GST Council set to discuss reducing items in 12% slab

GST Council set to discuss reducing items in 12% slab

The agenda for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council at its next meeting will include deliberations on minimising the 12% tax slab and also finalising the tax treatment on service intermediaries, which could provide the sector relief worth thousands of crores, according to informed sources. Further, while the meeting was initially supposed to be […]

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Tata Play FY25 loss widens to ₹529 crore; revenue slides to ₹4,082 crore

Tata Play FY25 loss widens to ₹529 crore; revenue slides to ₹4,082 crore

Tata Play, formerly known as Tata Sky, has reported widening of consolidated loss to ₹529.43 crore for FY25, as it competes with other DTH operators including DishTV, Airtel Digital TV, and DD Free Dish. The company had incurred a net loss of ₹353.88 crore in FY24. Revenue from operations declined 5.15% to ₹4,082.5 crore in […]

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Emergency prisoners’ meet held in Kochi

Emergency prisoners’ meet held in Kochi

A get-together of political prisoners of the Emergency at the residence of trade union leader K.N. Ravindranath in Kochi on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: H. VIBHU Social and political activists who faced arrest and detention during the Emergency recalled the dark days of Emergency in Kochi on Wednesday. The political prisoners, who met at the […]

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Demolition of Army towers: High Court orders hike in monthly rent

Demolition of Army towers: High Court orders hike in monthly rent

A committee headed by the Collector has set November 9, 2025, as the tentative date for the demolition of the towers. | Photo Credit: file photo The Kerala High Court has ordered that the monthly rent be increased for residents of Chander Kunj Army Towers built by the Army Welfare Housing Organisation (AWHO) at Vyttila, […]

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MSME Growth Conclave 2025 | MSMEs need agile, secure ecosystem: Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge

MSME Growth Conclave 2025 | MSMEs need agile, secure ecosystem: Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge

Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) will be the growth engines of the country and sectors such as defence, space and civil aviation, which present huge opportunities, are the ones to watch out for, said Priyank Kharge, Karnataka Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj and Minister for IT & BT, while speaking at MSME […]

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VACB books two former cooperative bank employees on graft charges

VACB books two former cooperative bank employees on graft charges

The special cell of the Ernakulam Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) has booked two former officials of Velloor Service Co-operative Bank on charge of amassing wealth disproportionate to their known sources of income during their service period. The accused are S.G. Dhananjayan, former secretary of the bank, and Liji Thankappan, a former junior clerk, both […]

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Reverberations of Zohran Mamdani’s New York Mayoral campaign in far away Thiruvananthapuram

Reverberations of Zohran Mamdani’s New York Mayoral campaign in far away Thiruvananthapuram

Zohran Mamdani’s 2020 tweet on Arya Rajendran becoming the youngest Mayor of Thiruvananthapuram It is not often that an election in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation makes much news outside Kerala or even the capital. But the elections in 2020 were different as it culminated in the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)]’s Arya Rajendran becoming the […]

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VACB books two former cooperative bank employees on graft charges

‘Indo-US ties evolved from trade to collaborations in science, technology, innovation in 50 years’

A group of industry leaders, tech gurus, and policy experts who spoke at U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) conclave here on Wednesday emphasised the importance of increased convergence between India and the U.S. across several areas, including AI infrastructure, quantum technologies, biotech. defence, space, AIOT (artificial intelligence of things). The conclave was held in […]

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VACB books two former cooperative bank employees on graft charges

Lupin gets U.S. FDA nod for generic of Takeda’s constipation drug 

Generic drugmaker Lupin has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for Prucalopride Tablets 1 mg and 2 mg that are indicated for treatment of chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC) in adults. Prucalopride Tablets are bioequivalent to Motegrity Tablets 1 mg and 2 mg of Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A. Inc, Lupin said on U.S. FDA approving its […]

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VACB books two former cooperative bank employees on graft charges

HC acquits five CPI(M) workers convicted in Surendran murder case

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday acquitted five CPI(M) activists who had been sentenced to life for the murder of K.V. Surendran, a BJP activist, at Thalassery in 2008. The court observed that the entire prosecution narrative revolved around the evidence of the sole eyewitness — the wife of the deceased. The trial court had […]

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