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New Delhi, Jul 5: The Economic Survey, tabled in Parliament on Thursday, suggests invoking the doctrine of "pious obligation" as well as blend principles of behavioural economics with spiritual norm to tackle tax evasion and wilful defaults. Bringing in a sense of novelty into the Economic Survey, that provides a detailed picture of the economy in 2018-19 and the way ahead, tenets of Hinduism

New Delhi, Jul 5: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday became only the second women in the history of independent India to present the Union Budget. Sitharaman, 59, presented the Modi 2.0 government's maiden budget in the Lok Sabha. Prior to the presentation, the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the Budget for 2019-20. She handed over a copy of the Union

Los Angeles, Jul 5: The strongest earthquake in 20 years shook a large swath of Southern California and parts of Nevada on Thursday, rattling nerves on the July 4th holiday and causing injuries and damage in a town near the epicenter, followed by a swarm of ongoing aftershocks. The 6.4 magnitude quake struck at 10.3 a.m. in the Mojave Desert, about 240 km northeast of Los Angeles, near the town of

Kolkata, Jul 5: Days after a fatwawas issued against her for wearing 'sindoor' in Parliament, Trinamool Congress MP and actor Nusrat Jahan on Thursday dubbed the dictate as baseless saying she is still a Muslim. "I don't pay heed to things which are baseless. I know my religion. I have been a Muslim by birth and I am still a Muslim. It's about faith. You have to feel it inside your heart and not

Mumbai, Jul 4: Banks have reported a massive 73 percent increase in incidents of fraud worth Rs 71,543 crore in FY19, a senior Reserve Bank official said Thursday. Till March 2019, the top five, 10 and 100 cases of frauds cumulatively reported constituted 24 percent, 34 percent and 70 percent of all frauds, respectively, a chief general manager with the RBI Jayant Dash said. In FY18, the banks had

New Delhi, Jul 4: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on Thursday moved a breach of privilege motion in the Lok Sabha against a Hindi news channel and its anchor for falsely reporting her debut speech in Parliament last week. "Sir, under Rule 225, I have given a breach of privilege notice against Zee TV and its editor Sudhir Chaudhary for falsely reporting my maiden address in the House,"

New Delhi, Jul 4: Depleting squadron strength of the Indian Air Force has been a cause for worry, but 26 fighters going down in last five years killing 12 pilots and seven other crew members, has added to the dwindling numbers. IAF's crash report card of the last five years shows that seven fighters each were lost in 2014-15 and 2018-19 and another six in 2016-17. Two years -- 2015-16 and 2017-18

Kolkata, Jul 4: A 20-year-old boxer who had represented Bengal in the Nationals died during practice on Wednesday afternoon. Rushed to hospital in an unconscious state, Jyoti Pradhan suffered a cardiac arrest before doctors could begin treatment. Her body has been sent for post-mortem. The West Bengal Amateur Boxing Federation (WBABF) has also sought a detailed report about the incident from

Mumbai, Jul 4: A day after publicly announcing his resignation as Congress president, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said he will engage in the 'ideological fight' with BJP and RSS with 10 times more vigour than he did during the last five years. Gandhi was speaking to reporters after appearing in a local court in a defamation case filed by an RSS worker. "I am with the poor, farmers and labourers. This

Mumbai, Jul 4: Rahul Gandhi is likely to appear before a local court here on Thursday in connection with a defamation case filed against him by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker for allegedly linking the organisation with the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh, sources said. Hearing in the case is scheduled at 10 am at Mazgaon Metropolitan Magistrate court on July 4. In February, earlier