Written By Alisha Sachdeva

Hours after US President Donald Trump announced his decision to end preferential trade treatment for India, the government today said that the move will not have a "significant impact". India currently enjoys duty-free entry for upto $5.6 billion worth of its exports to the US, under what is known as the Generalised System of Preferences or GSP.

Adani was the highest bidder for all the airports, bidding more than double than that of GMR for each of the six airports, and even five times more in the case of Mangalore. GVK did not participate in the bidding.

The exemption will apply to all start-ups with total investment not exceeding Rs 25 crore, Union Minister Suresh Prabhu said.

On its first run on the tracks with passengers on board, India's first engine-less train Vande Bharat Express, or Train 18, ran at a top speed of 130 kmph on Friday, flagging off a new niche for semi-high speed trains in India.

Services with a mass user base such as construction, education and healthcare currently do not adhere to any standards by the BIS.

A Belgian tourist's visit to India in the month of December last year proved to be such an ordeal that she had to fly back within 24 hours of landing in the country.

The DPIIT will work with the CBDT to grant exemption from the angel tax to all DPIIT-registered Level-I start-ups, in what has been the long-standing demand of the start-up and angel network to the government.

National political parties in India were funded almost entirely by India Inc and a lion's share of these went to the BJP, according to data shared with the Election Commission for Financial Year 2017-18.

The purpose of the angel tax was ostensibly to weed out money launderers who could use undisclosed income to invest in start-ups.

The proposed amendments to the draft intermediary guidelines made with a view to make social media safer and crack down on fake new will not compromise encryption of the data being exchanged, the Electronics and Information Technology Ministry has said. Amid concerns among privacy watchers, the ministry on Twitter clarified that it only asks to "tr...

A day after issuing revisions in foreign direct investment or FDI in e-commerce, sources in the government told NDTV that there is no need being felt for a regulatory body in the e-commerce space.

Sreejith Moolayil, founder of Pune-based start-up True Elements raised Rs 1.5 crore for his venture from an angel investor in the year 2015. That would have been good news, except two years later, he received an order from the Income Tax department to pay Rs 40 lakh of that amount to the taxman as Angel Tax.

The election season, almost always, is flavoured with populist promises. To address rural distress, which is a top election issue this time, repetitive sops such as farm loan waivers and increased MSPs have been promised by both of the country's national parties.

Urjit Patel's resignation from the post of Reserve Bank of India governor has spurred a number of economists - including his predecessor Raghuram Rajan - to stress on the need for the country's top institutions to function in a manner "independent" of the government's demands.

A rally taken out by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in New Delhi to push for the early construction of the Ram temple got off to an underwhelming start today, with very few supporters turning up.

Hours after US President Donald Trump announced his decision to end preferential trade treatment for India, the government today said that the move will not have a "significant impact". India currently enjoys duty-free entry for upto $5.6 billion worth of its exports to the US, under what is known as the Generalised System of Preferences or GSP.

Adani was the highest bidder for all the airports, bidding more than double than that of GMR for each of the six airports, and even five times more in the case of Mangalore. GVK did not participate in the bidding.

The exemption will apply to all start-ups with total investment not exceeding Rs 25 crore, Union Minister Suresh Prabhu said.

On its first run on the tracks with passengers on board, India's first engine-less train Vande Bharat Express, or Train 18, ran at a top speed of 130 kmph on Friday, flagging off a new niche for semi-high speed trains in India.

Services with a mass user base such as construction, education and healthcare currently do not adhere to any standards by the BIS.

A Belgian tourist's visit to India in the month of December last year proved to be such an ordeal that she had to fly back within 24 hours of landing in the country.

The DPIIT will work with the CBDT to grant exemption from the angel tax to all DPIIT-registered Level-I start-ups, in what has been the long-standing demand of the start-up and angel network to the government.

National political parties in India were funded almost entirely by India Inc and a lion's share of these went to the BJP, according to data shared with the Election Commission for Financial Year 2017-18.

The purpose of the angel tax was ostensibly to weed out money launderers who could use undisclosed income to invest in start-ups.

The proposed amendments to the draft intermediary guidelines made with a view to make social media safer and crack down on fake new will not compromise encryption of the data being exchanged, the Electronics and Information Technology Ministry has said. Amid concerns among privacy watchers, the ministry on Twitter clarified that it only asks to "tr...

A day after issuing revisions in foreign direct investment or FDI in e-commerce, sources in the government told NDTV that there is no need being felt for a regulatory body in the e-commerce space.

Sreejith Moolayil, founder of Pune-based start-up True Elements raised Rs 1.5 crore for his venture from an angel investor in the year 2015. That would have been good news, except two years later, he received an order from the Income Tax department to pay Rs 40 lakh of that amount to the taxman as Angel Tax.

The election season, almost always, is flavoured with populist promises. To address rural distress, which is a top election issue this time, repetitive sops such as farm loan waivers and increased MSPs have been promised by both of the country's national parties.

Urjit Patel's resignation from the post of Reserve Bank of India governor has spurred a number of economists - including his predecessor Raghuram Rajan - to stress on the need for the country's top institutions to function in a manner "independent" of the government's demands.

A rally taken out by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in New Delhi to push for the early construction of the Ram temple got off to an underwhelming start today, with very few supporters turning up.