Added on February 2, 2023
Press Trust of India
Tax relief announcement draws loudest cheer
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget speech on Wednesday was marked by the usual thumping of benches by the ruling alliance members, but the loudest cheer was reserved for her announcement of income tax relief, which was welcomed by “Modi, Modi” chants in Lok Sabha that also witnessed a few instances of protest by […]
Added on February 2, 2023
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New Delhi: Mobile phones and TV sets manufactured in India would become cheaper with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announcing cuts in Basic Customs Duty (BCD) on import of their components but smokers would have to pay more as the government has increased taxes. Imported cars, including electric vehicles, and those assembled in India with imported […]
Added on February 2, 2023
KV News
* Per capita income has more than doubled to Rs 1.97 lakh in around nine years. * Indian economy has increased in size from being 10th to 5th largest in the world in the past nine years. * Seven priorities of the Budget, ‘Saptarishi’, are inclusive development, reaching the last mile, infrastructure and investment, unleashing […]
Added on February 2, 2023
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New Delhi: The Union Budget 2023-24 on Wednesday allocated Rs 35,581.44 crore to Jammu and Kashmir, the majority of it being central assistance for the union territory. Other union territories — Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Puducherry and Delhi — too got their share. According […]
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JAMMU/DELHI: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha has expressed gratitude to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the first budget of Amrit Kaal that will put the country on a faster, sustainable and more inclusive growth path to achieve the goal of 5 Trillion Dollar economy. “The first budget of Amrit Kaal presented […]
Added on February 2, 2023
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Srinagar: A massive avalanche hit the upper reaches of north Kashmir’s ski resort Gulmarg on Wednesday, killing two Polish tourists and trapping 21 skiers who were rescued from the slopes that had been declared a “no go zone”, police said. The Hapatkhud Kangdori area where the accident took place had been declared off limits due […]
Added on February 2, 2023
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February 8, 2010: 17 soldiers killed in army camp in Gulmarg. February 25, 2012: 16 soldiers killed in army camp in Gurez. January 25-27, 2017: Multiple avalanches hit Gurez and Sonamarg areas; 20, including several soldiers, killed. December 5, 2019: Four soldiers killed in army camp in Gurez. January 14, 2020: Multiple avalanches kill 11 […]
Added on February 2, 2023
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed WhatsApp to widely publicise its undertaking given to the Centre that it will not limit functionality for users not agreeing to its 2021 privacy policy but will continue to remind users about the update, and “maintain this approach” till the proposed data protection law comes into effect. […]
Added on February 2, 2023
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Minus 8.9°C recorded in Pahalgam
Srinagar: Amid forecast for mainly dry weather in next 24 hours, the minimum temperature recorded a drop in some places in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday with Pahalgam recording a low of minus 8.9°C. A meteorological department official here said that Srinagar recorded a low of 0.4°C against 0.0°C on the previous night. Today’s minimum […]
Added on February 2, 2023
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Technology, defence cooperation
Washington: The launch of the India-US initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET) by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and his American counterpart Jake Sullivan is an important signal that the two countries are ready to break down barriers, foster ties in technology and bolster defence cooperation, experts said. Sullivan and Doval met at the […]
