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New Delhi: The goods and services tax (GST) Council, chaired by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on Monday announced a host of decisions, including a reduction in GST rates on certain essential items and rate on namkeen among others, but deferred some crucial ones, especially reducing the GST rate on health and life insurance premiums … Read more
For years, as Kiran Nazish worked as a journalist in conflict zones around the world, she watched the female reporters around her struggling against the odds to build their careers, get support and stay safe. In Mexico, female journalists told Nazish that they had been blackmailed by their bosses to cooperate sexually or face demotion. … Read more
For England this was a weary, slightly seasick way end to the Test match summer. Not weary in the literal sense, although Chris Woakes looked tired and an injured Gus Atkinson was pointlessly over-bowled as Sri Lanka completed a beautifully clinical eight-wicket victory at the Oval. But weary of spirit, weary of spectacle, filled with … Read more
It is often said there is never anything new in politics. And for old hands in Whitehall, there is nothing new about the Treasury’s sights being set on the winter fuel allowance. The difference this time is that the arguments about the merits of means-testing the winter fuel allowance are playing out in the front … Read more
According to a report issued by the National Center of Health Statistics, the percentage of adults who used telemedicine in the past 12 months decreased by 6.9%. As virtual care numbers come back to earth, the industry is adjusting. As Amazon consolidated and repositioned its own telehealth offerings this summer, for instance, it announced $49 … Read more
Paul MacInnes Best moment Watching Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid get the gold medal they so desperately wanted, and deserved, in the wheelchair tennis. Closely followed by the men’s final that Hewett lost, but only just and in thrilling circumstances. Biggest disappointment The track and field wasn’t wildly successful for Great Britain and the atmosphere … Read more
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses the press conference after the GST Council meet | Credit: X/@FinMinIndia 4 min read Last Updated : Sep 09 2024 | 9:55 PM IST The all-powerful GST Council, at its meeting on Monday, took a slew of decisions that include setting up a state panel to examine the future … Read more
If the 1982 Falklands war was what the great Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges called “two bald men fighting over a comb”, how can we describe the present contest for the leadership of the Conservative party? Half a dozen toothless people squabbling over a toothbrush? Out of some form of perversity or masochism the Tories … Read more
To celebrate Giuseppe Tornatore’s inaugural visit to India, the festival will include a mini Tornatore retrospective and will include screenings of his cult classics such as Cinema Paradiso (1988), Malèna (2000) and (2021). The three-day festival programme is a cinephile’s feast that will showcase restored films of great Italian masters including Luchino Visconti’s Senso (1954), … Read more
The post-Bill Belichick era for the New England Patriots is off to a sunny start. The Patriots went on the road Sunday and beat the Cincinnati Bengals, a widely anticipated playoff team, 16-10. New coach Jerrod Mayo, a Belichick disciple turned replacement, got a soothing Gatorade bath in his debut game. The Patriots were eight-point … Read more