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Odisha thumbs up for GST council move to consider tax cut on Cov essentials

BHUBANESWAR: With the GST council agreeing to consider the demand of the state government to reduce rates on several Covid-related…

3 years ago

Putin says Russia would accept conditional handover of cyber criminals to US

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin has said Russia would be ready to hand over cyber criminals to the United States if…

3 years ago

Over 1.53 cr vaccine doses still available with states, UTs; 4 lakh more to be delivered in 3 days

NEW DELHI: More than 1.53 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses are still available with states and union territories, and over 4…

3 years ago

Pb, Haryana way behind in maternal mortality ratio

CHANDIGARH: In a telling indicator of the healthcare scenario in Punjab and Haryana, both figure among states having a high…

3 years ago

US to ship 500 million COVID vaccines from August

WASHINGTON: The United States will ship the first batch of 500 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to 92 countries…

3 years ago

Govt cuts GST rate on several Covid essentials; no change in tax on vaccines

NEW DELHI: The GST Council on Saturday waived tax rates on black fungus drug Amphotericin and reduced rates on several…

3 years ago

FM to chair GST Council meet on Saturday

NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will on Saturday chair the meeting of the GST Council, which is expected to…

3 years ago

US vaccine surplus grows by the day as expiration dates loom

In Tennessee and North Carolina, demand for the Covid-19 vaccine has slowed down so much that they have given millions…

3 years ago

US, China clash as Biden debuts at G7

WASHINGTON: The United States and China clashed in rare talks Friday as President Joe Biden made his international debut at…

3 years ago

Covid-19: Centre to provide over 10 lakh vaccine doses to states, UTs in next 3 days

NEW DELHI: The central government will provide more than 10 lakh vaccine doses to states and Union Territories in the…

3 years ago