NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman Tuesday said the govt was open and keen to “hear” discussions around the long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax as it was “healthy” to have the debate.The minister, however, declined to be specific on the matter as preparations for the Union Budget in Feb are already underway.The FM’s comments raised…
NEW DELHI: Why did opposition INDIA bloc, after making special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls the central point of its attack on Election Commission and govt, give up the challenge to the constitutional and statutory validity of SIR in their joint writ petition before Supreme Court?Opposition members, led by LoP Rahul Gandhi, stated in…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi Tuesday sought to position India as a trusted ally while stating that supply chains, energy, minerals, payment systems, and technology are increasingly becoming instruments of pressure and dominance and the routes created by globalisation over the past decades have become chokepoints in several cases.“One of the biggest questions facing the…
BENGALURU: Karnataka home minister Priyank Kharge and chief minister DK Shivakumar Tuesday reiterated that peaceful protest is fundamental to democracy and promised a review of police action against anti-SIR demonstrators in Bengaluru.Activists, however, said assurances were not enough and demanded the withdrawal of the police licensing order restricting protests to Freedom Park and restoration of…
Diplomatic tensions flared again between India and China after Beijing strongly opposed India’s decision to officially map and standardise 28 places in Ladakh, including some in Aksai China, and reaffirmed that it does not recognise the Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh.In a swift rebuttal, New Delhi reiterated no amount of Chinese denial can change the…
Ashok Lavasa speaks online at the event NEW DELHI: Former election commissioner Ashok Lavasa on Tuesday said the Election Commission of India (ECI) was facing an unprecedented level of controversy and urged the poll body to regain public trust amid protests over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.Drawing a parallel…
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Tuesday framed a contempt charge against Uttar Pradesh public works department. The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Tuesday framed a contempt charge against Uttar Pradesh public works department principal secretary Ajay Chauhan for allegedly failing to comply with a court order passed four…
NEW DELHI: Zydus Lifesciences and Formycon AG, an independent developer of biosimilars, jointly announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) has accepted for review the biologics license application (BLA) for a proposed biosimilar to Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab), a key cancer drug. Keytruda is the world’s best-selling biologic medicine with global sales at $16.4…
According to the complaint, the incident took place at around 6pm on Tuesday NEW DELHi: Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday alleged a knife attack bid on former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, claiming that it could have been a conspiracy planned by the BJP.TMC MP Saket Gokhale alleged that a drug addict had reached…
Khajuraho’s 11th-century Chandela-era headless Vishnu idol Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has found the missing head of an 11th-century Vishnu idol at Khajuraho, whose restoration became the subject of a recent controversy involving the Supreme Court, and plans to reattach it after expert examination.ASI has also introduced a three-year deadline for archaeological excavations to curb…
