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Clubs, members separate entities; transactions between the two taxable

New Delhi: Members of clubs, including sporting bodies and professional institutions will now have to fully comply with tax regulations and pay GST for any goods and service they receive from facilitie...

15 Feb 2021 7:19 AM GMT

Cities key to India's post-pandemic growth: WEF study

New Delhi: Cities have borne the maximum brunt of the COVID-19 outbreak but they will also be key to India's post-pandemic growth as they account for nearly 70 per cent of the country's GDP and an aver...

10 Jan 2021 7:28 AM GMT

Services activity, new business expand at slower rates in Dec: IHS Markit

New Delhi: India's service sector continued to recover from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) induced contractions seen through most of 2020 with output and new business rising for the third stra...

6 Jan 2021 8:24 AM GMT

Rupee settles 8 paise higher at 73.76 against US dollar

Mumbai: The rupee snapped its two-day losing streak to settle higher by 8 paise at 73.76 (provisional) against the US dollar on Wednesday, tracking strong domestic equities and sustained foreign fund i...

23 Dec 2020 11:05 AM GMT

Centre splurged Rs 713.20Cr on ads in 2019-2020: RTI

Mumbai: The government of India spent a total of Rs713.20 crore on advertisements, with maximum share to the electronic media, during the financial year 2019-2020, a RTI reply to a Mumbai activist reve...

31 Oct 2020 9:28 AM GMT

RBI Central Board takes stock of the economy

Mumbai: The Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday reviewed the current economic situation, continued global and domestic challenges and various areas of operations of the bank. ...

23 Oct 2020 12:47 PM GMT

Doha talks need patience, not mediators: Taliban

Kabul: The Taliban has said that it does not feel the need for a mediator for the Afghan peace negotiations, adding that resolving a 40-year conflict requires patience instead, the media reported. T...

2 Oct 2020 6:06 AM GMT

Democrats unveil scaled-down Covid-19 relief package

Washington: Democrat lawmakers from the US House of Representatives have unveiled a scaled down $2.2-trillion coronavirus relief package in an effort towards clinching a bipartisan deal before the Nove...

29 Sep 2020 10:16 AM GMT

Brazilian govt sees increase in approval rating

Brazilian :There has been an increase in the approval rating of the Brazilian government led by President Jair Bolsonaro in September amid the coronavirus pandemic, said a survey released by the Nation...

25 Sep 2020 12:35 PM GMT

New Zealand Parliament to install solar panes

Wellington: In an effort to cut carbon emissions, the New Zealand Parliament will install solar panels and improve energy efficiency, Minister for Climate Change James Shaw said on Friday.Shaw confirme...

25 Sep 2020 11:37 AM GMT

San Francisco Mayor announces expanded Covid-19 support for Latinos

San Francisco : San Francisco Mayor London Breed has announced an expanded coronavirus-related support scheme for the US city's Latino community, a group which has been disproportionately affected by...

25 Sep 2020 11:18 AM GMT

$66mn allocated for people affected by Beirut blasts

Beirut: Lebanese President Michel Aoun has approved $66.1 million) in the 2020 state budget to be paid to the people affected by the August 4 Port of Beirut explosions.The distribution of the money wil...

25 Sep 2020 9:05 AM GMT

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