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Under GST (Compensation to States) Act, if a states GST revenue does not grow by at least 14 per cent over the base year of 2015-16, the Centre has to pay it the difference every two months.

Government to forego Rs 46,000 crore of interest on delayed GST...

But businesses that had already paid their taxes are likely to claim a refund

27 Aug 2020 10:43 AM IST

US Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the third night of the Republican National Convention at Fort McHenry National Monument in Baltimore, Maryland. (AFP)

GOP convention defends police as racial tension rises anew

VP Mike Pence seized on the national reckoning over racial injustice to argue that Democratic leaders are allowing...

27 Aug 2020 10:33 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi asserted that a fair and inclusive COVID-19 vaccine access strategy should have been in place by now. (PTI Photo)

Government's unpreparedness alarming: Rahul on COVID vaccine access...

Human trials on various COVID vaccines are currently underway across the world, including in India.

27 Aug 2020 10:05 AM IST

Waves from the storm surge from Hurricane Laura began to come ashore at Sea Rim State Park on August 26, 2020 in Sabine Pass, Texas. (AFP)

Laura strengthens to Category 4 hurricane, threatens catastrophic...

The storm surge is expected to reach levels not seen in Louisiana since Hurricane Audrey in 1957, the Governor said

27 Aug 2020 10:01 AM IST

The balloting was held amid the coronavirus pandemic, but the commission said it took all necessary measures so voters could cast their ballots. (AFP)

Egypt to prosecute some 54 million who boycotted Senate vote

It is unlikely to lead to actual trials as Egypt does not have the financial means needed to prosecute such a large...

27 Aug 2020 9:39 AM IST

US TV host Tomi Lahren. (AP File)

Why did this Trump supporter call him an Ulloo?

Trump is wise like an owl or as you would say in Hindi - President Trump is wise like an ulloo,' former TV host Tomi...

27 Aug 2020 9:19 AM IST

Australian white supremacist Brenton Tarrant attends his third day in court for a sentence hearing in Christchurch on August 26, 2020.(AFP)

New Zealand court sentences Christchurch mosque shooter to life...

Tarrant admitted to 51 charges of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one charge of committing a terrorist act in...

27 Aug 2020 8:50 AM IST

Leopard kills five-year-old girl. (Representative Image)

Leopard kills five-year-old girl in Maharashtra, drags her into...

While Lavanya was playing outside in the staff colony area, a leopard attacked and dragged her into bushes, officials...

27 Aug 2020 4:04 AM IST

Accenture plans to reduce workforce. (Photo- PTI)

Accenture to lay off 5% of its 'low performing' workforce

Accenture has a global workforce of around 5.13 lakh people and out of them, about 2 lakh are in India

27 Aug 2020 3:29 AM IST

COVID-19 can affect almost all organs, say experts at AIIMS. (Representational Image- AFP)

Not just lungs, COVID-19 can affect almost all organs: AIIMS experts

From what we thought of as a viral pneumonia has a lot of other manifestations which are beyond the lungs, Dr Guleria...

27 Aug 2020 2:16 AM IST

Six people were killed and five others injured in a collision between two Uttar Pradesh state buses. (Representative Image)

Uttar Pradesh: 6 killed, 5 injured after UPSRTC buses collide in...

Uttar Pradesh transport minister Ashok Kataria announced an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh to families of those killed and Rs...

26 Aug 2020 8:48 PM IST

A FASTag is a device that employs Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology for making toll payments directly from the prepaid or savings account linked to it and is affixed on the windscreen of the vehicle and enables the commuter to drive through toll plazas, without stopping for cash transactions. (Representative Image | Wikimedia Commons - Patrick Roque)

Go cashless on the highway with FASTag if you want discounts on toll...

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is trying to get more people to adopt digital payments, instead of cash.

26 Aug 2020 8:45 PM IST