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S Jaishankar - New Foreign Secretary 29 January 2015
S Jaishankar, who was till yesterday India's ambassador to the US, took charge this morning as the new foreign secretary. The new foreign secretary said, "I am really honoured to have been given this big responsibility. My priorities are the...
Keywords: Foreign Secretary, India government, Sujatha Singh, Jaishanker
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Govt cuts Gold & Silver import tariff values 03 February 2014
The government has slashed the import tariff values of Gold and silver today. Till yesterday, the tariff value on imported gold was at $407 per ten grams now the value is $404 while silver is $663 per kg now it...
Keywords: Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), government cuts import tariffs on gold and silver, Gold & Silver imports, Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC)
Read More Relaxation On Curbs on Gold Imports 24 December 2013
Due to the restrictions on the gold imports smuggling of gold in to India is rampant. To address the problem the Government seems to be considering the relaxation of the curbs on gold imports. In order to control the Current...
Keywords: Current Account Deficit (CAD), Gold Smuggling, Gold Imports, Yellow Metal
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We want Koh-i-Noor back, India strictly says 20 April 2016
Government of India said that, it is ready to make all the possible efforts to get back the Koh-i-Noor Diamond from British, irrespective of the opinion of New Delhi’s solicitor general, who said that, the diamond should stay with the former...
Keywords: kohinoor diamond India Pakistan, Kohinoor diamond India government, Kohinoor diamond India government, Koh-i-Noor
Read More Barack Obama impressed Modi's 'bureaucratic inertia' 05 December 2014
United States President Barack Obama has praised India PM Narendra Modi's hard work over shake up the ‘bureaucratic inertia’ in India, within a month after he called Prime Minister as a ‘man of action’. Recently, Obama has announced that he...
Keywords: Narendra Modi, Narendra Modi, Latest National News, Venkaiah Naidu
Read More Government to monitor Facebook, Twitter 18 January 2014
With a view to curb communal flare-up, Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said that his ministry was planning to monitor social media like Facebook and Twitter. Shinde was indirectly refering to the use of old "provocative" pictures that had caused...
Keywords: India Government, Twitter, Sci-tech news, Technology
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