war given their reliance on exports to China
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India Extends $1.4 Billion Assistance To Maldives
"We held successful talks in a cordial atmosphere. We vowed to strengthen ties," Modi said in his press statement, with Solih by his side
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Modi Announces $1.4 Billion Financial Aid To Maldives
"For Maldives' social and economic development we are providing a financial assistance of $1.4 billion in the form of budgetary support, currency swap agreements and concessional lines of credit," Modi said
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Government Meddling In RBI Could Undermine India's Financial Stability: S&P Global
"S&P Global Ratings views as credit negative the circumstances leading to the recent resignation of Urjit Patel, governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)," S&P analysts Michael Puli and Andrew Wood said in a note
Read MoreIndex Likely To Face Stiff Resistance At The 10,950 – 11,000 Mark
With the major state elections out of the way, we can now expect markets to settle down again in a relatively steady rhythm ahead of the 2019 general elections, which has already started showing signs of being a bloody duel between the two frontrunners
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Sensex Rises 224 Pts On Fund Inflows, Positive Asian Cues
The BSE Sensex rose 223.89 points, or 0.62 per cent, to 36,186.82
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Carlsberg, United Breweries Plead Leniency In India Beer Cartel Probe - Sources
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has been investigating the two companies, as well as the world's largest brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev)
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'Indira Gandhi 2.0': RBI Coup A Sign Of Modi's Authoritarian Ways
From the RBI, the government demanded a reduction in lending curbs and a share of its surplus reserves. Patel was appointed by Modi, but he resisted the demand
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Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To Dassault Jet Deal; Win For Modi
However, the court headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi dismissed the petitions calling for the establishment of a special investigation team to probe the deal
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Potential CM Candidates In Rajasthan, MP Arrive In Delhi To Meet Congress Chief
Sources said that the decision would be taken Thursday itself after the state legislature party had authorised the Congress president to take a final call on the chief ministers
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