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GST led to household savings as tax rates came down: Report
Sunday, December 16, 2018, 8:06 PM
An average Indian household is saving up to Rs.320 every month on the purchase of commonly used goods including cereals, edible oil, and cosmetics post-GST implementation, a finance ministry source said citing an analysis of consumer expenditure data. The government rolled out the GST on July 1, 2017, amalgamating 17 different central and state taxes including excise duty and sales tax or VAT.
PM Modi should be named as Mr "Gumrah": Congress
Sunday, December 16, 2018, 8:03 PM
Taking a dig at PM Narendra Modi, Congress leader Pramod Tiwari said, "PM Modi should be named Mr Gumrah." "PM has misled Supreme Court [on Rafale], the country, farmers and the youth," Tiwari added. He further said that PM Modi has insulted India's former PM Indira Gandhi by not paying her tribute on Vijay Diwas while he was in Raebareli.
New Zealand's Rocket Lab shoots 13 tiny cube satellites into orbit
Sunday, December 16, 2018, 8:00 PM
US-based rocket propulsion company Rocket Lab on Sunday launched 13 cube satellites on its Electron rocket from New Zealand into low Earth orbit for NASA’s ELaNa-19 mission. The rocket lifted off from the world’s only private orbital launch pad on the Mahia Peninsula. The satellites will collect data on phenomena such as radiation belts and autonomous movement in space.
