The list of exempted goods from central excise duty has shrunk from 400 items in 2011-12 to 300 now.
Months after making history by winning America's Got Talent, Mumbai's V Unbeatable dancing crew is crumbling under the lockdown.
From 0% to 28%, here's the breakup of what attracts how much GST.
Jaitley gathered a group of people and burnt an effigy of then prime minister Indira Gandhi, making him, in his own words, the 'first satyagrahi' against the Emergency.
With mosques shut, workers and daily wage workers are left to fend for themselves, underscoring once again the magnitude of the crisis of unemployment and poverty triggered by the lockdown, which began on March 25 to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
These are not necessarily female-dominated industries, but in these professions women are moving up the payroll faster than their male counterparts.
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'Khan Market is useful if not central to our existence,' says Kishore Singh.
After ruling the packaged milk and ice cream markets, Brand Amul has set its eyes on the bakery segment. Anand-based Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, which markets Amul brand of dairy products, is planning to manufacture biscuits and cakes under the umbrella brand name. A range of bakery items, including bread, bun and toast, is also on the menu of Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers' Union, an important member of GCMMF.
According to a recent survey conducted by Nielsen across a few cities in India showed that over 23 percent of the working women now take their own financial decisions.
'I think the fact that there's nothing to look forward to, there's no future you can see...'
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'Our Lockdown Life has a sort of schizophrenic, Dr-Jekyll-and-Mr-Hyde personality about it,' says Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
These foods will keep your energy levels high and drive away your hunger pangs.
The company stated that it was taking steps for cost rationalisation across all businesses to maintain liquidity and due to a prolonged slowdown it had to take a few tough measures.
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Reader Rama Muralidharan shared this interesting snack recipe.
Ride quality is the car's biggest forte, and it glides over most potholes and bad roads smoothly.
Cleanse, tone, and moisturise. Avoid sugar, dairy products, animal protein, suggests Shilpa Sharma.
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By throwing food at poverty that is result of faulty economics and lack of jobs, one is only trying to suicidal path.
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United States President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania released a statement on Saturday wishing "warm greetings" to those celebrating Eid al-Fitr.
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Every home across India makes khichdi and it still isn't as celebrated as it should be.
'Many are coming hungry and thirsty.' 'Some told us they were stopped from filling water at roadside village handpumps because villagers told them 'tum Carona ho'.'
Usher in the Parsi New Year with delicious dishes, says Mini Ribeiro.
A fabulous vegetarian spread and an amazing range of sweets are also hallmarks of Bengali cuisine.
Rajendra Nagar, a planned colony built after Independence, is the worst-affected area in the Bihar capital, seeing an unprecedented flooding which residents said has "exposed the under-preparedness of the corporation".
'I challenge people just do it for a month to see how you feel, okay?'
While the DMK fears that the Congress with its poor strike rate will pull it down in the 2021 state elections, like it did five years ago, the ruling AIADMK is worried that the BJP may ultimately do a Bihar on it, relegating it to second place in Tamil Nadu, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
When she was growing up, Bindu Ajit had only heard of the Challah. After years, she discovered its recipe and got to it right away.