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No proposal to bring fuels under GST, says FM

March 15, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: Amid the prevailing record-high fuel prices across the country, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday that there is no proposal until now to bring crude oil, petrol, diesel, jet fuel (ATF) and natural gas under the Goods and Services Tax (GST). “At present, there is no proposal to bring crude petroleum, petrol, diesel, […]

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Bank strike: Cheques worth Rs.16,500 cr stuck

March 15, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Mumbai: On Monday, the first day of the two-day nationwide banks’ strike, called by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) against the Centre’s move to privatize banks, led to the non-clearance of two crore cheques and financial instruments worth about Rs 16,500 crore, according to the claims made by a union. “On average, about […]

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UNESCO: US restores to Nepal a stolen Lakshami-Narayan statue

March 15, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Mukund Patel Chicago: The United States has restored a historic statue of Lord Lakshmi Narayan, also known as Lord Vasudeva-Kamalaj, to Nepal from where it was stolen in 1984. Representing the US government, Timothy N. Dunham, Deputy Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), handed over the statue to Dr. Yuba Raj Khatiwada, Nepal’s Ambassador […]

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Quad: Rattled, China dismisses a “NATO copy”, then asks to “refrain”!

March 13, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: China’s near-panic at the coming together of four world democracies to go ahead with and intensify their cooperation under the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad), viewed as a prelude to an ‘Asian NATO’, was visible in its contradictory reactions to the first Summit: it first dubbed it as a “copy of NATO’, […]

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Quad: “None has illusions about China”, says US NSA Sullivan

March 13, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: None of the leaders of four Quad member nations—US, India, Australia, and Japan—who discussed critical issues during their first virtual Summit on Friday—have any “illusions” about China, US National Security Advisor Jack Sullivan said immediately after the videoconferencing. “The Quad is now a critical part of the architecture of the Indo-Pacific, […]

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Roving Periscope: With 1st Quad Summit, ‘Asian NATO’ on drawing board

March 13, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After remaining dormant for 13 years since 2007, and its restart in 2017, the conceptual Asian version of the West’s North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) may have reached the drawing board stage on Friday when India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi observed that the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) has “come of age.” […]

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Vaccine Maitri: India supplies 60 mn doses to 70 countries

March 12, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: By supplying nearly 60 million doses of Made-in-India vaccines to 70 countries since January 20, as part of the global fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, New Delhi has scripted a new narrative in making friends across the planet. The Vaccine Maitri (Vaccine Friendship) campaign, launched as a major diplomatic move by […]

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Covid-19 impact: ‘Most economies to return to normal only in 2022’

March 11, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The credit downturn triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic will be short-lived but most economies are unlikely to return to pre-pandemic activity levels until next year (2022), global rating agency Moody’s has said. Since March 11, 2020, when the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak of Covid-19 a pandemic, the killer […]

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Security: Japan sounds alarm about China ahead of March 12 Quad meet

March 10, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Two days ahead of US President Joe Biden’s virtual meeting with America’s partners in the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad), Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga discussed with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi the potential threats the Indo-Pacific Region faces from a resurgent China. Experts view the Quad as a prelude to the […]

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Roving Periscope: India to supply 45mn vaccine doses to Pakistan

March 10, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Despite long enmity and bitter memories of innumerable terror attacks it suffered for decades, India will supply 45 million doses of Made-in-India vaccines free-of-cost to Pakistan through the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) to help it fight the coronavirus pandemic. Islamabad is expected to directly receive from India the […]