Tue 11 July 2023: Indian government on Tuesday decided to impose a tax of 28 percent on online gaming, horse racing and casinos, and they will be taxed on full face value, announced Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. In the meantime, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council exempted cancer drugs and satellite launch services […]
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Tue 11 July 2023: Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Tuesday that the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has received $2 billion from Saudi Arabia, in yet another boost for the ailing economy following the $3 billion Stand-by Agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). “This inflow has increased the forex reserves held by […]
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Tue 11 July 2023: The Taliban administration said on Tuesday all activities by Sweden in Afghanistan must stop after the burning of the Koran outside a mosque in the Swedish capital last month. “After the insulting of the holy Koran and granting of permission for insulting of Muslim beliefs …The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is […]
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A Syrian man shows a cluster bomb, that releases or ejects smaller sub-munitions, in the northern Syrian town of Taftanaz, in the Idlib province. PHOTO: AFP/FILE Mon 10 July 2023: China issued a warning on Monday in response to the United States’ approval of the shipping of cluster munitions to Ukraine, stating that such […]
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Mon 10 July 2023: Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev was re-elected with 87.1% of the vote on Sunday, the country’s Central Election Commission said on Monday citing preliminary results. More than 15 million voters participated in Sunday’s elections. Mirziyoyev, who has led Central Asia’s most populous nation since 2016, called a snap election after changing the […]
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Mon 10 July 2023: New Delhi: US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti on Thursday (July 6) said that the violence and killings in Manipur are a matter of “human concern”, and the US is willing to help India deal with the situation “if asked”. Garcetti made these remarks in Kolkata, where he was holding a press meet […]
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Sun 09 July 2023: A recently released documentary from Maktoob Originals, titled ‘Hindutva Pandemic,’ exposes the role of Hindutva in inciting the 2022 unrest in the city of Leicester, UK. The gripping documentary reveals the long-standing presence of Hindutva and its involvement in instigating violence in the city even prior to the unrest. In an […]
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Sat 08 July 2023: Veteran musician AR Rahman has slammed the filmmakers who exploit societal divisions for commercial gain, widening the gap between different communities. Rahman was speaking in response to director Mari Selvaraj’s query about the qualities he expects from new-generation filmmakers. Rahman has scored the music for Mari Selvaraj’s new movie, Maamannan. MINGLING […]
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Sat 08 July 2023: The Ministry of Immigrants and Returnees said in the 22 months since the Taliban regained power, more than two million Afghan migrants have returned home, Ariana News reported. According to the acting minister of refugees, in addition to the two million returnees, two million internally displaced people have been returned to […]
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Sat 08 July 2023: The former colonies of Indonesia and Sri Lanka will receive 478 items of stolen art and cultural property back from the Dutch government. The Ministry of Culture in The Hague stated on Thursday that the majority of these works are highly valuable and culturally significant. Items from the Lombok treasure, looted […]
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