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Centre Proposes Reducing GST Slabs From 4 To 2, May Retain 5%, 18%: Sources
- Aug 15, 2025 17:36 pm IST
- Posted by: Srishti Kapoor
The Centre has proposed that only two slabs for Goods and Services Tax (GST) be retained - 5 per cent and 18 percent - as per sources.
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Dome in Delhi's Humayun Tomb Complex Collapses, 10 Feared Trapped
- Aug 15, 2025 17:16 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Dome in Delhi's Humayun Tomb Complex Collapses, 10 Feared Trapped
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From Putin To Netanyahu: Global leaders Wish India On Independence Day
- Aug 15, 2025 16:42 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Global leaders and neighbours extended greetings to India on the 79th Independence Day on Friday while reaffirming strong bilateral ties with the country.
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How India's Choice Of August 15 As Independence Day Has A Japan Link
- Aug 15, 2025 16:23 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Amid rising communal violence and worsening law and order, the British Parliament decided that the colonial rule in India would end on August 15, 1947.
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Chandrababu Naidu Launches Statewide Free Bus Travel Scheme For Women
- Aug 15, 2025 16:19 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday launched 'Stree Shakti', a statewide free bus travel scheme for women, in the presence of NDA leaders here.
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"Tired Today, Retired Tomorrow": Opposition's Jab At PM Over RSS Praise
- Aug 15, 2025 15:40 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
The opposition has reacted with 'retirement benefits' jibes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's praise of the RSS - the ruling BJP' ideological mentor - in his Independence Day speech Friday.
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On Independent Day, A Message Of Unity In Srinagar From Rajasthan, Gujarat
- Aug 15, 2025 14:42 pm IST
- Asian News International
In a display of patriotism and a message of national integration, two men--one from Rajasthan and the other from Gujarat--hoisted the national flag at the historic Ghanta Ghar in Srinagar's Lal Chowk on Friday.
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Shopkeepers Should Put Up Boards Promoting Swadeshi Products: PM Modi
- Aug 15, 2025 14:12 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged shopkeepers and traders to put up boards outside their shops declaring that they sell only Indian products.
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'We May Raise Further If...': Global Ratings Agency's Big Note To India
- Aug 15, 2025 13:59 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Global ratings agency S&P has upgraded India's credit rating for the first time in nearly two decades, bumping the country from BBB to BBB- with a stable outlook, and invaliding Donald Trump's eyebrow-raising 'India is a dead economy'.
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Gaganyaan Loading... Shubhanshu Shukla To Be Back In India Soon
- Aug 15, 2025 13:49 pm IST
- Reported by: Pallava Bagla
India's 21st-century space hero, astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, is on his way back to India. Mr Shukla spent 18 days at the International Space Station on the Axiom 4 commercial space mission.
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You Can Now Buy Rs 3,000 FASTag Annual Pass: Eligibility, Benefits Explained
- Aug 15, 2025 12:57 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
The annual highway toll pass for private cars, jeeps and vans was rolled out on Friday.
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'Sudarshan Chakra' To Protect Our Skies. India's 'Iron Dome' Explained
- Aug 15, 2025 12:40 pm IST
- Written by: Chandrashekar Srinivasan
India will build a 'Sudarshan Chakra', a 'multi-layered framework' to integrate advanced surveillance, cyber protection, and physical safeguards to protect its citizens and infrastructure from enemy strikes, terrorist or otherwise, PM Modi said.
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Explained: GST Reforms Coming Soon. How You Will Benefit
- Aug 15, 2025 12:35 pm IST
- Reported by: Himanshu Shekhar Mishra
- Edited by: Chandrajit Mitra
India is set to witness major reforms in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime this year. These "next-generation" reforms would drop by before Diwali, Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised this morning.
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Government Likely To Allow Private Firms To Mine, Import Uranium To Help Nuclear Expansion
- Aug 15, 2025 12:16 pm IST
- Reuters
India aims to allow private firms to mine, import and process uranium as part of plans to end a decades-old state monopoly over the nuclear sector and bring in billions of dollars to boost the industry, two government sources said.
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PM Modi Says 50% Of Total Real Time Transactions Done Through UPI
- Aug 15, 2025 11:59 am IST
- Press Trust of India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday highlighted the success of home-grown Unified Payments Interface (UPI), stating that UPI alone accounts for 50 per cent of real-time transactions in the world.
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Video: 2 BJP MLAs Clash Inside UP Assembly, Akhilesh Yadav Reacts
- Aug 15, 2025 11:42 am IST
- NDTV News Desk
Rajesh Chaudhary, a BJP MLA from Mathura, engaged in a heated argument with his party colleague from Varanasi, Saurabh Srivastava, during a discussion on 'Vision 2047'.
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Gautam Adani Renews Pledge Towards 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' On Independence Day
- Aug 15, 2025 11:41 am IST
- Indo-Asian News Service
Gautam Adani, Chairman of the Adani Group, on Friday renewed the pledge towards 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' -- helping the nation build mighty bridges to modern ports and more.
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"Infiltrators New Target": Trinamool Hits Back At PM's Independence Day Speech
- Aug 15, 2025 11:13 am IST
- Edited by: Chandrajit Mitra
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's caution against "infiltrators" posing a threat to national security has drawn a backlash from the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal.