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SC rap makes Haryana pull up its law officers
19 Sep 2015
Haryana moves SC over new civic election law
19 Sep 2015
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Tax issues being ‘put to sleep’, reforms in offing: Jaitley
19 Sep 2015
Finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday efforts are being made to "put to sleep" pending taxation issues to attract investments and make the fundamentals of the economy sound so that it can withstand the global turmoil
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India could’ve been hardware leader, regrets Narayana Murthy
18 Sep 2015
IT doyen Narayan Murthy says wrong policies held back India’s hardware potential in the past, and the poor quality of college education is doing the same now
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Visible wealth makes economic inequality worse, experiments show
18 Sep 2015
The economic gap between the rich and poor becomes even wider when the inequality is made visible, a new Yale University study says
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SC refuses to stay Bombay HC order lifting meat ban
18 Sep 2015
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to lift a Bombay High Court order staying a ban on meat imposed in Mumbai during a Jain festival
Moody’s expects RBI rate cut amid falling prices
12 Sep 2015
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Jaitley vows to cut corp tax by pruning exemptions list
09 Sep 2015
Finance minister Arun Jaitley today said the government will bring out a list of tax exemptions to be phased out in the next few days, as part of the exercise to reduce corporate tax rate to 25 per cent in four years
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Take risks, invest more, PM tells Indian business
08 Sep 2015
The industry, however, continued to harp on the need for a deep cut in interest rates and new duties to stop dumping of cheap Chinese products
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