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    GST 2.0: Historic reform or delayed fix? Political, economic angles decoded

    Neelu Vyas
    4 Sept 2025 7:04 PM IST

    Panel discussion looks into whether tax reform is true Diwali bonanza for middle class or delayed and inadequate correction to long-standing economic missteps

    What drove Modi govt to rationalise GST?
    India
    K Vaitheeswaran interview
    The Federal Focus

    GST 2.0 explained: What India’s new tax regime means for you | K Vaitheeswaran interview

    4 Sept 2025 6:50 PM IST
    IDFC First Bank Chief Economist Gaura Sen Gupta
    Business

    GST reform | Some gains will be offset by US tariffs: Gaura Sen Gupta

    4 Sept 2025 6:45 PM IST
    GST revision
    The Federal Focus

    Why the mere drop in GST on cement may not bring relief to homebuyers

    4 Sept 2025 6:45 PM IST
    Lexposium 2025 will be held on September 6

    SRM School of Law to host Lexposium 2025 featuring legal experts, former CJIs

    4 Sept 2025 6:43 PM IST
    Gujarat, by-polls, Gandhinagar, 2 Rajya Sabha seats, Lok Sabha elections, Assembly, MLAs

    Karnataka cabinet recommends use of ballot papers for local body polls

    4 Sept 2025 6:26 PM IST
    Manipur

    Kuki-Zo groups ink SoO deal with Centre to aid Manipur peace process

    4 Sept 2025 6:02 PM IST
    Rahul Mamkoottathil

    FIR against MLA Rahul Mamkoottathil for stalking and sexual misconduct

    4 Sept 2025 5:43 PM IST
    MSME

    GST reforms are mere tokenism, don't address systemic issues: TN MSMEs

    4 Sept 2025 5:38 PM IST
    US Democrat lawmaker Gregory Meeks (right) with Indian Ambassador to US Vinay Mohan Kwatra

    US lawmaker Meeks warns Trump’s tariffs threaten vital US-India relationship

    4 Sept 2025 5:10 PM IST
    NIRF Ranking 2025, Dharmendra Pradhan

    NIRF Ranking 2025: IIT Madras No. 1 again; see full list of top colleges, universities

    4 Sept 2025 4:59 PM IST
    Bairabi–Sairang railway line

    Mizoram's first rail line set for inauguration

    4 Sept 2025 4:54 PM IST
    Brain-eating amoeba

    Kerala’s tragedy and resilience: Teen cheats death amid unfolding brain-infection crisis

    4 Sept 2025 4:32 PM IST
    KN Balagopal

    Kerala FM warns of huge GST revenue loss, questions Centre’s silence on compensation

    4 Sept 2025 4:10 PM IST
    Modi and Putin

    Putin briefed Modi on Alaska talks with Trump during SCO summit

    The Federal
    4 Sept 2025 3:45 PM IST

    Putin told PM Modi about his Alaska meeting with Trump during a 50-minute car ride at the SCO Summit, discussing Ukraine war and US tariffs on India

    GST revision

    GST reform shows how indirect taxes can be made even more indirect

    4 Sept 2025 3:40 PM IST
    Keralas Opposition Congress has alleged that Youth Congress leader V S Sujith was tortured by five policemen in custody despite doing nothing wrong. (Representative Image: iStock)

    Kerala: Congress to intensify protests over youth leader's 'torture'

    4 Sept 2025 3:31 PM IST
    Sabarimala Ayyappa temple

    Kerala govt defends Global Ayyappa Summit amid opposition scepticism

    4 Sept 2025 3:12 PM IST
    RCB players, Virat Kohli

    40 pc GST sin tax: IPL match tickets get costly; clubbed with casinos, race clubs

    4 Sept 2025 3:07 PM IST
    GST, online games

    GST reforms split Opposition States: Kerala protests, Tamil Nadu cautious

    4 Sept 2025 2:43 PM IST
    Uttarakhand flash floods, Cloudburst, Uttarkashi

    Landslides in Himalayan states: SC raises alarm over illegal tree felling

    4 Sept 2025 2:41 PM IST
    Dry cut tobacco leaf and cigarettes on a wooden table

    40 pc GST: Full list of ‘sin goods’, luxury items and IPL match tickets

    4 Sept 2025 2:38 PM IST
    Why AMMKs Dhinakaran walked out of BJP-led NDA bloc in TN?

    Why AMMK's Dhinakaran walked out of BJP-led NDA bloc in TN

    4 Sept 2025 1:39 PM IST
    Andhra: 4 dead, 1 critical after head-on collision between car and truck

    Treat accident victims without advance payment: Karnataka govt to hospitals

    4 Sept 2025 1:31 PM IST
    Yet another allegation of gang-rape has emerged in Kolkata, which has seen a series of bone-chilling incidents of crime against women in the past several months. (Representative Image: iStock)

    MP CWC officials booked after minor rape survivor sent to home of accused's relative

    4 Sept 2025 1:12 PM IST
    Infant mortality rate in India drops to 25

    Infant mortality rate in India drops to 25

    4 Sept 2025 12:59 PM IST
    Indias automobile sector is set to witness a major leap after the government made major reforms in the Goods and Services Tax on September 3, 2025. (Photo: PTI)

    Why new GST rates are a shot in the arm for auto industry

    4 Sept 2025 12:31 PM IST
    Donald Trump

    Trump backtracks, calls ties with China, Russia, North Korea ‘very good’

    4 Sept 2025 12:18 PM IST
    Carbonated soft drinks to become costlier with GST rate hiked to 40 pc

    Carbonated soft drinks to become costlier with GST rate hiked to 40 pc

    4 Sept 2025 9:34 AM IST
    Andhra-pickles-US-tariffs

    How high US tariffs have hit pickles’ trail from Andhra to the Telugu diaspora

    4 Sept 2025 9:20 AM IST
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