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Joe Biden’s retirement pension, the highest in US history for a former President, exceeds his presidential salary, the numbers will shock youFormer President Joe Biden is receiving a record taxpayer-funded pension of an estimated $417,000 annually. This amount surpasses his presi...
Justice Surya Kant appointed as 53rd CJI; Art 370, OROP among his key verdictsOn November 24, Justice Surya Kant will officially step into the role of the 53rd Chief Justice of India, marking a new chapter in the Indi...
Vice President of India: office with perks, but no regular salaryThe Vice President of India doesn't receive a salary for the position itself, but rather for their role as Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, ear...
Putin completes quarter century, polls show he's still popular in Kremlin's hot seatVladimir Putin marked 25 years as Russia's leader, rising from an obscure ex-KGB colonel to a dominant political figure. He addressed the s...
Bibles, cryptocurrency, Truth Social and gold bars: A look at Trump's reported sources of incomeTrump reported earning $300,000 off sales of an edition of the Bible that he and country singer Lee Greenwood endorsed, known as "The Green...
New income tax slabs announced in new tax regime in Budget 2024New Income Tax Slab: Latest income tax slabs in new tax regime in Budget 2024: The income tax slabs and rates have been changed by the fina...
Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sworn in, vows accountability and rebuildingLula will have to navigate more challenging economic conditions than he enjoyed in his first two terms, when the global commodities boom pr...
How the tax equation changed for REITs and InvITs from April 1, 2020After the changes, will these structures continue to remain equally attractive?
Article 370 had led J&K to psychological isolation: Union Minister Jitendra Singh"Article 370 had led to a psychological isolation. That was not just hindering development but also facilitating terrorism."
President Pranab Mukherjee honours Arjan Singh, others on golden jubilee of 1965 war triumphSingh, a hero of Indian's 1965 military triumph over Pakistan, was among the war veterans invited to Rashtrapati Bhawan for high-tea with t...
10 Rajaji to 10 Akbar: Tale of two presidents, two bungalowsThe 10, Rajaji Marg mansion will now be the humble abode of 81-year-old Mukherjee as he moves out of the grand Rashtrapati Bhawan.
India Inc deal tally soars to $62.5 billion in 2016: Grant ThorntonAccording to assurance, tax and advisory firm Grant Thornton, M&A values clocked their highest, in the last five years with transaction wor...
Sri Lankan court rejects Sarath Fonseka's bid to regain parliamentary seatA Sri Lankan court has rejected former army chief Sarath Fonseka's petition seeking his reinstatement as a member of parliament.
Can PM Manmohan Singh negotiate divergent allies and internal unease to follow through with decisions?In his first month in charge of the finance portfolio again, Manmohan Singh has raised hopes with words & moves. But can he negotiate diver...
- Sonia Gandhi calls CWC meet; tough decisions unlikely
CWC will meet after nearly a year on June 4, at a time when a section of the party as well as the coalition it leads are resisting the toug...
Political campaign financing needs to be overhauledThe debate on US electoral funding is shifting to fiduciary duties of managements and boards. It should do so in India too.
- Bernanke hints at further Fed easing on rising jobless rate
Federeal Reserve chairman Ben S Bernanke said the economy is barely expanding at a sustainable pace.
Austerity drive: Greece burns in protestThree people were killed in a fire in central Athens after protesters marching against austerity measures threw petrol bombs into a local b...
- Kennedy taken to hospital briefly by ambulance
Senator Edward Kennedy, who has brain cancer, was taken by ambulance to a hospital Friday near his Massachusetts vacation home after compla...
- Zimbabwe security forces on full alert ahead of polls
Zimbabwe's security forces were on full alert on Friday to head off possible violence at this weekend's elections as opponents of Robert Mu...