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The Festival High and the Sugar Crash. It starts with just one piece of laddoo. And before you know it, you've gone through a platter of sweets, endless fried snacks, and festive drinks that taste like heaven and hit like a sugar bomb. Sound familiar?...

New Delhi: Bank of Baroda, one of India's leading public sector banks, has declared the loan accounts of Reliance Communications Ltd. (RCom) and its erstwhile Director, Anil Ambani, as 'fraud', according to an exchange filing. This classification pertains to loans taken before RCom entered the...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order implementing the US-Japan trade agreement, the White House said. "Under the Agreement, the US will apply a baseline 15 per cent tariff on nearly all Japanese imports entering the US, alongside separate sector-specific treatment for...

Washington: US President Donald Trump hosted a high-powered group of tech executives at the White House Thursday as he showcased research on artificial intelligence and boasted of investments that companies are making around the United States. “This is taking our country to a new level,”...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday said that Odisha will majorly benefit from the reforms in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) announced during the 56th GST council meeting held in New Delhi. Speaking to media persons, CM Majhi said, as promised by Prime...

New Delhi: The government's decision to exempt individual health and life insurance premiums from Goods and Services Tax (GST) complements Ayushman Bharat and PMJAY by expanding private coverage, reducing out-of-pocket expenditure, and driving the mission of Health for All, the Health Ministry said Thursday. This...

When it comes to building wealth and reaching long-term financial goals, investing wisely is essential. Many people are turning to mutual funds as a reliable option, given their ability to diversify risk and deliver steady returns over time. But for beginners, the process of selecting...

New York: A key US lawmaker, Rep. Gregory Meek,s said President Donald Trump's arbitrary tariffs against India “threaten” the “vital relationship” between the two countries. Meeks, a ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Democrats, Wednesday (local time) underscored “Congress's support for the US-India...

New Delhi: After the GST Council approved historical changes to India's indirect tax structure, several daily-use goods will become cheaper from September 22. The new tax structure, adopted on Wednesday, has two major slabs now 5 per cent and 18 per cent, and a whopping...

Mumbai: The Indian benchmark indices opened higher Thursday, buoyed by transformative rate reductions announced by the GST Council across sectors. As of 9.25 am, the Sensex was up 554 points or 0.69 per cent, at 81,122, and the Nifty was up 159 points or 0.64...