Holiday inflation hitting consumers hard this season Inflation held nearly steady in November, as drops in gas prices and long-lasting goods mostly offset still hot increases for service. Fox – 32 Chicago The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady Wednesday, signaling that a nearly two-year streak of hikes may be ending as …
NEW DELHI: From October 2025 onwards, all new trucks will be required to have factory-fitted AC cabins for drivers as the road transport ministry has made this mandatory. The government finally notified the implementation date after several back and forth exercises in the past five years.In a gazette notification issued on Friday night, the ministry …
NEW DELHI: The government has banned the use of “dark patterns” — purposefully designed deceptions — by e-commerce and all other online platforms while selling goods and services that manipulate customers and nudge them into signing up for or purchasing things they didn’t mean to or lure them to buy a more expensive product. The …
Calling for a different approach to freebies, Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy said that “nothing should be given free”. People availing government services and subsidies should be made to contribute back to the betterment of society, suggested the IT veteran. He also advocated for capitalism and regarded it as the only solution for a poor …
The government may consider introducing a new law to deal with deepfakes and misinformation, Union minister of state electronics and technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar, said on Tuesday. Separately, the IT ministry has called two meetings with executives of social media firms, on Thursday and Friday. Deepfakes are “a very important, clear and present danger” to Indian …
You can call it a car cemetery. On sprawling three acres of prime land in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida, over a hundred dilapidated vehicles are being arranged in stacks before each one is hauled for a 200-minute last journey. Unlike the birth of a car – from welding to painting – which takes 18-35 hours, depending …
Image Source : PIXABAY Interest rate on the five-year recurring deposit scheme rose to 6.7 per cent from 6.5 per cent for the December quarter. The government on Friday raised the interest rate on the five-year recurring deposit scheme to 6.7 per cent from 6.5 per cent for the December quarter. With this, the government …
Image Source : UNSPLASH An empty gas station. The government has hiked ethanol price for second time within a fortnight to keep up with its target of achieving 20 per cent blending by 2025. At present, 10 per cent ethanol is blended into petrol, and the government is looking to double this. Ethanol is an …
New Delhi: In a bid to enhance radio communication, the government is gearing up to conduct an e-auction of 808 FM radio stations across 284 cities, as announced by Information and Broadcasting Minister, Anurag Thakur, on Sunday. During his address at the Regional Community Radio Sammelan (North), Thakur highlighted that the government has simplified the …
Published By: Nibandh Vinod Last Updated: July 01, 2023, 06:45 IST GST was proposed in India in 2000 but took over 17 years to be implemented. (Image: Shutterstock) The Goods and Services Tax (GST) idea was first proposed in India in the early 2000s to simplify the complex tax system GST DAY 2023: India commemorates …