Modi, India and China
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India adopted the GST in 2017, sweeping in more than a dozen domestic state taxes in a bid to unify the economy on the principle of "one nation, one tax, one market". It was hailed as the biggest tax reform since independence from Britain in 1947.
While one group will be responsible for “exploring early harvest in boundary delimitation", the other will be tasked with “maintaining peace and tranquillity" in the border areas
According to sources, Modi asserted, "Nehru partitioned the country once, and then again. Under the Indus Waters Treaty, 80 per cent of the water was given to Pakistan. Later, through his secretary, Nehru admitted his mistake, saying that it brought no benefit."
Narendra Modi's administration revealed plans over the weekend for the largest tax overhaul since 2017, with consumer, auto and insurance companies likely to emerge as the biggest winners.
The meeting highlighted India’s emphasis on border peace, China’s invitation to PM Modi for the SCO Summit and the growing momentum in bilateral ties since the Kazan meeting with President Xi
The highlights this week: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces down multiple challenges at once as the United States threatens high tariffs, former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is tried in absentia for charges related to last year’s protest crackdown, and the Taliban mark four years back in power in Kabul.
The Indian prime minister has said his country "is ready" to react to President Donald Trump's additional 25 percent levy on goods entering the U.S.
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced tax cuts, pledged policy reform and urged the citizens to design and produce high quality goods at home, in a sweeping Independence Day speech that blasted rising “economic selfishness” in the world.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met China’s top diplomat and hailed the “steady progress” made in improving the countries’ relationship after a yearslong standoff between the nuclear-armed pow
"The bear hugs have gone. The smiles have curled into sneers." The former friendship between Donald Trump and Indian PM Narendra Modi has descended into acrimony, said Amrit Dhillon and George Grylls in The Times.
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