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GST in Rajya Sabha to new Samsung smartphone: Top news stories this morning
From politics to society to entertainment and sports, here are the top news from India and all over on Hindustan Times on Wednesday morning:
From politics to society to entertainment and sports, here are the top news from India and all over on Hindustan Times on Wednesday morning:
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INDIA
India’s biggest tax reform, the Goods and Services Tax bill, is set to cross the Rajya Sabha hurdle on Wednesday to become a reality nine years after it was first mooted in Parliament. The bill was passed by the Lok Sabha last year but remained stuck in the Upper House where the ruling NDA does not have the numbers.
Anandiben Patel was another name added to a long list of Gujarat’s Patidar chief ministers who failed to serve their full term, as she offered to quit the office one-and-a-half years before the end of her term.
The big question is: “Who’s next in Gujarat?”
In view of protests in the state, the BJP may come up with a Patidar or a Dalit face for the next CM.
WORLD
Obama calls Trump ‘unfit’ for White House
US President Barack Obama challenged the Republican lawmakers to drop their support for the party’s nominee, Donald Trump, declaring “There has to come a point at which you say enough”.
Obama is an active player in the White House race campaigning for the Democratic party’s nominee Hillary Clinton.
Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda”, the chairperson of the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Center, was the sole candidate to file his nomination on Tuesday for the post of prime minister.
The election of a new prime minister in Nepal became necessary after the incumbent, KP Sharma Oli, resigned on July 24 after opposition parties moved a no-confidence motion against him.
Indian-American named New York’s chief digital officer
Sree Sreenivasan was named as New York’s new chief digital officer to focus on promoting access to local government through technology and support its tech ecosystem. An immigrant from India, Sreenivasan was born in Japan and received a Bachelor’s degree in history from St Stephen’s College in Delhi.
ENTERTAINMENT
Hrithik chooses Kapil over Krishna
The roast format is hurting Abhishek Krushna’s Comedy Nights Bachao. After Akshay Kumar objected to the insult of his Housefull 3 co-star Lisa Haydon on the show, Hrithik Roshan decided to promote his upcoming historical Mohenjo Daro on The Kapil Sharma Show.
Actor Sonakshi Sinha will launch a new song from her upcoming movie Akira from a Mumbai college on Wednesday. The actor will also sing the song, joining the new league of actors crooning on screen.
BUSINESS
Korean tech giant Samsung unveiled the successor to last year’s flat-screen Galaxy Note 5, the Galaxy Note 7. The new smartphone will sport a big 5.7-inch, curved screen display, with some first-in-class features like the iris scanner and a mobile payments service, Samsung Pay, to compete with Apple Pay.
Samsung plans to sell the device in a “first group of markets” from August 19.
SPORTS
With a stunning attack from the bowlers, India is just 6 wickets away from winning the Kingston Test and taking a 2-0 lead in the series against the West Indies. But rain is playing the spoilsport. West Indies still trails by 256.
Inderjeet Singh’s Rio ticket cancelled?
After Shot putter Inderjeet Singh’s ‘A’ sample returned positive for banned steroids androsterone and etiocholanolone on June 25, his confirmatory B sample also returned positive for banned substances, virtually ending his hopes to compete in Rio Olympics 2016.
THOMSON REUTERS EXCLUSIVE
Three months of investigations in the major mica-producing states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh found child labour rife. The darker story unfolded when a hidden secret unraveled -- the cover-up of seven child deaths in the past two months.
