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Washington: Terming the controversial retrospective taxation regime a "legacy issue", Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has assured US investors that the government does not intend to legislate retrospectively and is looking to…
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Washington: While the world celebrated the first International Yoga Day today, over 20 million Americans have already been practicising the ancient Indian meditative exercise, fuelling the whopping USD 27 billion yoga industry in the…
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Zurich: India has moved down to 61st place in terms of foreigners' money in Swiss banks and it now accounts for a meagre 0.123 per cent of the total global wealth worth USD 1.6 trillion in Switzerland's banking system. While the UK and the…
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Washington: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley met top US officials here and raised India's concerns over key bilateral issues, including totalisation agreement and the proposed Bilateral Investment Treaty. In a series of meetings with US…
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Islamabad: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today expressed his resentment over power outages in Pakistan during Ramzan and ordered top officials to take "all steps" to address the issue that has provoked violent protests. During a meeting,…
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Kathmandu: About USD 20 million is needed to support farmers in earthquake-hit Nepal so that they can resume agricultural activities and stave off the threat of prolonged food insecurity, FAO today said. For the current cropping season,…
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United Nations: The World Health Organisation is closely working with centres in India and across the world to support the unique knowledge of yoga with scientific evidence and incorporate it into universal healthcare approaches, a senior…
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Washington: Pakistan has not taken action against LeT as the terror group continues to "operate, train, rally, propagandise and fundraise" in the country, according to a US State Department report which has acknowledged that India remains…
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 AGENCY ISLAMABAD: At least 20 militants were killed on Friday when Pakistani fighter jets pounded their positions in the troubled northwest tribal region bordering Afghanistan, where the military has undertaken a massive operation against…
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At least 70 people have been killed, 500 wounded and over 1,000 jailed in weeks of political violence in Burundi, a rights groups has said. The troubled central African nation has been in crisis since late April over President Pierre…
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