The Budget doubled basic custom duty from 10% to 20% on whole lot of imported products such as food grinder, juicer, shaver, epilator, geyser, room heater, hair dryer, electric iron, oven, coffee and tea maker, toaster and ceiling fan. The custom duty on wall fan has been hiked from 7.5% to 20%.

Prices of TVs, ACs and some phones are set to go up as manufacturers grapple with component shortages.

The lenders have also agreed to extend the three-month moratorium provided by the RBI on term loans to borrowers, the statement said, adding, collections will be made only from customers who have opted out of it.

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According to UD officials, the ban comes at a time when more and more cities in the world are creating dedicated amenities for cycles.

In a major boost to the education sector in West Bengal, 32 new government colleges will be opened.

Supreme Court''s award of a Rs 5.96 crore compensation to Dr Kunal Saha for the death of his wife Dr Anuradha Saha due to medical negligence drew muted reactions.

In view of the spiralling prices of onion, the West Bengal government has made arrangements to sell the cooking staple at Rs 36 per kg.

Govt will provide Rs 80 lakh for setting up a rice mill in a block in the Junglemahal area while the amount for other blocks is Rs 55 lakh.

Hearing a petition filed by the company, Justice Sanjib Banerjee directed that the state government should be added as a party in the case.

The committee will operate as a task force, will promote the "single window" system for the clearance of proposals.

Later, a press release of the army said, a joint inspection would soon be carried out to identify feasibility of land in North Bengal.

Stating an inquiry would be made and those involved would be traced, Banerjee said the sleuths of Kolkata Police were on the scene.

Two days ago, the Orissa finance department passed an interim order for attachment of over 14 acres of land, and freeze Rs 2,740 crore of the group in IDBI account in Balasore district.

Jyotirmoy Nandi has been carrying out a routine pest control exercise for which he has been contracted by the Home Department.

Rahul Sinha said the victory is indication of the huge wave that would soon follow.

The Bench was of the view that a committee is required to study such vast volume of report.

To take oath next week, says Gorkhaland statehood demand 'not on the agenda now''

Family forced to relocate, five of the six accused arrested in the incident that took place in October

Police have revealed that she gave a dying declaration accusing two men of having set her on fire.

All life insurers, both public and private, are committed to process any death claim pertaining to COVID-19 at the earliest,the Council said in a statement

For a state that has resolutely led the country''s farm pack in terms of growth and reform, Punjab surprisingly refuses...

Two waves of floods and an estimated damage of Rs 330 crore have not deterred the state from setting an ambitious agricultural production target for this season

It is said to surpass all qualities of basmati except the length of the latter. But surprisingly, Kalanamak, a fragrant variety of rice and named thus as its husk is black, isn''t popular among farmers....

The Himachal Pradesh Government has decided to fund farmers, especially those in the hills, to build polyhouses modern greenhouses, in other words...

Farmers of Mankulam village panchayat in Kerala''s Idukki district are nursing their soil to reverse the damage done to it over the years.

India''s agrarian economy has long been plagued by the lack of storage, marketing and processing facilities....

As the Coconut Development Board shifts its focus from Kerala to Assam, the state aspires to lead the country in commercial cultivation of coconuts.

Fighting odds of floods, small landholdings and depleting agricultural land, state plans to introduce high-yielding, submergence-tolerant paddy varieties, double-cropping

Valuations still not fair, given uncertainty over revenues

Doubts grow over whether New Delhi can boost revenues from privatisations

Outbreak prompts overseas investors to sell $16bn of stocks and bonds in March

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The Centre has questioned the legality of SEZs in absence of any provision for the same in the Master Plan Delhi (MPD) 2021.

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Please Join us for an American Folklife Center Summer Music Jam: Klezmer led by Howard Ungar and Seth Kibel

September 12, 2019, 7:00 to 9:00 pm 
Veterans History Project Information & Welcome Center (LJ-G51) 
Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress

The American Folklife Center's series of informal jams to celebrate our living folk traditions, and to bring to life the collections from our vast ethnographic archive continues in 2019. This jam will be led by Howard Ungar and Seth Kibel. So grab your violin, clarinet, trumpet, or other instruments, and come on over to the Library of Congress for the Klezmer Jam.

Seth Kibel is the leader, clarinetist, and composer for The Alexandria Kleztet, an innovative award-winning klezmer band he founded in the Baltimore/Washington area. The band has released four albums that all recieved the Washington Area Music Award for best album upon their release. In addition to his activities with The Kleztet, Seth has fronted a variety of swing and jazz groups, including Bay Jazz Project.

Klezmer trumpeter Howard Ungar founded the DC Klezmer Workshop. Howard has been playing klezmer trumpet since he attended his first KlezKamp in 1999 and has attended many KlezKamp, Yiddish New York, and KlezKanada festivals. He is a founding member of the DC based klezmer band Mrs. Toretsky’s Nightmare, who have played at numerous weddings, bar-mitvahs, and holiday events. You can also hear him playing trumpet with the DC based Machaya Klezmer Band at the Washington Folk Festival and other venues around town. 

This event is co-sponsored by the DC Klezmer Workshop

Request ADA accommodations five days in advance at 202-707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov

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PFC and REC have lent extensively to coal-fired power projects, with Rs 3.43 trillion, or 54% of their total loan books exposed to thermal power

Despite clinical trial failures, Alzheimer’s research is getting a reboot thanks to increased funding opportunities and new directions in the data.

Wired editors Chris Kohler and Peter Rubin experience the new HD 1080p version of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset at the E3 expo. Watch their reactions and hear their detailed review in this episode of Wired's Game|Life.