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News: Tax authorities will be able to initiate action against those having undeclared overseas assets even after a change in residency if these were held while being an Indian resident. New Regulations: Under the Black money and Imposition of Tax Bill, 2015, which came into effect on April 1, all ‘resident’ ...

Teesta Deal: The Teesta deal was set to be inked during the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Bangladesh in September 2011 but was postponed at the last minute due to objections by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Teesta water is crucial for Bangladesh, especially in the leanest ...

News: Agreement is regarding a construction of a coastal road and is expected to be signed during a 3 day visit of the Dutch PM Mark Rutte. Rutte will be holding a business meet with Devendra Fadnavis. He’ll also be meeting CEOs and business tycoons at Bombay House. According to ...

The Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi launched the IAP Health Phone programme in New Delhi . The IAP Health Phone programme is the world’s largest digital mass education programme for addressing the malnutrition in women and children. This programme is launched by the Indian ...

News The information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry on Friday appointed Veena Jain as director general (news) in Doordarshan will be  reporting directly to the ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Jain, an additional secretary rank official, will also hold charge as officer on special duty overseeing the ministry’s new media wing ...

News India is likely to get the Vice-President’s post in China-backed Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in which India and 56 countries have been admitted as founding members. Chances of India getting the Vice President’s post are high as the vote share is expected to be based on 50 per ...

The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has offered to send experienced Central Secretariat Service Officers on deputation to North Eastern states of Tripura, Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Manipur, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim. CSS, which has about 2,200 Group A officers, provide a strong and permanent set up of middle ...

The Union Cabinet today approved amendments to the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, that provide for classifying corruption as a heinous crime and longer prison terms for both the bribe giver and the bribe taker. The refurbished anti-corruption law will stipulate that all corruption trials will be completed within two ...

News One of the early actions of Modi government was to crack the whip on the bureaucracy. Coming late to work was frowned upon, long lunches were out and afternoons on the golf course were well, disapproved. In their place came timeliness, late hours and in many cases, even working ...