Daily News Monitor: 7 August 2018

HEADLINES:

1. Modi Government Doubles Import Duty On 328 Textile Items To Boost ‘Make In India’

2. Nation-Wide Strike By Public Transport Organizations Against Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill

3. Chinese Boost To Make In India: Xiaomi’s Component Supplier Holitech To Invest Rs 1,400 Crore In This State

4. Nitin Gadkari Says Waste Recycling Offers Rs 5 Lakh Crore Opportunity; Asks NITI Aayog To Form Policy 

5. Anti-Dumping Duty On 'Methylene Chloride' From US, EU Extended By One Year

6. Mounting Resistance: India Reviews RCEP Plan, Forms Gom

7. India To Roll Out 5G By 2022, Increase Fiber Backbone To 2.5 Mn Kilometers

8. No GST Refunds For Foreigners As Of Now: Finance Ministry

9. India Not To Join US-Led Counter To China’s BRI 

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