Economy

Paradise Papers Leak: Firms linked to tax havens, Amitabh Bachchan, Jayant Sinha, Jindal, among 714 Indians

The Paradise Papers is the fourth collaborative investigation into offshore and banking assets done by The Indian Express with the ICIJ. Among...

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Council to consider slashing GST on common use goods

The all-powerful GST Council may consider lowering tax rates on a host of goods such as handmade furniture, plastic products and daily...

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Climate change in Indo-Pak Himalayas ripe not just for conflict but also for devastation: US Senator

Referring to a study, he said even an optimistic scenario on climate change would cut the Himalayan glacier mass more than a...

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Farmers feel the heat as fodder turns scarce, resulting in distress sale of cattle

JK short of 57.5 lac litres milk, 1.5 lac kgs mutton per day Srinagar: With the government failing to frame a comprehensive...

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Job creation at its lowest as India ranks 100 out of 190 countries on ‘ease of doing business’ list

Modi Government has set target of breaking into the top 50. Rank improvement can be attached to lesser regulation for registering and...

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Drabu calls for making JK as trade corridor to Central Asia for reviving economic linkages in region

Addresses special session of India-UAE Partnership Summit on ‘Investment Opportunities in J&K’ Dubai: JK’s Finance Minister, Dr Haseeb Drabu today called for...

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DPS Srinagar received funds under ‘Khelo India’ to ‘wean valley youth out of stone pelting’

After getting bad press on more than one count since 2016 summer, an ‘elite’ private school in Srinagar, along with a government...

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Ongoing Pahalgam food festival attracts tourists as well as locals

The ongoing Pahalgam Food Festival which began on Thursday has attracted tourists as well as locals. The event aims to promote local...

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Prudent public expenditure policy key to arresting economic slowdown: Drabu

‘Govt creating new framework for expenditure management policy, reorienting state budget’ Srinagar: Minister for Finance, Dr Haseeb Drabu on Friday said a...