Remove 18% GST on life, medical insurance premium: Gadkari to Sitharaman

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has requested Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to withdraw the 18 per cent goods and services tax (GST) on life and medical insurance......

Modi 3@1: Challenges, Opportunities Ahead

There are challenges galore before him, and it is not going to be easy. In the next four years, he has to conjure a system that changes the optics about him and the BJP both nationally and......

USTR Report Intensifies Trade Tensions With India

The US Trade Representative noted that India's average applied tariff rate stood at 17% per cent, the highest of any major world economy. Kindly note the image has been posted only for......

Govt's pace of work tripled in 3rd term: President Murmu

President Droupadi Murmu on Friday said the pace of work has tripled in the third term of her government which has worked with strong determination to lift the economy out of the state of "policy......

Insurers hopeful of reduction in GST on health, life premiums

The life and non-life insurance industries are hopeful of a reduction in the goods and services tax (GST) on health and life insurance premiums, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his speech......

India-Pakistan Final Sends Ad Rates Soaring

Advertisers will pay 18 lakh to 25 lakh per 10 seconds, a 10% to 20% increase over the last Asia Cup final. IMAGE: Abhishek Sharma and Haris Rauf exchange words during the India-Pakistan game on......

India, UK trade deal will unlock thousands of jobs

India and the UK signed a landmark free trade agreement on Thursday, which, starting next year, will see 99 per cent of Indian exports enter the UK duty-free, while reducing tariffs on British......

India's imports of Russian oil under spotlight after Trump tariffs

From just 0.2 per cent before the Russia-Ukraine war to now accounting for 35-40 per cent of total crude imports, India's reliance on Russian oil has surged -- drawing fresh scrutiny with US......

'Resume non-contact sports in sanitised empty stadia'

IMAGE: Avispa Dorada, left, and Ave Rex exercise during a training session at home. Photograph: Manuel Velasquez/Getty Images Resume non-contact sports like cricket and badminton behind closed......