Centre likely to ease stringent money-laundering provisions
Barely hours after its introduction in Lok Sabha, the Prevention of Money Laundering Bill (PMBL) has run into rough weather with the industry deciding to vehemently protest against some of the harsh provisions proposed in the bill.

Exports dip 8%; booster plan to be unveiled today
Commerce minister Ramakrishna Hedge will unveil a fresh package to boost sagging exports, which at the end of first quarter of the current fiscal slipped by 7.94 per cent.

Seasonal rains on course, says weather bureau
The India Meteorological Department (IDM) has predicted that the remaining part of the monsoon season will be normal. This is in spite of the regressive decline in cumulative area-weighted average rainfall to 100% of the normal in the week ending July 29.

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