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Arun Jaitley Introduces Four GST Bills in Lok Sabha
Four bills aimed at rolling out the much-awaited Goods and Services Tax (GST) and usher in landmark tax reforms in the country were tabled in the Lok Sabha on Monday.
NASA Mission to Study Cosmic Material Between Stars
The Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO) mission will fly an Ultralong-Duration Balloon (ULDB) carrying a telescope with carbon, oxygen and nitrogen emission line detectors.
Congress Cancels Poll Rally After Protest Over Terrorists' Killing
The election meetings were scheduled to take place in Pampore and Pulwama towns where a complete shutdown is being observed against the killing of two militants in an encounter with security forces at Padgampora in Awantipora area on Sunday.
Feast For The Soul: Jim Harrison on Wine And Food
In 2004, Jim Harrison wrote an article for The New Yorker about a 37-course lunch he ate in France "that likely cost as much as a new Volvo station wagon."
Skiing: Kashmir's Slice of 'Paradise' Has Big Ambitions
It's an area better known as a hotbed of insurgency but Indian Kashmir's only ski resort -- a favourite among aficionados for its silky snows -- is now trying to attract international-level competition to its slopes.
Luxury Hotel And Spa Opening at Iceland's Blue Lagoon This Fall
Less than an hour's drive from the capital, Reykjavik, the Blue Lagoon is one of Iceland's most popular tourist attractions. As travel hotspot for many visitors, the site often crowded.
SeaWorld to Expand in China After Investment Deal
A Chinese real estate investment firm has announced it has become the largest shareholder in SeaWorld and intends to import the US company's controversial theme parks into China.
CBFC Cancels TV Broadcast of The Danish Girl Due Its 'Sensitive Storyline'
According to a source in the know of developments, the Central Board Of Film Certification (CBFC) objected to the film due to its sensitive storyline.
Trump Fails to Repeal Obamacare, Republicans to Engage Democrats
The White House on Sunday indicated it was willing to talk to the opposition Democratic leadership on Obamacare, days after US President Donald Trump suffered a spectacular defeat in repealing the healthcare legislation.
UP Elections Results Proved Political Analysts Wrong, Says Rajnath Singh
Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday credited the BJP workers for the party's overwhelming victory in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, saying the election results had proved many political analysts wrong.
Diversity Has Become A Corny Word: Idris Elba
Elba said he was unimpressed when politician Oona King called him to do a "boring" speech at the Houses of Parliament last year.
Selena Gomez Takes Time Off Work to Focus on Her Personal Life
The 24-year-old paid a surprise visit to high school students here in honour of the Step Up Foundation and fashion brand Coach.
Samajwadi Party Holds National Executive Meeting on Poll Defeat
It was also decided that the party would undertake a membership drive afresh from April 15.
CBEC to be Renamed CBIC Under GST Regime
The apex policy making a body for indirect taxes, CBEC is being rechristened as the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC) in the run up to the Goods and Services Tax regime to be rolled out from July 1.
'Go Back to Lebanon': Sikh-American Girl Racially Abused in New York Train
A Sikh-American girl was harassed on a subway train when a white man, mistaking her to be from the Middle East, allegedly shouted "go back to Lebanon" and "you don't belong in this country," the latest in a series of hate crimes against people of South-As...
Govt Reacts Sharply to New York Times Editorial on Adityanath Becoming UP CM
The government on Friday reacted sharply to The New York Times' editorial criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's choice of Adityanath Yogi as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, and said the paper's wisdom to write such a piece was "questionable".
