NEW DELHI: States will meet finance minister Pranab Mukherjee next month to finalise the list of items to be included in the proposed Goods and Services Tax, which will become the basis for rates in new indirect tax regime and decide the fate of the Centre’s fiscal stimulus. “We will meet the finance minister on October 8 and then finalise the list,” chairman of Empowered group of State finance minsters Asim Dasgupta said. The states have decided that there will be two basic rates in their GST structure — one standard rate and the other lower rate for essential items.…
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Low Cholesterol Diet – Perfect Diet For Good HealthExecutive Summary about Cholesterol Diet by Abhishek Agarwal Cholesterol Diet. The body needs cholesterol in order to build cell walls, digest dietary fats, produce hormones, and other important processes. Maintaining the correct levels of cholesterol in the body is essential. Unfortunately, too much cholesterol can causes high blood pressure and heart disease. If we notice the food patterns adopted by people now days, we can notice that people tend to consume more of the food which is high in LDL which is the bad cholesterol. Bad habits like smoking and drinking are…
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Facebook And Social Platforms Give Control Back To The People
First Facebook and then a number of other sites were being blocked by Iran. It isn’t exactly an atypical action by a regime who has done so before on a number of instances. This time something was different though. Twitter became the unlikely hero of a large group of individuals who were calling for a vote recount and regardless of the outcome were furthering a movement. What’s becoming increasingly clear is the widespread impact that social technology is having on the world.
For the first time it feels as though we are part of something greater and that the people…
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Facebook Could Help Oust Ahmandinejad From Iran (Updated)
One of the world’s most hardline leaders may soon lose his position as the President of Iran thanks to the increasing level of free public expression, much of which appears to be taking place on Facebook. Only three weeks ago I wrote about Iran blocking Facebook, but within days the site was back up and running. Mirhossein Mousavi, the opposition candidate, and former Prime Minister, has experienced tremendous growth in his Facebook Page from around 5,000 fans just a few weeks ago to almost 40,000 as of today.
While Facebook may not be the primary source of opposition campaigns, it…
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Iran Blocks Facebook Ahead Of Elections
This morning I’ve been receiving numerous reports that Iran has blocked Facebook. After doing a little searching around I found an article stating that it was blocked “to prevent supporters of the leading opposition candidate from using the site for his campaign.” Mir Hossein Mousavi has attracted over 5,200 supporters on the site. While it’s far from a majority of voters, it was clearly the beginning of a movement that the Ahmadinejad regime was not a fan of.
This isn’t the first time that Iran has blocked Facebook. In 2006 the site was banned for being “illegal” but in February…
