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22.01 / 01:45

UPS Provident security President show US moves ISIS prisoners in Syria to jails in Iraq amid concern over security

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The U.S. is rushing to move captured Islamic State fighters out of northeast Syria amid fears that tensions between pro-government forces and a Kurdish-led militia could lead to a security breakdown and the escape of thousands of militants.

22.01 / 01:45

Provident Justice country cover Department Courts rights Tiger Global ruling may complicate tax insurance for M&As, caution advisers

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Insurers may not readily offer tax liability insurance for merger and acquisition (M&A) deals and will subject them to stricter scrutiny given the risks of retrospective taxes, consulting and law firms cautioned, days after the Supreme Court ruled that Tiger Global must pay capital gains tax on its Flipkart share sale years ago.

22.01 / 01:45

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stock market recap: Frontline indices, the Sensex and the Nifty 50, extended losses to the third consecutive session on Wednesday, 21 January, amid heightened geopolitical uncertainties, relentless FII selling, and mixed Q3 earnings. The Sensex fell 271 points, or 0.33%, to end at 81,909.63, while the Nifty 50 settled at 25,157.50, down 75 points, or 0.30%.

21.01 / 10:31

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : The censorship trials of Tamil films Jana Nayagan and Parasakthi show that not only is the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) understaffed, but the revising committee, tasked with addressing filmmakers’ grievances, is also often unreliable.

21.01 / 09:39

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. For many would-be marathoners, January seems as good a time as any to dust off their trainers and begin the journey to running 26.2 miles (42km). To hit a goal time or even just complete the race without injury, runners need to follow a training plan.

21.01 / 09:39

Provident BLOCK Manufacturing Align Experts electronic Department Simplified GST registration leaves MSMEs trapped if turnover rises

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : What was meant to be a quick and compliance-friendly boost for small businesses under the September goods and services (GST) recast has turned out to be a damp squib for some early adopters. Starting 1 November, the Centre introduced a special-category GST registration to simplify compliance for small businesses, allowing eligible taxpayers with monthly business-to-business (B2B) output GST below ₹2.5 lakh to opt for a fully electronic process through Rules 9A and 14A.

21.01 / 09:01

markets COST UPS Provident Platform security Sebi, Amfi in talks on cutting KYC, depository charges with an eye on mutual fund profitability

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India's mutual fund industry body is in discussions with the markets regulator to reduce certain fixed or non-variable costs borne by mutual funds, as these charges do not decline with growth in assets and continue to weigh on profitability, said three people familiar with the matter. Costs such as know your customer (KYC) charges and depository fees are largely fixed in nature since they are levied on each onboarded investor.

21.01 / 09:01

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President Trump accelerated his effort to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes, issuing an executive order Tuesday that laid out new steps to stop Wall Street home purchases. The order directs executive agencies to find ways to stop the federal government from backing loans and providing other financial incentives for institutional investor purchases of single-family homes that might otherwise have been bought by an individual homeowner.

21.01 / 08:03

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : Motorists with pending e-challans or unpaid toll dues may lose access to highways under proposed changes to motor vehicle legislation that the Centre is likely to announce during the budget session of Parliament, according to two government officials close to the discussions.

21.01 / 02:23

Provident security Trade Latin International Donald Trump’s adventurism is unsettling China

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Surveying his geopolitical scorecard at the end of last year, Xi Jinping had reasons to be cheerful. China’s leader had just stared down his American counterpart, Donald Trump, in a trade war.

21.01 / 00:39

Provident Digital students inclusion innovations recommendations Schools Union Budget: Allocate funds to implement NEP, bridge the digital divide in classrooms

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Union Budget is to be placed before Parliament once again, with every sector seeking greater funding. When I took over as secretary of school education, Government of India, in 2016, I was aghast to discover that even the nominal allocation to school education had been consistently declining since 2014.

21.01 / 00:25

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India is preparing a national funding offensive to tackle a burgeoning stray dog crisis, as a surge in attacks and rabies fatalities forces the government to intervene in a long-standing public health failure. The Union budget may propose a scheme to finance the mass sterilization of stray dogs at government veterinary hospitals, three officials familiar with the matter said.

