Erstwhile finance minster Pranab Mukherjee introduced the highly controversial law against tax avoidance through foreign investments in his Union Budget speech. GAAR, or the General Anti Avoidance Rules, entails rules and laws that targets entities […]
On December 6, Asadullah Khalid, Head of Afghanistan‘s intelligence set-up, the National Directorate of Security, was seriously injured in a bomb attack by a Taliban suicide bomber posing as a peace envoy. President Karzai announced […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): With the DMK stating it would vote with the ruling combine on its policy allowing 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail, a confident UPA government maintained it is prepared for a […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister of Belarus Mikhail Myasnikovich has invited Indian industry to invest in his country. Addressing a joint business meeting here on Wednesday, the visiting dignitary said there were several sectors, including […]
New Delhi (TIP): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s imprint on the October 28 reshuffle in the Council of Ministers is evident with several leaders who are in favor of more economic reforms now a part of […]
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): Krishna Pokhrel, LUTCF has been elected a member of the 2012 Chairman’s Council of New York Life Insurance Company today, says a Press Release issued by New York Life on October […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Flagship refiner IndianOil Corporation on Wednesday signed an MoU with Korea Gas Corporation (Kogas) to jointly explore opportunities in oil and gas, including liquid gas transported in ships or LNG. “IOC and […]
New Delhi (TIP): The government on October 4 unleashed a second wave of reforms deciding to open the pension sector to foreign investment and raising the FDI cap in insurance to 49 percent, undeterred by […]
In this time of global financial crisis, when so many are suffering financial hardship, most countries have witnessed increases in their number of dollar millionaires. These ‘High Net-Worth Individuals’ (HNWI), according to a report by […]
New Delhi (TIP): Despite facing the heat over the hike in diesel prices and reforms in foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail, the government has decided to go ahead with some more reforms. According to […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The Sensex rose more than 2 percent to new seven-month highs on Sept 14 after the government announced a hike in diesel prices and after the Federal Reserve announced a new asset purchase […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Tech Mahindra has set up three laboratories for Long Term Evolution technology, one in Delhi and one each in Pune and Bangalore. The software services provider, in which vehicle manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra […]
The U.S. strategy long has been geared against the rise of any hegemonic power in Asia and for a stable balance of power. Yet, as its 2006 national security strategy report acknowledges, the United States […]
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