INDIA bloc leaders, including Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, Congress parliamentary party chief Sonia Gandhi, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, stage a protest at Parliament on Wednesday | Photo: PTI 6 min read Last Updated : Jul 25 2024 | 12:24 AM IST Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday termed “outrageous” the Opposition’s allegations that … Read more
4 min read Last Updated : Jul 24 2024 | 11:13 PM IST Finance Secretary T V SOMANATHAN in conversation with Ruchika Chitravanshi, Shrimi Choudhary, and Asit Ranjan Mishra discusses the Union Budget’s emphasis on employment, skills, and state-level reforms. Edited excerpts: The Economic Survey has stated that around 8 million jobs … Read more
Experts say the proposed LTCG tax norms could be advantageous or disadvantageous to those who sell real estate, depending on the situation. 5 min read Last Updated : Jul 24 2024 | 11:19 PM IST The Union Budget on Tuesday proposed to change the long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax rate on the sale of … Read more
Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra says that the revised projection for corporate tax in 2024-25 (FY25) reflects the decline in profits of the top 170 companies during the first quarter of the current financial year. In conversation with Shrimi Choudhary, the senior bureaucrat discusses several tax-related announcements in the Union Budget. Edited excerpts: Has the … Read more
A day after presenting the Union Budget for 2024-25, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke to Shrimi Choudhary, Ruchika Chitravanshi, Asit Ranjan Mishra & Nivedita Mookerji on issues ranging from the private sector’s role in job creation to coalition needs in making Budgets, at her North Block office. Edited excerpts: Was the seventh Budget … Read more
Ajay Seth, Economic Affairs Secretary 5 min read Last Updated : Jul 24 2024 | 11:32 PM IST Economic Affairs Secretary Ajay Seth, in a conversation with Ruchika Chitravanshi and Asit Ranjan Mishra, goes into the details of the Budget fine print. Edited excerpts: From the Reserve Bank of India’s extra dividend, you … Read more
5 min read Last Updated : Jul 24 2024 | 11:54 PM IST Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has diligently done what has been asked of her, as she has consistently done over the last six years — to deliver a Budget document with reasonable fiscal discipline and limited reform ambitions. The question that remains … Read more
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang presents their Blackwell platform at an event ahead of the COMPUTEX forum, in Taipei, Taiwan June 2, 2024. Image: Reuters/Ann Wang Nvidia’s stock has multiplied tenfold since late 2022 and almost tripled so far this year. The chipmaker became the world’s most valuable company for the first time on June 18, … Read more
Can boAt navigate the choppy waters? Illustration: Chaitanya Dinesh Surpur“Have you seen Pirates of the Caribbean,” the seasoned tech analyst posed an intriguing counter-question. “How do you explain the mayhem in the wearable and hearable market in India,” was the original query with which I started the conversation. Can Pirates of the Caribbean, I wondered, … Read more
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