21.01 / 00:25

COST Provident Target Gap wellness Experts exclusive Govt eyes dual allocations for MGNREGA, new rural jobs scheme in transition year

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : Even as a two-decade-old welfare employment scheme is set to be replaced by a new one, the upcoming Union budget may carve out separate allocations for both schemes to ensure there are no gaps in jobs during the transition period, according to the minister in charge of rural development. The new Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission Gramin (VB-G RAM G) scheme, to be notified by the Centre, will give states six months’ transition time.

20.01 / 10:39

Provident Action Software information rights Relationships International It’s pointless asking AI to ‘explain’ itself: But here’s an effective way we humans could hold it accountable

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. If there is one thing those who design artificial intelligence (AI) policies insist on, it is that the AI systems we build should be explainable. It seems to be a reasonable request.

20.01 / 10:25

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. 2026 could be another big year for initial public offerings (IPOs) with more than 100 companies already receiving approval to raise about ₹1.4 trillion (around $15.5 billion), according to Prime Database. Millions of retail investors typically flock to IPOs in the hope of earning quick profits by ‘flipping’ these shares after listing, but seasoned participants urge restraint, often shaped by hard-earned experience.

20.01 / 10:25

Provident Digital Manufacturing Align Sustainability Enterprise performer Sensors, AI at core of India’s plan to modernise MSMEs, cut export rejections

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: India is planning a massive digital upgrade of its micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) as part of a broader push to align domestic manufacturing with global quality, and sustainability standards, in a move aimed at improving export competitiveness and reducing shipment rejections.

20.01 / 09:39

Provident Action Trade President Relationships International Is Trump’s America trying to outdo the Opec cartel on oil clout? Here’s why this game won’t work

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. From a certain angle, US President Donald Trump is doing in a matter of weeks what other leaders could never have dreamt of: Assembling an oil cartel with sufficient sway to rival Opec and acquiring a kill switch for the energy-importing economy of America’s prime geopolitical rival, China. Combine Trump’s supposed hegemony over the Americas since the capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on 3 January with control over a post-revolution Iran, and you’re at about 42% of global oil production.

20.01 / 02:33

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. EUROPEANS ARE no longer shocked by the threat of tariffs. They know President Donald Trump regards them as a fee for access to the American market, as leverage for American access to their own and as punishment for perceived slights.

20.01 / 00:37

UPS Provident Target security Sustainability Schools Budget should support growth with fiscal consolidation

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s real and nominal GDP growth rates for 2025-26 are estimated at 7.4% and 8.0%, respectively, according to the National Statistics Office’s first advance estimates. In 2026-27, with prospects of higher Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Wholesale Price Index (WPI) inflation, we may expect real and nominal GDP growth rates at close to 6.5% and 9.5%, respectively.

20.01 / 00:37

Provident FIVE Manufacturing security Sustainability Enterprise reports Centre weighs scaling up MSME Champions Scheme outlay ninefold to ₹10,000 crore

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The Centre is planning a steep increase in the financial outlay of its MSME Champions Scheme to around ₹10,000 crore for the next five years, according to two officials aware of the development, amid efforts to push cleaner manufacturing, exports, and global competitiveness among small businesses.

20.01 / 00:37

Provident FIVE Platform Sustainability Bill electronic reports Far from crash, talk on AI ‘just getting started’ in India: Netweb CMD

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: Netweb Technologies, the youngest of India’s technology companies to have gone public, is banking on sustained demand for homegrown artificial intelligence (AI) tools, platforms and applications to sustain strong growth over the next three to five years, a top company executive told Mint on Monday. In an interview, Sanjay Lodha, chairman and managing director of Netweb, said demand for AI “is far from facing a crash—in fact, in India, the conversations are just getting started." “We are seeing a lot of clients talk about AI spending, and it is only in the past few months that India has begun seriously spending on AI infrastructure and services," Lodha told Mint.

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