Daily Newsletter | Friday, October 06, 2017
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| GST Council set to give relief to SMEs and exporters today |
| The panel of state and Union finance ministers is expected to ease exporters’ pain by allowing electronic payment of taxes through “virtual currency”, while announcing a series of steps for small and medium enterprises as it seeks to smoothen the implementation of GST. |
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| China widens road 10km from Doklam row site |
| India has not yet objected to China’s fresh road-construction activity, which is around 10-km from the earlier troop face-off site, because it is not southwards towards the militarily-sensitive Jampheri Ridge area like before. |
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| Can handle Pak, China in two-front war: IAF chief |
| India can handle a simultaneous two-front war if push comes to shove despite depleted air combat power due to huge delays in induction of new fighters, said the IAF chief on Thursday, in the backdrop of Pakistan keeping the western front on the boil and China not reducing force-levels on the eastern one after the troop disengagement from the Doklam stand-off. |
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| Radhe Maa dances with cops, two suspended |
| Two Delhi Police officers were on Thursday suspended after a video showed self-styled godwoman Radhe Maa dancing with some police officials in uniform and seated on the chair of a SHO in a police station. |
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| Pragyan Ojha released by Bengal on eve of Ranji opener |
| Pragyan Ojha’s tussle over his release finally ended today when the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) decided to give a “no objection certificate” to the former India left-arm spinner to return to his home team Hyderabad after two seasons. |
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| Indian services activity returns to growth in September: PMI |
| Services sector activity in India expanded for the first time in three months in September as it rebounded from GST-related contractions, driven by a surge in new business orders that supported job creation, a monthly survey said on Thursday. |
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| RBI bid to make loan pricing fairer |
| Apart from the repo rate, the panel had suggested interest rates on treasury bills and certificates of deposits as benchmarks for fixing loan rates. Once borrowings are linked to the repo rate, they will be repriced every three months as against once a year at present. |
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| Navya Naveli Nanda rocks an LBD with elegance |
| Amitabh Bachchan’s granddaughter Navya Naveli Nanda may not have any plans to join Bollywood as of now, but the diva’s presence on social media has earned her many fans who go gaga with every single glimpse of her. |
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