Daily News Monitor: 22 May 2017

HEADLINES:

1. Modi is quietly pushing for a counter to China’s OBOR with Russia, Iran’s help

2. India’s economy to improve, cost of funds may rise: Report

3. RCEP talks: Heat on India to scrap import duty on 90% of goods

4. WTO’s call for a review meet might be a backdoor attempt to push e-commerce

5. Three years of Narendra Modi government: Many big bang reforms implemented, more to follow, says Nirmala Sitharaman

6. ‘India govt working with stakeholders to devise new rules for clinical trials’  

7. Tourism in India, a sector untapped

GST Special:

8. GST blow: Medicines to get costlier as raw materials to be taxed at 18%

9. Shampoos, soaps are a ‘luxury’; maple syrup is not

10. GST to cut inflation by 2% created buoyancy in economy: Hasmukh Adhia

11. Record FDI, start-up push result of big, brave reforms, says Nirmala Sitharaman

12. GST Council’s next step: Ensuring tax benefits are passed on to consumers

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