Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday presented the Union Budget for the fiscal year beginning April 1. Her speech outlined which items would become cheaper and which would be more expensive. (PTI)
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The government will reduce basic customs duty on seeds used in the manufacturing of lab-grown diamonds. (PTI)
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The budget also proposes to cap deductions from capital gains on investments in residential houses to ₹10 crores. (File Image)
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Tribals and farmers affected by the Ken-Betwa river-linking project stage a symbolic Chita Andolan (pyre protests), Jal Satyagraha and hanging satyagraha by placing nooses around their necks, over their demands of better compensation and rehabilitation, in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 15-day protest ended after police removed them from site.
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Parallelly, the crackdown on protesters to maintain law and order situation in the sensitive areas of Central Delhi continued with lathi charge, tear gas firing etc.
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Television evangilist Joni Lamb sings a praise song during 'Celebration', a show that she and her husband Marcus host on the Daystar Network, on July 30, 2001.
