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A Srinagar-based businessman travelled by air, train and road to Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and back to Jammu and Kashmir before he died of COVID-19, and may have infected many others, including a doctor battling for life in a Jammu hospital, officials said on Tuesday.
 

The second batch of foreign envoys, who are on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir to assess the ground situation in the Union Territory, took a tour of the famous Dal Lake upon reaching Srinagar on Wednesday (February 12) morning. The group is visiting Baramulla, Srinagar, and Jammu where they will meet the representatives of the civil society including youths from different ethnic, religious and socio-economic communities, local business and political leaders, civil administration and representatives of mainstream media.

Businessmen, farmers, activists reacted to the Union Budget 2020 and gave it a thumbs up for its tax reliefs, measured allocations for different fields

Here’s what businessmen expect from finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s second budget. 

In 2019, Nirmala Sitharam made history by becoming India’s first full-time woman Finance Minister. While presenting the Budget 2019, she termed the women of the country as ‘nari tu narayani’, suggesting they hold an important place in the development of our country. As the countdown to Budget 2020 begins, let’s take a look at what Indian women want in this episode of Not For Women Only with Sunita Iyer.

The visit of the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, is a sign of the growing importance of India – Brazil bilateral partnership said Union Minister of Commerce and Industry & Railways, Piyush Goyal, during his address at the inaugural session of the India-Brazil Business Forum held in New Delhi on 27th January. 

The business of Chhapaak in Tier-2, Tier-3 cities, and mass circuits was below the mark

10 newborns have died in the last 48 hours in Kota Hospital, Rajasthan. Chief minister Ashok Gehlot has courted controversy with his insensitive remark. He said, "Such deaths happen everywhere." BJP said Congress' negligence stands exposed. Today, former Union finance minister P Chidambaram issued a caustic remark as a mark of his protest against the Army Chief. He said, "It is a shame that DGP and Army General are being asked to support the government. Let me appeal to General Rawat, you head the Army and mind your business. It's not the business of Army to tell politicians what we should do, just as it's not our business to tell you how to fight a war.” Do not miss the headlines of the day on MyNation in 100 seconds.
 

Former finance minister P Chidambaram has asked the Army Chief General Bipin Rawat to ‘mind his business’ in the context of the General condemning the CAA protests 

With the government's recent notifications of new rules for Public Provident Fund (PPF), account holders can now reap benefits such as deposits, loans and premature closure relating to the accounts
 

Radwan Omar started young and took his business to new heights leveraging social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and others.

India’s remarkable jump in World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Report 2020 India ranks 63rd among 190 countries improving by 14 ranks from its rank of 77 in 2019. India has improved its rank in 7 out of 10 indicators and has moved closer to international best practices. The 2020 edition of the Report acknowledges India as one of the top 10 improvers, third time in a row, with an improvement of 67 ranks in 3 years. It is also the highest jump by any large country since 2011.

Tough legal battle awaits WB CM Mamata Banerjee as lawyers and businessmen have approached the Calcutta high court over her decision not to implement NRC and CAB, now a law. 

Once again, Pakistan has sought to interfere in India’s internal matter by criticising the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. However, it is the violation of the Nehru-Liaquat pact by Pakistan that has led to the need of the CAB