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Govt extends duty-free imports of cotton by 3 months till Dec 31

New Delhi, Aug 28 (PTI) The government on Thursday extended duty-free import of cotton by three more months till December 31 to support textile exporters facing steep 50 per cent tariffs in the US. Earlier, on August 18, the Finance Ministry had allowed duty exemption on cotton imports from August 19 till September 30. In a statement on Thursday, the ministry said, “In order to support exporters further, the Central government has decided to extend the import duty exemption on cotton (HS 5201) from 30th September 2025 till 31st December 2025.” This includes exemption from both the 5 per cent

“Pleased that people are accepting B Sudarshan Reddy”: Gaurav Gogoi

Majuli (Assam) [India], August 28 (ANI): Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi expressed his party’s enthusiasm for the INDIA bloc’s Vice-Presidential nominee, former Supreme Court judge B. Sudershan Reddy, stating that the people of India are warmly accepting him. Speaking to ANI on Wednesday, Gogoi said, “We are very pleased that the people of India are accepting B Sudarshan Reddy, the INDIA Alliance candidate for the Vice Presidential election. He is already creating an impact, and we wish him all the best.” Gogoi made the remarks while inaugurating a passenger rest shed at Dhapakgaon Tiniali in Dakhin Kamalabari Panchayat, Majuli, using MP

CDC director Susan Monarez is fired and other agency leaders resign

NEW YORK, August 28, 2025 (AP) — The director of the nation’s top public health agency has been fired after less than one month in the job, and several top agency leaders have resigned. Susan Monarez isn’t “aligned with” President Donald Trump’s agenda and refused to resign, so the White House terminated her, spokesman Kush Desai said Wednesday night. Her lawyers said she was targeted for standing up for science. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services had announced her departure in a brief social media post late Wednesday afternoon. Her lawyers responded with a statement saying Monarez had

UN Security Council to vote on ending peacekeeping mission in Lebanon on Dec. 31, 2026

UNITED NATIONS, August 28, 2025 (AP) — The Security Council scheduled a vote Thursday on a resolution that would end the more than four-decade operation of the U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon on Dec. 31, 2026. Two council diplomats said late Wednesday that the United States, which had been demanding that the force known as UNIFIL be terminated in a year, did not object to a French draft resolution with that end date in 16 months. That signaled the resolution would be approved, but it was not clear whether the United States would vote in favor or abstain, the

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