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Union Budget 2017: Startups hail Arun Jaitley budget, as Fintech firms set to party!

The union budget 2017 saw three key initiatives for startups being announced which does not only give startups more benefits but also better credit availability

Feb 1, 2017

Union budget railways 2017: Key takeaways from Arun Jaitley's announcements

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced a corpus fund for rail safety, which will be Rs 1 lakh crore, mobilised over five years.

Feb 1, 2017

Union Budget 2017: Narendra Modi labels it 'Uttam Budget' as Arun Jaitley cuts Income Tax

It's a historic Budget coming at a crucial juncture. This Budget will fulfil all aspirations and improve quality of life," PM Modi said.

Feb 1, 2017

Union Budget 2017 Income Tax highlights: FM Arun Jaitley halves income tax for common man, but puts burden on high-earners

Many salaried people have reason to rejoice, because the income tax rate has been reduced from 10 percent to 5 percent in the Rs 2.5-5 lakh income slab.

Feb 1, 2017

How the Lychee fruit became the silent killer of India's children

Children were dying, and it was an unknown thing, Dr Rajesh Yadav, who worked with the CDC in Atlanta, said.

Feb 1, 2017

Union Budget 2017: Highlights of railway budget; withdrawal of service charge on railway bookings and safety fund

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's rail budget focussed on rail safety and improving infrastructure. Apart from allocating a massive corpus for rail safety the railways is also looking to eliminate unmanned broad guage to increase safety

Feb 1, 2017

Union Budget 2017 on Twitter: Budget reactions come on predicted lines as Opposition parties slam government

Here is an effort by International Business Times, India, to collate opinions on Budget 2017 expressed on Twitter and present them to our readers in real time.

Feb 1, 2017

Lions attack safari vehicle in Karnataka's Bannerghatta Biological Park

A Toyota Innova, with visitors inside, was attacked by two lions who had been tracking the vehicle and charged when it stopped in Bannerghatta Biological Park

Feb 1, 2017

UP elections 2017: Here are 5 reasons why Congress restricted Priyanka Gandhi's campaigns to Amethi and Rae Bareli

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has limited her campaigning to the constituencies of brother Rahul Gandhi and mother Sonia Gandhi.

Feb 1, 2017

India news LIVE updates: PM Narendra Modi addresses nation after presentation of Budget 2017 in Parliament

PM Modi praised Finance Minister Arun Jaitley saying that he has presented a "Uttam Budget" in Parliament today.

Feb 1, 2017

Budget session 2017 postponed? Former Union minister and MP E Ahamed's death could throw spanner in proceedings

IUML national president E Ahamed died at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital after suffering cardiac arrest, leading to fears that Budget 2017 would be postponed.

Feb 1, 2017

Budget 2017: List of important terms you need to know to follow the Budget

Do you know all these terms related to Union Budget? The Budget of 2017-18 will be presented on Wednesday (February 1) by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

Feb 1, 2017

Budget 2017: Here's everything you need to know about budgets around the world

The practice of presenting budgets to Parliament was initiated by Sir Robert Walpole in his position as United Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Feb 1, 2017

Budget 2017: Everything you need to know about the Union Budget, from the quirky to the downright bizarre

Budget is not just about complicated figures. There are also many interesting facts related with this important episode which determines the country's economic journey. IBT India compiles some of those.

Jan 31, 2017

Income Tax: Operation Clean Money to verify 18 lakh large cash deposits made after demonetisation

In the first batch, around 18 lakh transactions have been identified as cash deposits do not appear to be in line with the tax payer's profile.

Jan 31, 2017