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India-New Zealand FTA to ensure zero duty on 100 pc of India’s exports: Piyush Goyal

India-New Zealand FTA to ensure zero duty on 100 pc of India’s exports: Piyush Goyal Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday that the India and New Zealand free trade agreement (FTA) will ensure zero duty on 100 per cent of India’s exports, benefitting farmers, MSMEs, workers, artisans, women-led enterprises and youth, while...
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Electronics sector creating large scale blue-collar jobs for Indian women: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Electronics sector creating large scale blue-collar jobs for Indian women: Ashwini Vaishnaw The electronics sector is creating large scale blue-collar jobs for women in India, said Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, on Monday. He said this, referring to reports on Taiwan-based company Foxconn onboarding nearly 30,000 employees --...
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EAM Jaishankar to visit Sri Lanka on Tuesday, hold talks with top leadership

EAM Jaishankar to visit Sri Lanka on Tuesday, hold talks with top leadership External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar will visit Sri Lanka on Tuesday as Special Envoy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold talks with the top leadership of the island nation. "The visit underscores India’s Neighbourhood First Policy and takes...
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Congress, SP hit out at Uttarakhand CM over mandatory recitation of Bhagavad Gita in schools

Congress, SP hit out at Uttarakhand CM over mandatory recitation of Bhagavad Gita in schools After Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced that his government has made the recitation of verses from the Bhagavad Gita mandatory in schools across the state, the Congress and the Samajwadi Party on Monday criticised the move, calling it...
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Another student leader shot at in Bangladesh; condition critical

Another student leader shot at in Bangladesh; condition critical Dhaka: A student-led National Citizen Party (NCP) leader was shot by miscreants in Bangladesh's Khulna on Monday, just days after the killing of radical Islamist leader Sharif Osman Hadi, as the violence continues to grip the South Asian nation. According...
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Shiv Sena-UBT exudes confidence in 30-year winning streak in BMC polls, calls Cong 'tourist party'

Shiv Sena-UBT exudes confidence in 30-year winning streak in BMC polls, calls Cong 'tourist party' Shiv Sena (UBT) spokesperson Anand Dubey on Monday took a swipe at the Congress, calling it a "tourist party" and asserting that it holds little relevance in the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, while underlining his party's three-decade-long dominance...
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PM Modi lays foundation stone for Rs 11,000 crore fertiliser unit in Assam

PM Modi lays foundation stone for Rs 11,000 crore fertiliser unit in Assam Namrup (Assam): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone of the ammonia-urea fertiliser project at Namrup in Assam’s Dibrugarh district, which will be set up with an investment of Rs 11,000 crore. Addressing a massive gathering on...
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PM Modi interacts with Assam students aboard Brahmaputra cruise

PM Modi interacts with Assam students aboard Brahmaputra cruise Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday held a special and inspiring interaction with 25 students aboard the cruise vessel 'Charaideo' on the Brahmaputra River, marking a unique engagement during his two-day visit to the state. The students were selected...
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World Cup-winning Indian blind women’s team visits BCCI headquarters

World Cup-winning Indian blind women’s team visits BCCI headquarters The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) felicitated the Indian blind women’s cricket team following their triumphant campaign in the inaugural Women’s T20 World Cup for the Blind. The team visited the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai on December...
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Govt to introduce bill against fake fertilisers, pesticides in next Parliament session

Govt to introduce bill against fake fertilisers, pesticides in next Parliament session Expressing concern over the sale of fake fertilisers, pesticides and other unauthorised bio-stimulants disguised under misleading tags, the government will introduce a bill against fake fertilisers and pesticides in the next Parliament session. According to Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan,...
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Sheikh Mujibur hall at Dhaka University renamed after radical leader Hadi on students' 'verdict'

Sheikh Mujibur hall at Dhaka University renamed after radical leader Hadi on students' 'verdict' Dhaka: In another controversial move that critics say undermines the legacy of those who fought in the Bangladesh Liberation War, the hall union of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall at Dhaka University has removed the original nameplate and replaced it with...
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