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TopicCentral Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

Topic: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

Over 99 cases of economic offences registered against MPs, MLAs in five years

Ananya Bhardwaj -
CBI has booked two sitting and nine former MPs and five sitting and two former MLAs in 14 cases. The ED has registered 82 cases against lawmakers.

Under fire for ‘tax terrorism’, Modi govt to clear all dues and refunds by year-end

Mahua Venkatesh -
Move seen as a course correction after opposition slammed govt over frequent 'tax raids' on assesses in the name of black money.

We are the real IRS, don’t call us ‘I-T’, say India’s taxmen

Sanya Dhingra -
IRS Association, largely comprising officers from the I-T dept, has written to the CBDT that they be referred to as IRS and not as IRS(I-T).

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Opinion

Khamenei’s assassination—what did US achieve by ripping up international law

Amitabh Dubey -
Even if Narendra Modi is too petrified to take a stand, the Congress and Sonia Gandhi have rightly criticised this outright violation of international norms.

India’s risks in the Iran conflict go way beyond oil

Why RBI’s draft rules aren’t enough to curb mis-selling of financial products

Economy

India has ‘40–45 days’ of crude cover, but long-term Hormuz disruption could inflate import bill

Udit Bubna -
India’s strategic reserves offer a temporary cushion as the Hormuz blockade amid US-Israel war against Iran jolts global energy markets and threatens energy security.

Defence

France expands nuclear arsenal after decades, to extend umbrella across Europe. Here’s what it means

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Announcement comes amid sustained strain on trans-atlantic alliance, with French President Macron declaring that France will forge an independent European security architecture.

National Interest

Pakistan is fighting a two-front war. I saw it coming 15 yrs ago

Shekhar Gupta -
The Pakistani political leadership is weak and devoid of any intellect. Its diplomacy is entirely India-China-US focused and suffers from a presumptive view of Afghanistan as a vassal.

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