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INDUSTRY 

Steel industry seeks duty cut on key raw materials in Budget

January 19, 2020 Loknath Das Budget, Cut, duty, in, Industry, key, Materials, on, raw, seeks, Steel

NEW DELHI: The domestic steel industry is seeking reduction in basic customs duty on key raw materials such as coking coal,

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Education 

‘Treacle of bureaucracy’: report on special educational needs is a huge relief for parents like me

November 5, 2019 Loknath Das .me, a, bureaucracy’:, educational, for, huge, is, like, Needs, of, on, parents, Relief, Report, special, ‘Treacle

 Parents and pupils protesting in May against the special educational needs funding crisis. A new report has found parents faced

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INDUSTRY 

New tariffs on EU food will boost prices, cost U.S. jobs – industry

October 4, 2019 Loknath Das -, boost, cost, EU, Food, Industry, Jobs, new, on, prices, tariffs, U.S., Will

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New 25% U.S. tariffs on Italian cheese, French wine, Scotch whisky, British biscuits, Spanish olives and thousands

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BANKING & SAVING 

How do we survive on ₹1,000?: PMC Bank customers

September 25, 2019 Loknath Das 000, Bank, customers, Do, How, on, PMC, survive, We, ₹1

Hundreds of customers were left in the lurch after the RBI put withdrawal limits on Mumbai-based PMC Bank. From retired

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COMPANIES 

Make in India? Indian companies sit on Japanese encephalitis vaccine capacities for years, as govt imports Chinese vaccine

September 21, 2019 Loknath Das as, capacities, Chinese, COMPANIES, encephalitis, for, Govt, imports, in, India, Indian, Japanese, make, on, sit, vaccine, Years

In 2012, Indian vaccine maker Biological E launched the country’s first Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine under the brand name Jeev. The

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FINANCES 

RBI releases draft guidelines for ‘on tap’ licensing of Small Finance Banks

September 14, 2019 Loknath Das banks, draft, Finance, for, Guidelines, licensing, of, on, RBI, Releases, small, tap'

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on September 13 released draft norms for ‘on tap’ licensing of Small Finance Banks

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Education 

TN govt’s education channel to launch on Monday

August 26, 2019August 26, 2019 Loknath Das channel, Education:, govt’s, Launch, Monday, on, TN, to

A TV Channel exclusively dedicated for school students in Tamil Nadu will start its operations on Monday. Chief Minister Edappadi

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ECONOMY 

Raghuram Rajan issues warning alert for Modi govt on economy

August 21, 2019 Loknath Das alert, economy, for, Govt, Issues, Modi, on, Raghuram, Rajan, warning

Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has said the economic slowdown in India is “very worrisome” and has called for a

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ECONOMY 

Pakistan’s economy on a downward spiral; here’s why

June 17, 2019 Loknath Das a, downward, economy, Here's, on, Pakistan's, spiral?, Why

Pakistan’s economy is on a downward spiral for the past couple of years. From the country’s massive debts, rampant corruption

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INCOME 

How much income tax is payable on rental income

May 14, 2019 Loknath Das How, Income, is, Much, on, payable, Rental, Tax

In order to assess the accurate income tax liability at the time of filing income tax returns, a user has

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