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Some U.S. states are scrapping investments in Chinese companies amid tensions between countries with the world's largest economies

An Associated Press analysis of county tax data across three states — Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska — found wind companies rank among the biggest taxpayers in many rural communities, with their total tax bills at times outstripping that of large farms, p...

Complex and confusing taxation systems make it easier for wind’s opponents, some citing misinformation, to say that wind has fallen short of its promises

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indexation benefit on property. Now, homeowners are required to pay a flat 12.5% long-term capital gain tax on the gain they make by selling the property. The new rule is one of the most significant budget proposals, especially for homeowners planning to sell their property. While the finance ministry claims that a majority of homeowners will be better off under the new rule, ET Wealth’s analysis paints a different picture and shows that some homeowners will even face a double blow. Here is a detailed analysis and also suggestions on how you can minimise the adverse impact.

industry leaders, aimed to discuss the new government's budgetary plans.

Formal job creation under the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) went up by 13.9% to 2.30 million in May this year compared to 2.02 million in May 2023 while month-on-month ESIC registered a jump of 39.9% when compared to 1.64 million formal jobs created in April 2024, the ministry of labour and employment said.

₹1 crore five years ago and valued at ₹1.47 crore today would incur a tax of ₹7.01 lakh without indexation, compared to ₹5.1 lakh with indexation. This represents a 37.54% increase in tax outflow despite the lower tax rate, explained Feroze Azeez, deputy chief executive of Anand Rathi Wealth Ltd.

BEIJING — Four of the world's largest semiconductor equipment manufacturers, including ASML, have seen the share of their China revenue more than double since late 2022, Bank of America analysts said in a report Monday.

security breach, resulting in a loss of over $230 million. This incident, the largest of its kind in India to date, has prompted a thorough examination of security measures and investor protections within the burgeoning crypto ecosystem. To dissect the implications and learnings from this event, a panel discussion was held on ETMarkets live stream with industry veterans Dilip Chenoy, Chairman of the Bharat Web3 Association; Ashish Singhal from CoinSwitch; Sumit Gupta from CoinDCX; and Edul Patel, from Mudrex.

An energy group says a $1.3 billion chemical production facility to be built in Louisiana by Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Chemical Group is economically questionable and unnecessarily increases greenhouse gas emissions

The number of heat-related deaths in Texas is rising among residents who lost power during Hurricane Beryl

Venice city officials say the day-tripper tax netted 2.4 million euros during a test phase this summer, and that decisions on how to proceed would be made in the fall after a full analysis of the data

The Economic Survey for 2023-24 placed before Parliament on Monday is forthright on some aspects. Its straight talk on the need for private companies to use the profits they’ve piled up, thanks partly to a tax cut, to invest in India is an example. The hypocrisy of the rich world in expecting us to start phasing out fossil fuels at this juncture of the economy’s emergence is also squarely dealt with, especially the “Alice in Wonderland" air around some global plans.

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Delhi High Court judge Justice Amit Sharma on Monday recused himself from hearing the bail plea of former JNU student Umar Khalid in a UAPA case related to the alleged larger conspiracy behind the riots here in February 2020. The matter was listed for hearing before a division bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Sharma. This has to go before another bench, Justice Singh said. «List before another bench, of which Justice Amit Sharma is not a member, on July 24,» the court ordered.

India is in for a major event this week, the Budget, which has been crucial given the kind of spending the government of India is doing in certain sectors and which has a direct impact on the stock market, discounting every single statement and reflected in prices.

National Testing Agency (NTA) published the full results of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate) 2024 on its website, the Centre has maintained its claim that there is no evidence of any large-scale irregularities in the examination. Preliminary analysis of the data indicated that the highest number of students with highest scores are from Rajasthan, with as many as 482 students securing 700 plus score. A similar score was secured by 205 students in Madhya Pradesh; 194 in Kerala and 184 in Uttar Pradesh. Government sources have rejected the apprehensions that irregularities may have taken place at other centres. Government sources have maintained that the «breach» of the examination paper was «localised» and occurred only at one centre in Bihar.«Despite the breach at one centre in Bihar and hiring seven solvers, the beneficiaries (students) of wrongdoing could not benefit substantially,» said a government official on the condition of anonymity.

NEET-UG candidates have scored zero or negative marks in the controversy-ridden medical entrance exam this year, according to the centre-wise results announced by the National Testing Agency. The lowest marks scored by any candidate in the crucial exam is -180 at a centre in Bihar. According to an analysis of the city- and centre-wise results released on Saturday by the NTA, over 2,250 candidates have scored zero marks, while over 9,400 candidates have scored marks in negative. There are several candidates at the centre under scanner in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh who have scored less than zero marks.

one of the biggest IT outages affected several sectors and crippled services across the world, Microsoft on Saturday said that a software update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike affected nearly 8.5 million Microsoft devices.“While software updates may occasionally cause disturbances, significant incidents like the CrowdStrike event are infrequent. We currently estimate that CrowdStrike’s update affected 8.5 million Windows devices, or less than one percent of all Windows machines," said Microsoft in a blog.Microsoft further added that while the percentage was small, the broad economic and societal impacts reflect the use of CrowdStrike by enterprises that run many critical services.The tech giant said that they are working around the clock and providing ongoing updates and support.“Additionally, CrowdStrike has helped us develop a scalable solution that will help Microsoft’s Azure infrastructure accelerate a fix for CrowdStrike’s faulty update.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is cracking down on so-called paycheck advance programs, which have grown popular with workers in recent years.