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rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Even seven years after its introduction, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) continues to dominate India’s economic debates. Recently, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s comments on popcorn and second-hand cars rekindled frustrations among the public, sparking a flood of memes and jokes on social media.But the concerns go beyond popcorn prices. While GST collections reached a record ₹2.10 lakh crore in April 2024, India’s GDP growth in the second quarter of FY 2024-25 slowed to an 18-month low of 5.4%. Why is the middle class, which is facing the brunt of inflation and indirect…

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rewrite this content and keep HTML tags According to the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation, 54 mega infrastructure projects worth more than Rs 150 crore are currently in progress in Jammu and Kashmir. Forty-eight of these projects, worth a total of Rs 64,000 crore, have been commissioned in or after 2019. according to The Quint’S Most of these projects, 41, are linked to road transport and highways, indicating growing stress on road connectivity in the erstwhile state, where border clashes with China and terrorist infiltration from Pakistan remain a major defense concern. The projects include four-laning of the Jammu-Srinagar…

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rewrite this content and keep HTML tags From an unrelated image being shared as Dr. BR AmbedkarPhotographs are being pasted on all the seats of Parliament After the false claim that P-500 tablets contained Machupo virus, the internet was flooded with such fake claims.Take our weekend quiz to find out how much misinformation misled you this week.(Are you not convinced by a post or information you see online and want to verify it? Send us the details, or e-mail it to us and we’ll fact-check it for you. You can also read all our facts – Verified stories.)

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