Daily News Monitor: 20 August 2019

HEADLINES:

1. Direct Tax Code 2.0: Task force for big relief to individual taxpayers

2. Trump Administration urged to resolve trade tensions with India

3. PM Modi’s concerns over rising population: Policy prescriptions for tackling the issue

4. H&M inks agreement with Myntra to cash in on online fashion boom

5. SoftBank shows interest in Snapdeal, might lead $100 million round

6. Amazon readies new spread to lure eateries away from Zomato, Swiggy

7. Nirmala Sitharaman rejects demand for rollback of customs duty on newsprint

8. India notifies imports of 30,000 tonne crude soya oil from Paraguay

9. State Bank of India aims to eliminate debit cards; Yono cashpoints scaled up to facilitate cardless payments

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