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Budget 2024: The only surprise, no surprise
In an election year the Finance Minister presented a pragmatic Budget with no giveaways
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Nari Shakti: A significant theme of Interim Budget 2024-25
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman emphasises on the need for women empowerment, with a focus on increased female labour force participation
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Budget 2024: With infrastructure in mind, the Modi government has upped India's capital expenditure outlay
It is pegged at Rs11.11 crore for the next fiscal, an 11.1 percent increase. The government has also allotted Rs2.78 lakh crore for the road ministry and Rs2.55 lakh crore to the Indian Railways
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Budget digest: Unveiling tax shifts in 2024
No changes in income tax slabs, while some relief in cases of disputed tax
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Budget 2024: Sitharaman announces launch of a new bio-manufacturing and bio-foundry scheme
It promotes green growth by providing alternatives such as biodegradable polymers, bio-plastics, bio-pharmaceuticals and bio-agri-inputs; industry experts happy with focus on sustainability
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Budget 2024: FM Sitharaman announces large fund to support R&D, deep tech
The Rs. 100,000 crore corpus will offer long-term, zero-interest finance to boost innovation
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Import duty for mobile components slashed to 10 percent
The policy change will enable export-led growth and will make smartphones cheaper, especially in the entry and budget segments
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A displaced human in Gaza, a reinstated God in Ayodhya and Mona Lisa in a soup: Eyecatching photos of the week
The world never ceases to disorient us. These photos—of idol worship, idle worship—resonate beyond their description for a leisurely flip or a deep read this week
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Small-town startups see 3x increase in funding
A report by Primus Partners shows that 90 percent startups in 2023 emerged from small towns, and received about 22 percent of total funding
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From interim budget expectations to Ayodhya's new beginnings, here are our most-read stories of the week
Byju's battle to survive and Paytm's life after BNPL are some of the stories that piqued the interest of our readers this week
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How does the 'Cashless Everywhere' system benefit health and general insurance policyholders?
Customers can choose hospitals outside their insurance company's networks, experience swift settlement of claims