Month: October 2026
GST Council bets on faster refunds, lower penalties to ease business burden
The 57th GST Council meeting has shifted focus from rate rationalisation to easing compliance, accelerating refunds, and reducing litigation, tax experts said, while flagging potential…
Centre seeks fishers’ views to shape national action plan for sustainable small-scale fisheries
India’s efforts to formulate the National Plan of Action for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries (NPOA-SSF) have reached a crucial stage, with the Centre spearheading community…
India holds soybean cargoes over doubts about Niger origin, sources say
MUMBAI: Indian customs authorities have withheld clearance of soybean cargoes declared as originating in Niger this month as importers failed to provide documents proving the…
Govt likely to finalise critical minerals stockpiling policy in a month
New Delhi, The policy on stockpiling critical minerals is expected to be announced in about a month, a government official said on Friday. The move…
Apple Mac mini with M6, a sense of intrigue and a powerful transformation
There is something quite astonishing about the Apple Mac mini. Years ago, it was a ‘starter’ Mac on a budget, meant to plug into a…
diesel prices rise: Fuel, fertiliser costs strain American farmers’ support for Republicans in midterms
Canal Winchester: As soybean farmer David Schacht begins his fall harvest, surging diesel and fertiliser costs are fast outpacing his earnings. He maintains this has…
AI has feelings? Anthropic is getting sensitive about users being mean to Claude
Anthropic has announced changes to its usage policy, which come into effect in November, including being a bit more sensitive about what it classifies as…
Sensex, Nifty open higher day after sharp plunge, but gains may be limited
Sensex and Nifty opened higher on Friday, staging a technical rebound after a sharp selloff in the previous session pushed them into oversold territory and…
GST 2.0: Easier multi-state expansion for MSMEs, e-commerce sellers
As India enters its next wave of tax modernization, the 57th GST Council meeting marks a deliberate pivot toward a more technology-driven, trust-based, and business-friendly…
GST 2.0 makes it less taxing as govt scrap arrest powers, raise prosecution threshold to Rs 5 crore in major overhaul
New Delhi: The GST Council approved a sweeping recast of the indirect tax structure that includes scrapping arrest powers, besides easing the compliance structure and…