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Bill to nullify retrospective tax introduced in Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha pas
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): A bill that seeks to do away with the contentious retrospective tax provision and will impact retro tax cases of Cairn Energy and Vodafone was introduced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Lok Sabha on Thursday.
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Taxation Laws Amendment Bill to impact retro tax cases of Cairn Energy, Vo
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): The Taxation Laws Amendment Bill introduced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, which seeks to do away with the contentious retrospective tax provision, will impact retro tax cases of Cairn Energy and Vodafone, a former president of Institute of Charter
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Hong Kong activist handed 9-year jail term in first national security case
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 30 (ANI): A Hong Kong activist, who is the first person to be convicted under the contentious national security law, has been jailed for nine years on Friday.
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Hungary has no place in EU after new law on LGBTQ content: Dutch PM
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], June 25 (ANI): Hungary "has no place" in the European Union (EU) after passing a contentious bill banning LGBTQ content in schools, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Thursday, CNN reported.
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Imran Khan a 'coward': Bilawal Bhutto slams Pak PM over his remarks on rap
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 22 (ANI): Pakistan opposition leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has slammed Prime Minister Imran Khan for his contentious remarks on sexual violence, saying the clothes a person wears have no link with rape or abuse.
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Passage of contentious bills on poll reforms in Pak will jeopardise future
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 17 (ANI): With Pakistan recently passing two more controversial bills on electoral reforms in haste without any consultation with the opposition, the very holding of elections might be jeopardised should the federal government continue on this path, says a local me
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"Centre using pandemic to turn narrative of farmers' protest in their favo
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Congress leader and former Union Minister P Chidambaram on Friday hit out at the Central government saying that it is 'using the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic' to turn the narrative of the farmers' protest in its favour and called for scrapping of the contenti
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Farmers 'struggle' against farm laws to 'intensify', say unions
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): Even as the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic continues to crumble the country's health care system, Central Trade Unions (CTUs) and Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) have said that they will "intensify" their "struggle" against the contentious farm laws.
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Onir storms Bakstage with his candid LGBTQ room
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 23 (ANI/NewsVoir): Bollywood's best known Director, Editor, Screenwriter and Producer Onir started a revolutionary conversation on Bakstage where he spoke from the heart about a subject that is often considered contentious by many and that most prefer to s
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China unanimously approves contentious proposal to overhaul Hong Kong's el
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, March 30 (ANI): China on Tuesday approved the most controversial and sweeping overhaul of Hong Kong's electoral system, which will slash the number of directly elected seats in the city's legislature from half to about one-fifth.
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ICC's Cricket Committee set to back contentious 'umpire's call' rule
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 24 (ANI): The International Cricket Council's (ICC) Cricket Committee has recommended that the concept of 'Umpire's call' rule in the Decision Review System (DRS) should stay, citing that the ball-tracking technology was not going to be 100 per cent correct.
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Chinese Communist Party crushing Hong Kong's democracy
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 20 (ANI): Despite fierce international condemnation, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) approved a contentious resolution on the reform of Hong Kong's electoral system on March 11, which, critics say, could further smother opposition voices in Hong Kong.
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