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Income tax on gifted property: NRI step-brother to pay zero income tax on Rs 7.5 crore propertyThe ITAT Mumbai ruled that a gift from a stepsister to her stepbrother is exempt from income tax, overturning the tax department's addition...
For Mexico’s Sheinbaum, the race is on to harness nearshoringEven as Mexico surpassed China to become the top exporter of goods to the US last year, the country’s economic growth is slowing — and the ...
Independence Day: How India & Pakistan divided money, assets, a buggy and a tromboneIndia and Pakistan were divided 76 years ago, but there remain outstanding financial claims between the two nations due to asset division. ...
India agrees to USD 200 million Line of Credit to support development projects in KyrgyzstanJaishankar arrived here on Sunday as part of his four-day visit to Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Armenia with an aim to further expand bilater...
Does the economy need a Jaitley or a Chidambaram?The economy may be better off with a Arun Jaitley-like character as he delivered on structural changes.
Scrabble’s ok with two more 2-letter wordsFrom aa (lava flow associated with basaltic rock) to za (slang for pizza), compilers of the game’s official compendiums have obviously trie...
'Fake news' beats 'gender-fluid', 'fidget spinner' to become 2017's word of the yearThe use of 'fake news' registered a 365 per cent rise in the last 12 months.
- India, Portugal sign 11 pacts, agree on 4 million euro fund to boost research
After signing 11 bilateral agreements, Modi and Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa said the two countries have made substantial progre...
What Bangladesh can teach India about toilet trainingIndia still struggles with its sanitation targets. 38 % of South Asia defecates in the open, and India is responsible for a full 30%, despi...
Top words of 2014: Vape, culture, photobomb, overshareTerms like 'vape', 'culture', 'photobomb', 'overshare' and 'heart emoji' were significant throughout the past 12 months and have been named...
Intuit Your 'Truths'The Chamber's Twentieth Century Dictionary gives the meaning of 'intuition' as "the power of the mind by which it immediately perceives the...
Hail or hell?The 400th anniversary of the translation of King James Version of the Bible is being celebrated online with a series of lexical games. One ...
Greatness of the universal prayerThe Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary notes that 'prayer' is the act of communion with a God or spiritual power or an expression of one...
Discovering one's own golden meanThe term 'golden mean', according to Chambers dictionary means moderation, a middle way between extremes.