Skipper Mithali Raj slammed a century before left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad returned with a five-wicket haul as India crushed New Zealand by 186 runs to storm into the semi-finals of the ICC Women’s World Cup on Saturday. India will meet Australia in the semi-finals on Thursday at the same venue. Put into bat, India recovered from an early wobble to ...

The government today asked traders to get registered under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime by July 30. However, traders with turnover of below Rs 20 lakh or those engaged exclusively in the supply of exempted goods or services need not register under the new tax regime which has kicked in from July 1. “As per the GST laws, ...

The US House of Representatives has passed a USD 621.5 billion defence expenditure bill that proposes to advance defence cooperation with India. An amendment in this regard, moved by Indian-American Congressman Ami Bera, was adopted by a voice vote by the House as part of the National Defense Authorisation Act (NDAA) 2018, beginning October 1 this year. NDAA-2018 was passed ...

Two suspected swine flu deaths have been reported in Uttarakhand in the last one week following which an alert has been issued in the state, an official said today. Another person, suspected to be affected by H1N1 virus, has been admitted to the Doon Hospital here. Director General of state’s medical, health and family welfare department, Dr D S Rawat ...