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The aged and outdated Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act 1971, continues to be a hindrance in reproductive rights of women in modern India.

Prakash Javadekar, during an interaction between the film industry and members of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC),invited suggestions for the certification of online content.

Zomato has not decided whether this will be available to its existing Gold members or will be offered as a separate programme to its customers. Its existing gold membership programme that is being opposed by restaurants lets customers avail special benefits on food and drinks.

Asia’s third largest economy grew at a slower-than-expected 5.0% in the latest three-month period, compared with 5.8% in the previous quarter, government data showed on Friday.

Express courier major Blue Dart has announced a near 10 percent increase in shipment charges from next year due to falling logistics cost following implementation of GST.

In a major development, the government on Friday announced merger of Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank with Punjab National Bank.

According to income-tax rules, if you file your return after the due date but before December 31 of the assessment year, you will have to pay a penalty of Rs 5,000. If you file it between January 1 and March 31 of the assessment year, the penalty goes up to Rs 10,000.

Avoid paying a penalty and facing certain restrictions when you file a belated return and file ITR by the due date.

China and the United States are engaged in a tit-for-tat tarrif war involving hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of each other’s goods.

Data due Friday is expected to show gross domestic product growth slowed for a fifth straight quarter to 5.7% in the three months ended June. That’s slower than the 5.8% expansion in the previous quarter.

Modi’s office proposed that NHAI be transformed into a road-asset management company, according to the letter obtained by Bloomberg, and the prime minister’s office asked NHAI to reply within a week.

Most analysts expect the GDP growth rate in June quarter to be less than 5.8% secured in the March quarter of 2018-19 which was a five year low.

The currency opened at 71.77 to a dollar. At 9.10 am, the domestic currency was trading at 71.76, up 0.01% from its Thursday’s close of 71.72.

China’s treatment of the Uighurs -- a mostly Muslim, Turkic-speaking minority concentrated in the country’s tightly-controlled northwestern Xinjiang region -- has come under growing scrutiny.

The dispute between the United States and China, the world’s two largest economies, has led to higher tariffs on goods worth billions of dollars and disrupted global supply chains, prompting companies to look at other investment avenues to escape higher tariffs.