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Revenue up 412% from higher tax on online gaming

DESPITE the initial backlash from the industry, there has been a remarkable 412% increase in revenue from the higher tax on online gaming.

Equity fund inflows up 3% to ₹38K cr in Aug

THE heavy demand for smallcap and mid-cap funds buoyed the open-ended equity mutual fund inflows by 3.03% to ₹38,239 crore in August, pushing the industry-wide assets under management well past the ₹66.7 lakh crore mark in the reporting month, up from 64.96 trillion in the previous month.

Card transactions may see stricter disclosures

WITH the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) pushing for more disclosures for cross-border wire transfers, the Indian government says it won't adopt stricter norms at the cost of ease of doing business.

'See JFSL's loan biz entry as opportunity for partnership'

THE entry of Jio Financial Services (JFSL), a Reliance Industries group company, would only help boost credit growth in the country, says YS Chakravarti, CEO of Shriram Finance, the country's second largest Non-banking Financial Company (NBFC).

India has capability to become trusted partner in semicon supply chain: Modi

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said India has the capability to become a trusted partner in a diversified semiconductor supply chain.

Maruti's EV to deliver 500 km range, carmaker to export to Europe, Japan

THE first electric vehicle (EV) from the country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki (MSIL) will be powered by a 60 Kilowatt-hour battery that could do a range of 500 km on a single charge.

'No clarity on GST on services imports'

Many industries in a state of uncertainty as they navigate the implications of this decision

India-funded projects to continue in Bangladesh

QUO DHAKA A top adviser of the interim government said on Tuesday that India-funded projects are \"very important\" and will continue under the new administration in Bangladesh.

New sanctions await Iran for supplying to Russia arms

SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken said the United States would impose sanctions on Iran and that Russia could use the Iranian missiles against Ukraine \"within weeks\".

Oz mulls minimum age for social media

AUSTRALIA will ban children from using social media with a minimum age limit as high as 16, the prime minister said on Tuesday, vowing to get kids off their devices and \"onto the footy fields\".

Israeli air strike kills 19 in Gaza humanitarian zone

Defence minister Gallant says truce deal a strategic opportunity

Tech billionaire lifts off on SpaceX for spacewalk

CANAVERAL A daredevil billionaire rocketed back to space on Tuesday, aiming to perform the first private spacewalk and venture farther than anyone since NASA's Apollo moonshots.

Ajit urges Shah to address Maha rural concerns

TO avoid a repetition of the Lok Sabha election outcome in Maharashtra, the BJP-led Mahayuti has unanimously decided to focus on addressing the agrarian distress ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls.

12 nabbed for trying to derail Kalindi Exp

TWELVE people, including two known offenders, have been detained for questioning in connection with a suspected sabotage attempt on the Bhiwani-bound Kalindi Express, which narrowly avoided a major disaster in Kanpur late Sunday night.

Jackal scare grips MP's Sehore, 2 hurt in attacks

JACKAL scare has gripped Madhya Pradesh's Sehore and Khandwa districts.

5 killed as landslides wreak havoc on Kedarnath route

A severe landslide struck the Kedarnath pilgrimage route in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag district, India’s most landslideprone area, on Monday night. Five pilgrims were killed after being trapped under boulders that fell between Sonprayag and Gaurikund.

15 women enter 1st two phases of J&K assembly elections

AT least 15 women candidates are in fray in the first two phases of Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.

Shah will sound BJP's poll bugle in J'khand on Sept 21

CMs of several BJP-ruled states to join 'Parivartan Yatra' in Dumka

5th killer wolf caught in Bahraich, hunt on for 6th

AMID increasing wolf scare, the team of forest officials trapped the fifth predator on Tuesday as part of 'Operation Bhediya' campaign that has been ongoing in Bahraich's Mahasi tehsil to catch a pack of six wolves which have devoured nine lives, including eight children leaving over two dozen people injured since mid-July.

Probe ordered after Gujarat school enrols students as BJP members

A probe has been ordered against the principal of a secondary school in Gujarat's Surendranagar district where students have allegedly been enrolled as BJP members, state education department officials said on Tuesday.

MP minister's 'Chandan link to Vasco da Gama's discovery of India

MADHYA Pradesh higher education minister Inder Singh Parmar on Tuesday claimed that Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama did not discover the sea route to India, but landed here merely by following an Indian sea merchant, Chandan, \"who rode a 3-4 times bigger ship than Gama's.

Suicide a public health concern in SE Asia: WHO

SUICIDE is a major public health concern in the SouthEast Asia Region, which sees more than 2 lakh suicide deaths each year, said World Health Organisation on Tuesday.

Cybersecurity vital for progress: Shah

UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the country's progress is not possible without ensuring cybersecurity, which has become integral to national security in the backdrop of ever-increasing use of internet data.

Israel seeks to hire 10K construction workers & 5K caregivers from India

ISRAEL is seeking to hire more Indians for blue collar jobs including 10,000 construction workers and 5,000 caregivers to plug the skill gap in their infrastructure and healthcare sectors.

Under new toll collection system, no fee for pvt vehicles for up to 20 km on NHs

ONCE the proposed barrierfree toll collection based on the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) is implemented, private vehicles will not be charged any fee for travelling up to 20 km on highways and expressways.

SC stays defamation proceedings against Tharoor

THE Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the trial court's proceedings against veteran Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in a defamation case over his 2018 remark allegedly comparing Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a scorpion.

Jaishankar says open to do biz with China, with a rider

In Berlin, EAM says Delhi weighs national security in trade with Beijing

TROUBLE WITH PROPAGANDA DISGUISED AS EDUCATION

\"The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically.

NURTURING INDIA'S GENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

The PM's recent meetings with the leaders of UAE & Singapore signal continuity in longstanding associations. A lesson from Nehruvian diplomacy is pertinent for parleys with Austria

ED chargesheet against former K'taka minister

THE Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has named former minister B Nagendra as the prime accused in its chargesheet submitted to the Special Court in the multi-crore scam in Karnataka Maharishi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.