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The Supreme Court struck down a provision that the owner of the dance bar should have a “good character” and no “criminal antecedents”. “There is no precise definition of what amounts to good character and criminal antecedents,” ruled the court. In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Thursday gave go-ahead to the Read More…
Indian Dairy major Amul has slapped a legal notice on Google India over the search engine allegedly earning revenues from fake websites carrying its trademark. It asked Google to “cease and desist” from displaying fake and fraudulent websites. Acknowledging the notice a spokesperson for Google said it is investigating the issue. According to Read More…
A majority of UK lawmakers, on all sides of the Brexit divide, so disliked the deal May had cooked up with the European Union that they were willing to kill it. Her government suffered a record loss of 432 votes to 202 a margin of 230 that puts it in the history books. In Read More…
Dassault Aviation signed a $2.3 billion contract with the French government on Monday for 28 Rafale fighter jets. Photo courtesy Dassault Aviation France’s government on Monday signed a $2.3 billion contract for 28 Rafale fighter jets from French headquartered Dassault Aviation. The 28 aircraft, which will include some F4 functionalities, will be delivered Read More…
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi will head the seven-member committee to look into revenue shortfall being faced by the states after the GST roll-out, and suggest steps for augmenting collections, a GST Council notification said. The GST Council, headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and comprising state ministers, had on December 22, 2018, Read More…
The BEST bus strike in Mumbai , which is now on its sixth day, will continue indefinitely as talks fail between the employee union and the high powered committee appointed by the Bombay High Court. The committee, comprising Chief Secretary DK Jain, Principal Secretary (Transport) Ashish Singh and Principal Secretary (Urban Development) Manisha Mhaiskar Read More…
According to the TRAI note, the maximum retail price (MRP) of a channel on a-la-carte can be viewed in the Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) or Menu of their TV screens. “Distribution Platform Operator (DPO) such as cable operators, DTH operators may provide discount on the MRP displayed on the EPG,” TRAI said. Following this Read More…
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) by Consumer Technology Association this year also included a conference panel on how technology can help “create more resilient communities” by tackling problems including poverty, health, education, and sustainability. The exhibits showcased a broad array of “tech for good” services which use robotics, drones, artificial intelligence and the like. Read More…
In a bid to give relief to small businesses, the GST Council Thursday doubled the limit for exemption from payment of goods and services tax (GST) to Rs 40 lakh and announced that the higher turnover cap of Rs 1.5 crore for availing composition scheme of paying 1 per cent tax will be effective from Read More…
India’s unemployment rate shot up to 7.4 per cent in December 2018. This is the highest unemployment rate we’ve seen in 15 months. The rate has increased sharply from the 6.6 per cent clocked in November. The climb to 7.4 per cent also indicates that the small fall in the unemployment rate seen in Read More…