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Modi govt rolls out GST 2.0: Read significant changes made and how they promise relief for Indian consumers

The reduced GST rates on about 375 items to benefit the poor and middle class are now in effect on the first day of Navaratri.

Who is ‘Lady al-Qaeda’ Aafia Siddiqui, and why is she serving an 86-year jail term in the US: All you need to know

In May 2004, the US FBI issued a worldwide alert, naming Aafia Siddiqui one of its first female “most-wanted” terrorists, alleging that she was an al-Qaeda terrorist and courier.

Whenever Pizza orders spike around Arlington, Virginia, people dread a US military action somewhere, read what is the Pentagon Pizza Index

While the connection between US government officials working late hours and the spike in pizza deliveries to the US government offices seems plausible, the theory lacks a scientific basis and has not always been true.

12,000 kg rotten meat seized in Jammu and Kashmir, the chemically-treated rotten meat was sourced from Delhi’s Ghazipur mandi and sold in J&K...

The crackdown against rotten meat supply in Kashmir began in early August, when an insider in the meat trade informed a local news outlet about rotten meat making its way into Jammu and Kashmir markets from Delhi’s Ghazipur mandi.

From polo tragedy to power struggle: The Rs 30,000 crore estate dispute of Sunjay Kapur, Karisma Kapoor’s ex-husband —Explained

Karisma Kapoor was Sunjay Kapur's second wife and they have two children together. The couple got divorced in 2016.

2008 Malegaon blast case: A timeline of the events orchestrated by Congress govt to frame Sadhvi Pragya, Lt. Colonel Purohit and others to propagate...

A special court in Mumbai acquitted all seven accused, who were already out on bail, in 2008 Malegaon blast case.

Donald Trump claims India will be paying a tariff of 25%, but that is not how tariffs work: Read who will actually pay it...

Donald Trump claimed India would be paying a 25% tariff on exports to the US, but that's misleading. In reality, US importers pay the tariff, often passing the cost to consumers through higher prices

What is the Pacific Ring of Fire, and why the earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula triggered Tsunami alerts thousands of miles away

The Ring of Fire constitutes a vast tectonic zone that extends along the peripheries of the Pacific Ocean.

New limits, autopay timings and more: All you need to know about the changes in UPI rules that will take effect from August

The UPI guidelines will not impact routine payments, but they will aid in decreasing delays and failed transactions.

From relying on foreign-made weapons during Kargil war to using indigenously developed systems during Operation Sindoor: How Indian defence manufacturing has come a long...

India marks 26 years of the Kargil victory while reflecting on Operation Sindoor, its recent, high-tech retaliation against terror attacks. From mountain combat in 1999 to modern missile strikes in 2025,

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