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America is still debating a share buyback tax while India has made it a reality

India’s practice of taxing markets started at least 15 years ago, a measure politicians in the US and Europe are agitating over.

Why Boris Johnson reminds me of my ex-husband Imran Khan: Reham Khan

Cocaine, women, childhood insecurity, Oxford and a need to be in the spotlight – all unite UK’s new PM Boris Johnson and Pakistan PM Imran Khan.

Trump’s vanity makes PM Modi look stronger — and gives him a chance to fix economy at home

By diversifying trade, Modi should send the message to America that India is open to business – and Kashmir is a domestic matter.

India should lobby for Afghan govt on Taliban peace talks, says envoy

Tahir Qadiry, Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of Afghanistan, says Kabul wants more from New Delhi as it’s an emerging power & could use its potential to lobby for Afghanistan.

In US, Imran Khan & Bajwa want to replace suspicion with personal chemistry. It’s not easy

In a capitalist economy, business deals and investment depend on potential for profit, not goodwill between leaders. Khan should remember that.

India, the biggest open data market, has a chance to lead the world on data arbitration

No other country enjoys the structural advantages that India possesses. So, it can create a multilateral platform for inter-governmental data mediation.

Sex toys allowed but not massages – the story of tax breaks in Trump’s America

President Trump’s signature tax overhaul is aimed at spurring the economy in areas left behind, but the opportunity zones it covers, or rather doesn’t cover, shows some arbitrariness.

For the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezs & Shehla Rashids, Trump and Modi have the same playbook

Like Modi, Trump is probably headed to a victory with a bigger margin with this strategy and the Democrats are waltzing into the trap.

US against any country purchasing Russia’s S-400 missile defence system: Pentagon

Washington: The US is keen to make its defence partnership with India stronger, the Pentagon has said, but made it clear that it is...

How European powers are trying to save the dying Iran nuclear deal

A meeting between France, Germany and the UK concluded that Iran’s uranium cap breach was not significant enough to initiate the non-compliance clause.

On Camera

The politics of air pollution—how they are fooling the citizens

Greens have a sizeable support in the Western countries with clean air and blue skies, but not in India, where poisonous air, water and soil kill millions.

India’s Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code is struggling to deliver. It’ll take a decade to clear backlog

The Centre is considering an increase in the National Company Law Tribunal's bench capacity, while the Standing Committee of Finance suggests fast-track courts. 

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.