Thursday, October 20, 2016

Argentine women strike after fatal rape of teenager

Argentine women strike after fatal rape of teenager

NEWSPAPER HEADLINES
The GST council meet makes for front page news in most of the dailies this morning. "GST council discusses four-tier rate structure" leads the Business Standard, adding "Centre states agree on compensation formula; cess on cards for ultra luxury items". "14% revenue growth assumed for states" writes the Financial Express. "Centre proposes four tier structure under GST with two standard rates" headlines the Business Line.
Referring to the Indian Army's Surgical Strikes on terror launch pad's across LoC, The Pioneer quotes Prime Minster Narendra Modi has saying "Indian Army's feat no less than Israel's".
In a related story The Hindu says "US stands  in solidarity with India on cross LoC strikes". The paper quotes US ambassador Richard Verma as saying "New Delhi took action to defend itself".
The Tribune quotes the Foreign Secretary as saying  "Limited cross LoC attacks earlier too". He gave this information to the parliamentary committee on External Affairs when he was specifically asked by MPs whether surgical strikes have been done in the past.
Writing on the diplomatic engagement with Pakistan, Hindustan Times quotes foreign Secretary S Jaishankar as saying "Engagement with Pakistan at time of our choosing".
On the Ram temple issue Hindustan Times leads "Ram returns to UP election frontlines". The paper writes that the SP wants Ramleela theme park on banks of Saryu, Centre wants Ramayana museum soon in Ayodhya.
Referring to the fire in the ICU and dialysis ward of the SUM hospital in Bhubaneswar The Indian Express writes "No fire NoC, Bhubaneswar hospital lost accreditation two months ago".
And finally, last month that is September 2016 was the hottest on record. Well, the Hindustan Times reports that last month was the warmest September in 136 years of record keeping, NASA said.

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