New GST rules: Here’s what you’ll have to pay more for as of January 1

The new year, 2022, will bring a slew of changes to India’s Goods and Services Tax (GST). The government had previously announced the revisions, which will take effect on January 1, next Saturday.  The amendments include the requirement for e-commerce operators to pay tax on services such as passenger transportation and restaurant services delivered through…Continue Reading

Tax raids on Indian perfumer underway: Rs 2.8 billion, 25 kg gold and 250 kg silver recovered so far

Indian businessman Piyush Jain was arrested on suspicion of tax evasion on the night of December 26 after government authorities searched his properties for more than 40 hours in what turned out to be possibly the largest cash seizure in recent history. According to sources, a total of Rs 2.8 billion (approximately $38 million) in…Continue Reading

Alphabet was the top Big Tech stock of the year — here’s why

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet, in Brussels, Belgium, on Jan. 20, 2020.Geert Vanden Wijngaert | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAlphabet is on the verge of wrapping up its best year from an investment perspective since 2009, and has proven to be by far the top-performing Big Tech stock of 2021.As of Thursday’s close at $2938.33, Alphabet’s…Continue Reading

Terra is ‘hot among the cool kids right now’ as its token Luna hit an all-time high. Here’s what investors should know

Luna, the native token of the Terra blockchain, is up over 23% in the last seven days, according to CoinGecko.Now ranked No. 9 among the top cryptocurrencies by market value, Luna hit an all-time high on Sunday of over $103 and is currently trading at around $97. Luna started the year priced below $1.”It has…Continue Reading

Tata Group’s future growth will hinge on these four themes

Tata Group’s future growth strategy will be based on four themes – digital, new energy, supply chain resilience, and health, Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran has said. “Our companies are already adapting to these changes…Our new pilots and businesses, from 5G to TataNeu and Tata Electronics, are poised to benefit from our themes going forward,”…Continue Reading

Man held inside Windsor Castle sought ‘Jallianwala revenge’

Windsor Castle in England (AP)LONDON: A man arrested by armed police inside the grounds of Windsor Castle carrying a crossbow and detained under the Mental Health Act is believed to be an Indian-origin Sikh who wanted to assassinate the Queen in revenge for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919. Armed police responded to a security…Continue Reading

Flipkart tops Indian tech Esops list with Rs 17,000 crore pool

Mumbai: Walmart-owned ecommerce platform Flipkart has created an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (Esop) pool of Rs 17,000 crore, propelling it to the top among Indian technology firms that have allocated stock options to staff. The homegrown e-tailer was followed by Oyo, Zomato, Paytm and Nykaa, according to data exclusively sourced by ET from executive search…Continue Reading

Imposing curfew at night but calling lakhs to rallies defies logic: Varun Gandhi

NEW DELHI: In his latest criticism of the UP government, BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Monday reacted strongly against the state government’s decision to impose night curfew to curb resurgence of Covid 19 cases and wondered why no measures were being taken to restrict public rallies in the pollbound state, which could spread the infection.…Continue Reading

8 times Samantha got temperatures rising

Dec 28, 2021CELEB LOOKSNeeshita Nyayapati#1Samantha truly made heads turn with this stunning photoshoot that showed a whole new side of herIG-Samantha#2And who can forget this moment she had during her Maldives vacay, that white bikini is truly style inspoIG-Samantha#3This picture is what made people pause and wonder how she made handlooms look cooler than ever…Continue Reading

AAP single largest party in Chandigarh civic polls on debut

An AAP candidate celebrates his victory in the Chandigarh civic pollsCHANDIGARH: Debutant AAP on Monday dealt a double whammy to the old guard in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation elections, relegating BJP to second place and pushing Congress to third in the seat stakes with a tally of 14 out of 35. The results prompted AAP…Continue Reading