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New Delhi: India has slapped anti-dumping duty on certain stainless steel products from the European Union and several other nations, including China and Korea, to protect the domestic industry from cheap imports. 

The duty has been imposed by the Revenue department following recommendation by the Directorate General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD). 

In a notification, the Revenue department said, the levy ranges between 4.58 per cent and 57.39 per cent of the landed value of cold-rolled flat products of stainless steel. The duty will be in effect until December 10, 2020, while certain grades of stainless steel have been exempted from the levy. 

New Delhi: JD(U) MP Sharad Yadav has said linking of Aadhaar with bank accounts and food security schemes should not be made mandatory as it created problems for people, and claimed that even the family of former Union minister George Fernandes faced difficulty on this account.

The rebel JD(u) leader said that pensioners and the poor benefiting from the National Food Security Act were hit hard when it was made compulsory.

He claimed Fernandes's wife had recently approached him, seeking help over the linking of the leader's Aadhaar number with his bank account.

New Delhi: About 2,000 resident doctors of the All India Institute of Medical Sceinces (AIIMS) will go hungry from today in protest against the "improper implementation" of the seventh central pay commission's recommendations, but continue working.

The resident doctors have also sought the prime minister's intervention in the issue.

"We have remained silent for a long time, hoping for a response from the Health Ministry. But there has been a complete lack of constructive steps taken by the ministry”, former AIIMS Resident Doctors Association (RDA) president Dr Vijay Kumar said.

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind’s has hailed the 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan, sparking a war of words between Congress and BJP.

 Kovind heaped praise on Tipu Sultan saying he died a heroic death fighting the British. His remarks came in the backdrop of protests by the BJP in Karnataka against the glorification of the 18th century Mysore ruler

Kovind was addressing the joint session of Karnataka legislature.

The saffron party has opposed the Congress government's plans for 'Tipu Jayanti' celebrations on his birth anniversary on November 10