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Brazil’s finance minister told his peers during a G20 meeting in Sao Paulo that countries should implement a global tax on the super-rich in an effort to tackle rampant tax evasion

Local buses, subway trains and trams have ground to a halt in much of Germany, at the peak of a week of walkouts by employees demanding better working conditions

The central African nation of Congo is looking to expand oil and gas drilling by auctioning off 30 sites around the country

The central African nation of Congo is known for its mineral riches

The Phnom Penh Post, a newspaper founded in 1992 as Cambodia sought to re-establish stability and democracy after decades of war and unrest, says it will stop publishing a print edition this month, the latest blow to the country’s dwindling independent...

A massive U.S. health care technology company says it was attacked by the ransomware group ALPHV, also known as Blackcat

Shaffer wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Making that change would better target externalities and transition the tax system for an EV future.”The leader of the Opposition said she would not object to establishing “equity” between EV and ICE vehicle drivers, and appreciated the need to fund road maintenance.

NSC vs ELSS: Numerous products qualify for tax benefits under Section 80C, including insurance, tax-saving fixed deposits, NSC, and ELSS. The suitability of an investment product depends on factors like risk tolerance, time horizon, and future fund needs. Equity Linked Saving Scheme (ELSS) mutual funds offer tax deductions up to ₹1,50,000 annually under Section 80C of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

On Thursday the Supreme Court criticised the union government's apparent failure to specify a range of prices that private hospitals and clinical establishments can charge for their services. Although a rule on this issue was framed 12 years ago, the court noted that it had not been enforced. It also directed the union health secretary to meet with his state counterparts within a month, with the next court hearing expected in another six weeks.

A shop in Iran’s capital has been offering consumers in the Islamic Republic one of the hottest products in the country — an iPhone that came out in 2021

Europe’s tool to tax pollution linked to goods made abroad underline the challenges of motivating companies worldwide to go greener. Slow communication and technical difficulties have held up businesses’ compliance with the European Union’s new Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, which is designed to protect local producers against competition from countries with lower environmental standards. In Germany, less than 10% of companies have registered to the platform as of Feb. 28, according to people familiar with the matter. Given the issues, the European Commission extended its deadline to submit reports for a second time — until the end of March — in an announcement made to member states this week, said the people, who asked not to be named as the details are private.

The tech narrative in the last two years has been dominated by artificial intelligence (AI) and the excitement and disruption generated by it. However, the narrative started to sour a little in the latter half of 2023, as ethical issues got thrown up—like copyright, bias, privacy and deepfakes. Now, with elections looming across most of the democratic world, 2024 promises to be the year when AI will experience its first major ethical test—whether it helps democracy or subverts it.

ANI that India is a world leader in vaccines and investment is being made in the country for lots of new vaccines. “I'm certainly bullish.

Narendra Modi's public meeting in Arambagh, Hoogly, on Friday. He will also inaugurate several government projects in the state today. “PM Modi's proposed rally is scheduled for March 1 in Arambagh.

Hezbollah and the Israeli army have been trading fire since the Palestinian group Hamas stormed southern Israel from the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, in a steadily intensifying conflict that has fuelled concern of wider escalation. "The war in the south is linked to the aggression on Gaza on the one hand, and to securing means of protection for our country on the other," senior Hezbollah politician Hassan Fadlallah said.

Pakistan: Nawaz Sharif nominates younger brother Shehbaz for premiership The 16th National Assembly commenced its proceedings earlier in the day, with newly elected MNAs taking their oaths administered by Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf. The session, scheduled for 10 am, commenced after 11 am amid a turbulent atmosphere, with PTI-backed lawmakers aligned with the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), encircling the speaker's rostrum.

Red Sea operations, the Iran-aligned group's leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi said in a televised speech on Thursday. Houthi militants have repeatedly fired on international commercial ships since mid-November in solidarity with Palestinians over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

export violations including Chinese employees in China improperly downloading documents related to U.S. Defense Department programs.

₹22,200 crore, he is set to inaugurate the Visakh Refinery Modernization Project (VRMP), which is being carried out by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL). This project aims to modernize and boost capacity at the Visakh Refinery in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, with an investment of ₹26,264 crore.

Former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney has died at the age of 84.

It should go without saying that fighting wars is a nasty business. The political, economic and moral corrosion that wars bring with their onslaught is often difficult for distant onlookers to decipher from the outside.