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Budget 2025: FM should introduce new tax slab for individuals who adopt renewable energy, reduce carbon emissions
22 hours, 21 minutes ago

Budget 2025: FM should introduce new tax slab for individuals who adopt renewable energy, reduce carbon emissions

Live Mint  

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present her second comprehensive budget after the 2024 general elections. The old tax regime with the regular income slabs and eligible deductions/exemptions and the new tax regime with relatively wider income slabs and lower tax rates, without most deductions/exemptions available in the old tax regime. A unified tax regime with widened income slabs …

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One million Australians are negatively gearing, new tax figures show
1 week ago

One million Australians are negatively gearing, new tax figures show

ABC  

Nearly half of all Australian landlords have negatively geared properties, according to new figures that show the highest earners are hauling in tens of billions of dollars from tax concessions and loopholes. Capital gains tax concessions will "cost" the federal budget $52 billion this year, and super tax concessions another $51 billion, according to Treasury's annual tax report. Labor vowed …

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Territorial concessions, no Nato seat for Ukraine in Trump's 'truce within 24-hr' plan
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Territorial concessions, no Nato seat for Ukraine in Trump's 'truce within 24-hr' plan

Firstpost  

The broad outline of US President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Ukraine includes freezing current battle lines, putting the Nato membership for Ukraine on hold, and using a carrot and sticks approach with Ukraine and Russia Advisers to US President-elect Donald Trump have fleshed out three plans to end the war in Ukraine, according to a report. …

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Railway subsidies decline by 6%, senior citizen concessions remain discontinued
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Railway subsidies decline by 6%, senior citizen concessions remain discontinued

India Today  

Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that the railways continue to provide concession to travellers. While responding to a query from Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP Durai Vaiko about discontinued concessions for senior citizens, sportspersons, persons with disabilities, and journalists, the minister emphasised that Indian Railways continues to offer subsidised fares to ensure affordability for travellers. …

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Provide order of VDS granting concessions to hotel borewells: NGT to Delhi govt
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Provide order of VDS granting concessions to hotel borewells: NGT to Delhi govt

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, The National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi government to provide the competent authority's order regarding the voluntary disclosure scheme, which reportedly granted concessions to hotels for operating borewells. Provide order of VDS granting concessions to hotel borewells: NGT to Delhi govt The green body was hearing a matter regarding illegal extraction of groundwater by 536 hotels in …

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Guardian bosses offer concessions to save Observer sale from rebellion
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Guardian bosses offer concessions to save Observer sale from rebellion

The Telegraph  

The owner of The Guardian has said it will retain a stake in the Observer as bosses try to quell a staff rebellion over plans to sell the Sunday newspaper to a loss-making media start-up. In a note to staff on Thursday, Anna Bateson, chief executive of Guardian Media Group, said the Scott Trust would keep a “small” stake in …

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Congress questions ‘concessions’ given to Adani Ports in Gujarat
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Congress questions ‘concessions’ given to Adani Ports in Gujarat

The Hindu  

The Congress on Wednesday raised the issue of “concessions” being granted to Adani Ports so that it can gain “control” over the Mundhra, Hazira and Dahej ports in Gujarat for 75 years on a Build-Operate-Own-Transfer basis. He also referred to his remarks in August, in which he had alleged that the Gujarat government was helping Adani Ports to “secure a …

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Italy approves new rules that could make a visit to the beach a lot cheaper
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Italy approves new rules that could make a visit to the beach a lot cheaper

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Italy has approved new rules to put lucrative concessions for beach clubs up for bidding by …

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Italy approves new rules to put beach concessions up for bidding by 2027
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Italy approves new rules to put beach concessions up for bidding by 2027

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Italy approved new rules late …

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Italy’s famed beaches are set to change forever thanks to a new law
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Italy’s famed beaches are set to change forever thanks to a new law

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery People enjoy a sunny day at an establishment on the beach in Tuscany’s Castiglione della Pescaia, …

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Long-running battle over lucrative beach concessions between Italy and EU could be in final chapter
4 months ago

Long-running battle over lucrative beach concessions between Italy and EU could be in final chapter

Associated Press  

ROME — The latest chapter in a seemingly endless saga over the management of Italy’s lucrative beach concessions has set Italian beaches on fire this summer. Italian governments, from left to right, have staunchly resisted EU directives requiring competitive tendering, persistently renewing the existing beach concessions without open procedures. According to the Italian Court of Auditors, from 2016 to 2020 …

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Long-running battle over lucrative beach concessions between Italy and EU could be in final chapter
4 months ago

Long-running battle over lucrative beach concessions between Italy and EU could be in final chapter

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The latest chapter in a …

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Premier League clubs have declared war on kids and the elderly with ticket price hikes
4 months, 1 week ago

Premier League clubs have declared war on kids and the elderly with ticket price hikes

The Telegraph  

Spurs’ decision ‘immoral, unethical and unnecessary’ Up the road, at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, fans have been protesting – and will continue to protest – against the club’s decision to remove concessions for new senior season ticket holders from the 2025/26 season. “We are finding 18 or 19-year-olds, who are early on in their careers or are students, are suddenly …

