DGGI unearths Rs 338 cr fake invoicing racket in Assam

The Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) has unearthed a Rs 338 crore fake invoicing racket in which fake input tax credit involving Rs 28.97 crore of Goods and Services Tax was generated, officials said on Thursday. According to the officials, two accused...

The world requires a trust-based model of governance

Copper mines in Zambia have mostly earned bumper profits, and when the government wanted to impose a windfall-profits tax, the proposal faced huge resistance from all the foreign investors that were running those mines. These included Chinese companies. If one looks...

HP environmentalists seek implementation of Forest Rights Act

Environmentalists in Himachal Pradesh have asked members of the high-powered committee on land laws to speed up the implementation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006. The panel, which has six different subcommittees headed by MLAs, was formed in September last year with...

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 दो जवान बेटों की असमय मौत से बुरी तरह टूट चुके 65 वर्षीय सरदइयां गोंड़ के ऊपर परिवार के भरण-पोषण की जवाबदारी है। जिंदगी से हताश व हर समय गुमसुम रहने वाले सरदइयां ने बताया कि उसके दो जवान बेटों (धनकू 30 वर्ष तथा राजेश 27 वर्ष) को सांस की बीमारी सिलिकोसिस ने लील लिया...