Safe harbour for IT services shall be approved by an automated rule-driven process without any need for tax officer to examine and accept the application IMAGE: People watch the live telecast of......
The Union Budget on Sunday proposed a tax holiday till 2047 for foreign companies that provide cloud services to customers globally using data centres located in India, signalling the government's......
Two dedicated freight corridors -- Eastern and Western -- are in operation covering several states and districts. IMAGE: Japan's Nozomi bullet train. Photograph: Reuters Key Points A new......
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced an increase in the Securities Transaction Tax (STT) on Futures and Options trade with a view to discouraging small investors from speculative......
'We have given riot-free Maharashtra in our 18-month rule.' IMAGE: Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar speaks to Rediff.com at his home in Baramati. Photograph: Hitesh......
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said individual persons residing outside India (PROI) will be permitted equity investments in listed Indian companies through a portfolio investment......
Sebi is working with other regulators to expand the CAS framework. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff India's banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) consumers may soon be able to......
Over the past three decades, between 1995 and 2025, India’s weighted average long-term interest rates averaged 7.61 per cent, far above the average long-term rates seen in Canada (3.13 per cent),......
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday proposed Rs 10,000 crore investment in the biopharma sector over the next five years, a move which would give a boost to the country's pharmaceuticals......
Strong domestic growth will continue to draw foreign investment into the Indian economy, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra said on Tuesday. Photograph: Francis......
'As a nation, we create beautiful content and a high volume of it (films) but we are limited by the number of theatres and screen density.''You now have a living-room large screen available to......
IMAGE: Aditi Rao Hydari, Pratibha Ranta, Manisha Koirala, Sanjeeda Sheikh and Richa Chadha in Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar. Saregama India, a part of the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, on Tuesday......
'Established filmmakers want to go with the sequels of earlier hit films like Housefull 5 or Mastiii 4. They don't want to come up with fresh ideas. This is pure laziness.' IMAGE: Ranveer Singh in......
If dark and twisted crime thrillers and trauma-led violence interest you, you can binge-watch Daldal over the weekend, endorses Divya Nair. Key Points Daldal is a Hindi-language psychological......
IMAGE: India are eyeing history by becoming the first ever team to successfully defend a T20 World Cup title. Photograph: BCCI Key Points India great Kapil backed India in T20s, but stressed......
IMAGE: Nat Sciver-Brunt celebrates her historic unbeaten century. Photograph: WPL/X Key Points Nat Sciver-Brunt arrived at 16/1 and smashed an unbeaten 100 off 57 -- the first century in WPL......