In what could complicate the question of taxation of education and even medical services, online courses specifically targeted at doctors and mandated by the medical council should face Goods and Services Tax (GST), an AAR has ruled. Under GST both, medical care and education are outside the gamut of the GST framework. The Karnataka AAR…Continue Reading

NEW DELHI: Several stocks plunged in excess of 5 per cent in Mumbai trading on Thursday even as equity benchmark BSE Sensex traded 104.67 points down at 57892.01 amid brisk selling in frontline bluechip counters. On the BSE, Vivid Mercantile(down 15.29 per cent), RCL Retail Ltd.(down 11.76 per cent), Shreyans Ind(down 10.29 per cent), S…Continue Reading

When pandemic restrictions eased, Anika Parashar, Founder of The Woman’s Company, says she did what most people around the globe did: met up with her family and close friends. She says that the time spent indoors and away from loved ones, really drove home the value of these ties. “The pandemic has taught us all…Continue Reading

Punjab Assembly Elections 2o22: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hit out at Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi for his ‘UP, Bihar and Delhi de bhaiye’ remark, saying people with such “divisive thought” do not have the right to rule the state. Addressing a rally in Abohar ahead of the February 20 Punjab assembly…Continue Reading

A worker delivers groceries to a customer’s vehicle outside a Walmart Inc. store in Amsterdam, New York, on Friday, May 15, 2020.Angus Mordant | Bloomberg via Getty ImagesWalmart topped quarterly earnings estimates on Thursday after shoppers turned to the retailer for groceries and gifts over the holidays and said it’s focused on value as some…Continue Reading

A member of the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service keeps watch at the Senkivka checkpoint near the border with Belarus and Russia in the Chernihiv region, Ukraine February 16, 2022.Valentyn Ogirenko | ReutersUkraine has denied claims by Russian state-controlled media that it launched shells in eastern Ukraine, and accused Moscow-backed rebels of attacking a village…Continue Reading

A Dungeons & Dragons classic dragon hand painted by Alan Cooley, 27, of Huntington Station, New York, at Main Street Game Cafe in Huntington on November 26, 2019.Newsday LLC | Newsday | Getty ImagesAn activist investor wants to add new members to Hasbro’s board and is urging the toy company to make changes to its…Continue Reading

Nick Clegg speaks on stage during the DLD (Digital Life Design) innovation conference.Lino Mirgeler | picture alliance via Getty ImagesNick Clegg, once the second most powerful man in Britain, is now one of the most powerful people at Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook.Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg promoted the former deputy prime minister to…Continue Reading