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Delhi govt. proposes to give tax concessions for individuals opting to scrap old vehicles
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi govt. proposes to give tax concessions for individuals opting to scrap old vehicles

The Hindu  

The Delhi government on Friday sent a proposal to provide tax concessions to individuals who opt to get their old vehicles scrapped to the Lieutenant-Governor for approval. According to the proposed policy, the government will give concessions to individuals under the Motor Vehicles Tax for registering a new private or commercial vehicle after they submit a deposit certificate certifying that …

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Brazil to allow miles of selective logging in effort to preserve the Amazon
5 months ago

Brazil to allow miles of selective logging in effort to preserve the Amazon

Associated Press  

BRASILIA, Brazil — To combat ongoing destruction in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil announced a plan Tuesday to dramatically expand selective logging to an area the size of Costa Rica over the next two years. “The main goal of forest concessions is the conservation of these areas,” said Renato Rosenberg, director of forest concessions for the Brazilian Forest Service, during an …

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Group says photos of reclusive tribe on Peru beach show logging concessions are 'dangerously close'
5 months ago

Group says photos of reclusive tribe on Peru beach show logging concessions are 'dangerously close'

The Independent  

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Group says photos of reclusive tribe on Peru beach show logging concessions are ‘dangerously close’
5 months ago

Group says photos of reclusive tribe on Peru beach show logging concessions are ‘dangerously close’

Associated Press  

An advocacy group for Indigenous peoples has released photographs of a reclusive tribe’s members searching for food on a beach in the Peruvian Amazon, calling it evidence that logging concessions are “dangerously close” to the tribe’s territory. Several logging companies hold timber concessions inside territory inhabited by the tribe, according to Survival International, which has long sought to protect what …

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Rare Video Shows Isolated Indigenous Tribe Emerging From Amazon Amid Nearby Logging
5 months ago

Rare Video Shows Isolated Indigenous Tribe Emerging From Amazon Amid Nearby Logging

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Rare photos and video published this week show members of an isolated Indigenous South American tribe emerging from the Amazonian rainforest in Peru near where logging companies have been demolishing land under government-backed concessions. “Several logging companies hold timber concessions inside the territory that belongs to the Mashco Piro people,” the Indigenous rights organization said in a …

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Tariff cuts halted due to Taiwan authorities, mainland says
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Tariff cuts halted due to Taiwan authorities, mainland says

China Daily  

Taiwan's new leader Lai Ching-te and his administration's refusal to acknowledge the 1992 Consensus embodied with the one-China principle is the fundamental reason for the suspension of preferential tariff rates for products from Taiwan, a Chinese mainland spokesman said on Friday. Starting on June 15, the mainland will suspend tariff concessions for 134 Taiwan products that currently benefit from preferential …

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People with disabilities to get quotas in all trains irrespective of fare concessions
7 months, 2 weeks ago

People with disabilities to get quotas in all trains irrespective of fare concessions

The Hindu  

May 05, 2024 04:24 pm | Updated 09:38 pm IST - CHENNAI The Ministry of Railways has approved quotas for people with disabilities in all trains, irrespective of whether any concessional fare facility is available or not. According to railway sources, the PwD quota will be earmarked in all reserved Express/Mail trains, including Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto, Humsafar, Gatimaan, and Vande …

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Trump makes extra concessions on $175M bond in $450M civil fraud case: analysis
8 months ago

Trump makes extra concessions on $175M bond in $450M civil fraud case: analysis

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump accepted five new conditions demanded by New York Attorney General Letitia James in order to get his controversial $175 million bond accepted in his civil fraud case, according to a new analysis. "The new conditions were needed, prosecutors argued, because they didn’t trust the financial health of the insurance company, Knight Specialty Insurance, who posted the …

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Reading the fine print of India-EFTA trade deal
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Reading the fine print of India-EFTA trade deal

Hindustan Times  

It took 16 years of negotiations for India and the European Free Trade Association — comprising Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein — to clinch a free trade agreement. Furthermore, EFTA countries, through their FDI, shall generate one million direct jobs in India within 15 years of the FTA coming into force. The EFTA countries are only under a legal obligation …

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UAE given more time to offer concessions in Telegraph bid
8 months, 4 weeks ago

UAE given more time to offer concessions in Telegraph bid

The Telegraph  

The Abu Dhabi fund bidding for The Telegraph has been granted more time to make concessions to the Government amid concerns about the impact of the deal on press freedom. Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer last week said she was “minded to” refer the planned takeover of the Telegraph by RedBird IMI to an in-depth investigation by the Competition and Markets …

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Worries about the EFTA’s $100 bn investment commitment are misplaced. Here’s why
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Worries about the EFTA’s $100 bn investment commitment are misplaced. Here’s why

Live Mint  

The signing of the European Free Trade Agreement is the culmination of long, complex negotiations that began in January 2008 and a historic achievement for the governments of India, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland. The FTA also includes a clause that allows India to withdraw tariff concessions if the $100-billion investment doesn’t materialise. Linking trade preferences and tariff concessions to …

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