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Wednesday, October 29, 2025
TopicFinance Bill

Topic: Finance Bill

How govt’s move to remove benefits on long-term capital gains could push investors down riskier paths

TN Ninan -
The govt should have attempted to bring uniformity in taxation before withdrawing tax benefits on long-term capital gains on debt instruments, or at least debated it in Parliament.

Relief for India’s overseas students, govt cuts 5% ‘tax at source’ Budget proposal to 0.5%

Remya Nair -
Among amendments to the Finance Bill moved by Nirmala Sitharaman, the govt has clarified that NRIs will only be taxed on income they earn in India.

Lok Sabha passes Finance Bill without discussion

PTI -
The govt said it was an 'extraordinary situation', a reference to the coronavirus pandemic, as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the bill for passage.

Losing govt’s grip to winning people’s trust – a lot is riding on CJI Gogoi’s last 4 cases

Maneesh Chhibber -
The four cases hold the power to establish whether Supreme Court decisions are made on constitutional principles or as per popular public perception.

Parliament passes Finance Bill on last day of budget session without debate

PTI -
The interim budget, Appropriation Bills and Finance Bill were passed by a voice vote in the Upper House.

ED to get 9 extra months to probe property attached in money laundering cases

Remya Nair -
Instead of the current limit of 90 days, the Finance Bill 2019 proposes to amend the PMLA to give ED a whole year to investigate cases.

Law Ministry upholds EC concerns on electoral bonds, says they ‘appear genuine’

Sanya Dhingra -
RTI shows EC didn’t follow up on letter after raising concerns; parties don’t have to reveal names of electoral bond contributors.

Don’t believe the BJP and Congress claims that they’re cleaning up poll funding

Milan Vaishnav -
The larger lesson is clear: in an era when the Congress & the BJP can agree on next to nothing, they will gladly join hands to save their own skin.

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Opinion

Takaichi channels Abe & wins over Trump

Bloomberg Opinion -
Trump calls Takaichi 'one of the greatest prime ministers' & offers her 'anything you want'.

Trump’s generals of lawlessness

How the Bagram airbase from the 1950s is geopolitically significant in the 21st century

Economy

Mumbai’s been driving India’s data centre market, but water shortage, power demand pose risks

Manasi Phadke -
According to a report by Macquarie, India’s data centre market is estimated to double by 2027. India currently has 1.4 gigawatts of operational data centre capacity.

Defence

Navy Chief calls for collective solutions to maritime challenges in ‘complex & dynamic’ Indo-Pacific

Debdutta Chakraborty -
At 11th edition of Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue in New Delhi, Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi said there are three major currents shaping this maritime 'dynaxity'.

National Interest

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

Shekhar Gupta -
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.

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