Mumbai: The founder of Jet Airways Naresh Goyal — currently in jail — cracked up during a Special Court hearing on his bail plea, cried and said with folded hands that he wanted to die in the prison. Goyal, nabbed on September 1, 2023 in connection with a money-laundering case, is currently in judicial…
The former Times columnist Russell Baker, in The New York Review of Books, wrote: “Among the Lelyvelds, confusion, misunderstanding, and too much silence at all levels were the makings of an obviously unhappy family, whose members, if asked, Lelyveld says, would have called themselves a happy family. His book is more like life than memoir.”…
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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Homeowners bracing for their two-year fixed mortgage deals to end could be spared thousands of pounds in higher interest repayments after major lenders kicked off the new year by slashing rates. Rapid rises…
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NEW DELHI: Continuing the upward trend, GST collections rose 10 per cent to about Rs 1.64 lakh crore in December compared to Rs 1.49 lakh crore in the same month a year ago.During the April-December 2023 period, gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection witnessed a robust 12 per cent growth, reaching Rs 14.97 lakh…
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KARACHI: Businesspeople have expressed grave concerns and fretted about rising extortion slips and the targeted killing of traders, demanding that the government and law enforcement agencies take action against criminals spreading terror in north Karachi, Kharadar, Mithadar, Korangi, and other areas. Speaking to The Express Tribune, they highlighted that those running Small and Medium-sized Enterprises…
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In a welcome development for Pakistani citizens grappling with inflation, the government is poised to introduce further relief for petroleum consumers. There is an anticipated reduction of Rs1.72 per litre in Pakistan’s petrol price in the upcoming fortnightly pricing update. Conversely, High-Speed Diesel (HSD) in Pakistan is expected to see a modest increase of approximately…
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New Delhi: In a move towards enhancing digital security, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has expanded the scope of tokenization for debit and credit cards. Previously limited to merchant applications or websites, individuals can now tokenize their cards conveniently through the Internet and mobile banking services. The RBI has permitted the use of Card-on-File…
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Among the several deals that have fallen apart recently, Adobe’s $20 billion takeover of Figma, an upstart design software maker, is among the most instructive. The companies had promised it was a way to “usher in a new era of collaborative creativity,” but regulators in three jurisdictions saw it as an unacceptable effort by a…
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Infosys, the second largest IT services company in India, has brought some holiday cheer to its employees by announcing salary revisions. This move comes as a much-needed morale booster for the information technology sector, which has been grappling with sluggish demand for technology services worldwide.According to sources quoted by ET, the salary revisions, which are…
