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Month: June 2017
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Not so bitter beer tax laws
After returning to Tokyo from London 15 years ago, what I missed most was the ale I used to drink in London pubs. Japan is a major beer-consuming nation — the seventh-largest in 2016 — but Japanese beer back when I returned mostly meant pilsner varieties like Asahi Super Dry. Only a few types of...
June 30, 2017 -
Aadhaar ambivalence
Aadhaar was conceived by the United Progressive Alliance government of Manmohan Singh as a scheme to provide every Indian a unique identity number with a view to enabling a fair and equitable distribution of benefits and subsidies. The Unique Identification Authority of India was constituted by a notification dated 28 January 2009 by the Planning...
June 30, 2017 -
The family connection
The Trump administration has unveiled a fine distinction in familial connections in an attempt to partially implement the travel ban on citizens of six predominantly Muslim countries. The White House appears to be pursuing a yes-and-no approach and this could well make confusion worse confounded. It thus comes about that while parents, including in-laws, are...
June 30, 2017 -
Demeaning reticence
Even if it is accepted that “discretion is the better part of valour” and “only the foolhardy pick fights” there is a surprising element to the silence of the external affairs ministry on the “heated situation” with China near the Doklam plateau at the tri-junction with Bhutan. That there has been a reaction from the...
June 30, 2017 -
DU releases second cut-off with no drastic changes
The Delhi University colleges have announced their second cut-offs for this admission season with the top colleges still trading in the above-90 realm for more popular courses. In the announcement made late Friday night, Hansraj and Hindu College lowered their Economic (Honours) cut-off to 97 and 97.25 per cent respectively, down from earlier 97.50 per...
June 30, 2017 -
Teething problems of GST to be resolved in 2 months: CEA
Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian on Friday exuded confidence of resolving teething problems of GST implementation in one-two months. "There will be some hurdles initially. But we will be able to remove them in 1-2 months," Subramanian told media after attending the GST rollout ceremony held in Parliament. Describing the GST as a "disruptive change",...
June 30, 2017 -
India beat West Indies by 93 runs in third ODI
Chasing 252 on a slow track, the hosts were bowled out for a paltry 158 in 38.1 overs.
June 30, 2017 -
Meira invokes Mahatma Gandhi in fight for poor, minorities
Opposition presidential candidate Meira Kumar on Friday invoked Mahatma Gandhi and gave the slogan of "do or die" in the fight for poor and minorities. In an apparent reference to the controversy over beef eating, she said the slogan was given to oust the British, narrow-mindedness and intolerance. "Today, the government asks people about their...
June 30, 2017 -
GST is a social reform too: SBI chief
SBI Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya on Friday said the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is not only a financial reform but is a social reform also. Bhattacharya also said that initially there will be some hiccups and difficulties after implementation of the GST. "GST is not only financial reform but it's social reform also … Let...
June 30, 2017 -
BJP announces Leader of House for all three civic bodies
The Delhi BJP on Friday announced the names of Leaders of House in the three municipal corporations ruled by it, dropping the name of a councilor close to senior party leader and Union minister Vijay Goel. The announcement fueled speculation of a rift between Goel and Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari as the latter announced...
June 30, 2017 -
GST comes into force after 17 years of debate
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) — India's biggest tax reform since independence — on Friday night came into force after 17 tumultuous years of debate, unifying more than a dozen central and state levies but doubts remained if the transition to a national sales tax will be without any glitch. The new tax regime...
June 30, 2017 -
GST launch is outcome of commitment to federal structure: Shah
BJP president Amit Shah on Friday night said the "historic" launch of the GST was an outcome of commitment to the country's federal structure under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Congratulating the prime minister, finance minister Arun Jaitley and the state governments, he said the GST will not just bring in one tax...
June 30, 2017 -
Gunman killed in New York hospital shooting
A gunman who opened fire at the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital here, has been killed, media reports said. At least two people were shot in the incident, which began at 2.50 p.m. (local time) at 173rd Street and Grand Concourse in the Mt. Eden section, CBS News reported. The gunman, who is believed to be a former...
June 30, 2017 -
GST Council to review rollout of GST on August 5
The all-powerful GST Council will review the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax as also levies on some of the items on August 5. "The review meeting of the GST Council would be on the first Saturday of August," Central Board of Excise and Customs Chairperson Vanaja N Sarna said. The meeting will take...
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Top leaders, industrialists, cinestars mark GST launch
The historic Central Hall of Parliament on Friday night opened for its first midnight ceremony in two decades for the launch of India's most sweeping tax reform, GST, with country's top leaders, cinestars and industrialists in attendance. President Pranab Mukherjee, who piloted the first constitutional amendment for unifying more than a dozen central and state...
June 30, 2017 -
Near-miss between IndiGo, BSF planes over Banihal in J-K
A mid-air collision between an IndiGo plane and a BSF aircraft, which had Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi on board, was averted over Banihal in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, sources said. The two planes came perilously close to each other when an alert went off inside both cockpits, following which the aircraft automatically steered...
June 30, 2017 -
Manmohan Singh skips GST launch; NCP, SP attend function
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday gave the GST launch ceremony at Parliament a miss as the Congress boycotted the function, while some constituents of the informal opposition grouping, including the NCP, Samajwadi Party, JD(U) and JD(S), attended the function. JD(S) supremo and former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, who was one of the...
June 30, 2017
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