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Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks at the 55th meeting of the GST Council in Jaisalmer on Saturday.(ANI)
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GST Council hikes tax on used, old EV cars by businesses; Opposition reacts | Latest News India

The Goods and Services Tax Council, headed by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and comprising representatives of all states and UTs, on Saturday approved an…

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Latest news on December 22, 2024: Elon Musk Elon Musk's stock portfolio earned him $252 billion in 2024, an average of $5 billion every week. (File image)
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Business News Live Today December 22, 2024: Surging tech stocks helped ten richest American billionaires earn $796 bn in 2024

Business News Live: Get real-time updates on the biggest news from the world of business, stock market and more. Latest news on December 22, 2024:…

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Elon Musk Elon Musk's stock portfolio earned him $252 billion in 2024, an average of $5 billion every week. (File image)(AP)
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Surging tech stocks helped ten richest American billionaires earn $796 bn in 2024: Report

The ten wealthiest billionaires in the United States earned $796 billion in 2024, as the surging value of tech stocks this year helped them earn…

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In a first-of-its-kind initiative, BSNL’s Intranet TV (BiTV) brings over 300 live TV channels, including premium channels, to mobile users in Puducherry, free of cost in partnership with OTTplay.
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OTTplay, BSNL aim to connect and entertain BSNL subscribers through strategic partnership in Pondicherry

OTTplay, India’s OTT super app and leading OTT aggregator, has announced their partnership with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), one of India’s leading telecommunications providers…

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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chairs the 55th meeting of the GST Council, in Jaisalmer(PTI)
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No GST to be paid for penal charges levied by banks on borrowers: Nirmala Sitharaman

Dec 21, 2024 10:10 PM IST The 55th meeting of the GST council In Jaisalmer, Rajasthan also made revisions to rates applied on fortified rice…

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Former employees and supporters join unionized Starbucks employees as they carry signs in support of a strike, outside of a Starbucks store in Arlington, Virginia, on November 16, 2023(Saul Loeb/AFP)
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Starbucks strike: Why are the company’s employees in the US protesting?

Some members of the Starbucks workers’ union which represents more than 10,000 baristas across 525 stores in the US, walked off their jobs in multiple…

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Gulab Watumull's father, Jhamandas, began the family business in Honolulu in 1915.(Flickr)
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From scratch to real estate: The Indian family that built a business empire in Hawaii | Trending

In 1915, Jhamandas Watumull, a 29-year-old Indian entrepreneur, arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii, to establish a retail shop for his import business. Along with his partner…

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Data analysts identify trends from raw data and interpret them to create insights which can be used to help shape business strategies.(Representational Image/Unsplash)
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Google exec says job which doesn’t need a college degree is in high demand

Data analytics is a profession high in demand that could pay six-figure salaries without requiring a traditional college degree, according to a Moneycontrol report which…

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A Google logo is seen at Google's Bay View campus in Mountain View, California on August 13, 2024.(Josh Edelson/AFP)
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Google counters bid by US to force sale of Chrome, calls proposed remedy extreme

Alphabet Inc.’s Google called a US Justice Department plan to force it to sell its web browser “extreme” and at odds with the law, urging…

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Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra attends a GST Council meeting with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at Vigyan Bhawan, in New Delhi. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has appointed Malhotra as the the new Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for a three-year term beginning from December 12, 2024.(Shahbaz Khan/PTI)
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GST Council postpones decision to cut tax on life and health insurance

Dec 21, 2024 01:47 PM IST 18% GST will continue on premiums paid for policies with health insurance cover of over ₹5 lakh. The GST…

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