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6th July News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day
India | Jul 06, 2016, 07:30 PM ISTImportant news stories
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Cabinet clears norms for largest telecom spectrum auction
Jun 22, 2016, 06:47 PM ISTIndia's cabinet on Wednesday cleared the base price for the country's largest spectrum auction to date, expected to fetch around Rs 5.5 lakh crore at the approved reserve price
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Post-offices to serve as banks, Cabinet nod to India Post for payments bank launch
Jun 01, 2016, 06:28 PM ISTNew Delhi: The government today gave its clearance to India Post to set up payments banks. With a corpus of Rs 800 crore the postal network, the largest in the world, is eyeing 650 operational
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Online shopping gets dearer in UP, Akhilesh govt imposes 5 pc entry tax on e-commerce purchases
May 31, 2016, 02:05 PM ISTOnline shopping in the state of Uttar Pradesh just got costlier with the government having approved a 5 per cent entry tax on all e-commerce merchandise. The decision was arrived at a meeting of the state Cabinet under the chairmanship of chief minis
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New faces likely in the new Mamata cabinet
National | May 20, 2016, 11:53 PM ISTWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's new cabinet is likely to have some new faces, TMC sources said today.
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Trademark registrations in a month by 2017, Cabinet approves new IPR policy
May 13, 2016, 05:25 PM ISTNew Delhi: Aimed at promoting creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship, the Union Cabinet has given its nod to the first of its kind national intellectual property rights (IPR) policy. The intention behind this step is to
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No women in Brazilian acting President's cabinet
World | May 13, 2016, 01:48 PM ISTBrasilia:Brazilian acting President Michel Temer on Thursday chose leading figures from nine centrist and conservative parties for his cabinet, which for the first time in decades has no female ministers. Temer, who had been vice
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Cabinet clears new price formula for undeveloped gas finds
Mar 10, 2016, 11:58 AM ISTNew Delhi: In a boost to firms like ONGC and Reliance Industries, the Cabinet today approved a new price formula for their undeveloped gas discoveries in difficult areas, which will lead to a near-doubling of
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Cabinet green signals railways for joint venture with states for rail projects
India | Feb 03, 2016, 07:10 PM ISTNew Delhi: With a view to ensure greater participation of states, Union Cabinet today allowed the Railways to form Joint Venture companies with state governments to mobilize resources for speedy implementation of rail projects.Keeping in
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Good Bye HMT: India's oldest watch making company to shut down
Jan 06, 2016, 07:12 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved the closure of three companies of Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT), India's oldest watch making company.HMT Limited, formerly Hindustan Machine Tools Limited, is a
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Cabinet nod for 69 bridges for Trilateral Highway in Myanmar
India | Dec 30, 2015, 08:59 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Cabinet today approved the construction of 69 bridges including approach roads on a major road section of the Trilateral Highway in Myanmar at a cost of Rs 371 crore.Government said the project
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Cabinet nod for Indo-Australian civil nuclear cooperation deal
Dec 30, 2015, 03:55 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Indo-Australian civil nuclear cooperation agreement, which came into force last month, today received the stamp of approval of the Union Cabinet.The civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Australia was brought into force on
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Lucknow Metro project gets Cabinet nod
India | Dec 22, 2015, 10:44 PM ISTNew Delhi: Cabinet today approved the construction of first phase of the Metro Rail Project in Lucknow at an estimated cost of Rs 6,928 crore. Chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Cabinet approved the
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Cabinet nod for amending double taxation pact with Turkmenistan
Nov 06, 2015, 07:29 AM ISTNew Delhi: The union cabinet on Thursday gave its approval for amending a double taxation avoidance pact signed with the central Asian country of Turkmenistan in 1997 through a protocol."The union cabinet on Thursday gave
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Cabinet approves Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rural Mission
National | Sep 16, 2015, 04:11 PM ISTNew Delhi: In an ambitious bid to transform rural areas to economically, socially and physically sustainable spaces, the union cabinet on Wednesday approved the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rural Mission (SPMRM) with an outlay of Rs.5,142.08
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Bihar Polls: Notification of first phase to be released today
India | Sep 16, 2015, 10:30 AM IST1. Bihar Polls: Notification of first phase to be released todayPatna: The first notification of Bihar assembly polls will be released today. It will mark the beginning of nomination process.In the first phase, the elections
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Cabinet clears gold bond, monetisation schemes
National | Sep 09, 2015, 03:05 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Cabinet today approved Gold Bond and Gold Monetisation schemes to reduce the metal's demand in physical form and fish out idle gold lying with households and other entities."It is safer and economically
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Cabinet clears revenue-sharing for auction of 69 ONGC,Oil India fields
Sep 02, 2015, 02:27 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved a landmark change in India's hydrocarbons exploration regime, sanctioning the auction of 69 small and marginal oil fields of state-owned ONGC and Oil
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Cabinet expansion in Madhya Pradesh soon
National | Jul 31, 2015, 01:50 PM ISTNew Delhi: In the midst of a controversy over the Vyapam scam, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today said he would soon carry out an expansion of his council of ministers."Soon, there will
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Jitan Ram Manjhi questions Nitish Kumar over implementation of his 34 agendas
National | Jul 01, 2015, 06:42 PM ISTPatna: Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today questioned the Nitish Kumar government as to why it was implementing “modified” versions of his 34 agendas which were cancelled soon after he was removed from