FPIs may be allowed to get tax treaty benefits on dividend income

New Delhi (IANS) The Centre may propose amendment in the tax laws to allow Indian corporates to apply tax treaty rates while withholding tax on dividends and interest to be paid to FPIs.

The move is expected to facilitate foreign portfolio…

Sensex gives up gains to turn red; HDFC, RIL down

Mumbai (IANS) The BSE Sensex on Wednesday afternoon shed all the gains made during the initial trade to trade over 250 points down.

Decline in the heavyweights HDFC and Reliance Industries (RIL) weighed on the index.

Both the Sensex…

PMFBY completes 5 years; Modi says it benefited crores of farmers

New Delhi (IANS) Wishing the beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) on completion of its five years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the crop insurance scheme benefited crores of farmers and mitigated their risks against the…

Signal targets 100-200 mn users in India: Brian Acton

New Delhi (IANS) Elated at Indians, including top entrepreneurs and celebrities, rushing to join his encrypted messaging app Signal, Brian Acton, who co-founded WhatsApp with Jan Koum before selling it to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for $19 billion,…

SC stays 3 farm laws, forms panel to hear farmers' grievances

New Delhi (IANS) In a major decision, the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the implementation of all three farm laws and also formed a committee comprising mostly agriculturists to hear the grievances of the farmer unions against the laws.

A…

Rakesh Tikait welcomes SC order, but says farmer protests will continue

New Delhi (IANS) Farmer leaders on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court decision to suspend the three farm laws but said they will not leave the protest site till the three laws were repealed.

Speaking to media after the Supreme Court order,…

Let's not worry too much: IMA on safety & efficacy of Covid vaccines

New Delhi (IANS) Amid the ongoing debate around the safety and efficacy aspects of Covid vaccines, the president of Indian Medical Association (IMA) has advised the public to not worry too much about it.

Speaking to IANS, Dr. J.A. Jayalal,…

Vaccine transport commences, first consignment reaches Delhi

New Delhi (IANS) The first consignment of Covid-19 vaccine arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport of the national capital as the country's civil aviation sector has swung into action for providing an expeditious roll-out of India's…

AG to SC: Khalistan supporters have infiltrated farmers protest

New Delhi (IANS) Attorney General (AG) K K Venugopal on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the Khalistan supporters have infiltrated the farmers protest against the three farm laws.

A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and comprising…

Political dynasts weakening democracy: PM

New Delhi (IANS) Without taking names of political rivals, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday said that political dynasts posed the biggest threat to democracy and appealed to the youth to enter politics to redress the situation.

"There…