A well-oiled nexus of carriers, receivers, airline & airport personnel keeps the racket running. As import duties & gold prices increase, the smuggling market becomes more lucrative. Read ThePrint investigation.
32 gold bars & Rs 196.57 cr cash were seized from Peeyush Jain's premises in 2021. In 2022, after Modi linked him to SP, the party called Jain a 'BJP businessman' mistakenly raided.
Finance Secretary A.B. Pandey says the cut on customs duty shrinks the price difference of gold in the international and the domestic market, and helps enforce a simple and compliant regime.
In July 1964, President S Radhakrishnan delivered a speech at the first convocation of IIT Madras, explaining why promoting science and technology was crucial to raising people's standard of living.
Hanno Pevkur takes political responsibility after Estonia paid up to €70 million upfront to Datasel for artillery shells for Ukraine that the company never previously made or sold.
While EBP may be a great idea, it needed 3-4 years of preparation. Now, with the festive season upon us, we have surging prices and a sugar shortage. To top it off, we’re bleeding foreign exchange.
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