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India News: The Indian central government has reminded state governments that they do not have the power to impose taxes or duties on electricity generated from a

New Delhi: The Central Government has asked states that they have no power to impose any tax or duty on electricity generated from any source – coal, hydro, wind or solar and any such levy is illegal and unconstitutional. In a circular, the Union Ministry of Power on October 25, said it had come to the notice of the Central Government

In a communiqué to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Heritage Protection cell member Ajay Jagga sought his intervention in such auctions of Indian heritage items held abroad.

For the first time, PERI has also released the companion Greenhouse 100 Suppliers State List, presenting state-level rankings for the quantity of greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels supplied within their borders.

The Supreme Court has held that a State Government has the competence to impose permit fee on the erection of mobile towers. The Court rejected the argument that State cannot realise permit fee on...

India is in crying need of a visionary statute to fast-track tourism. It will not become a global tourism leader by default

KUCHING (Sept 16): Sarawak's Oil and Mining Ordinance (OMO) 1958 and Petroleum Development Act 1974 (PDA 1974) should co-exist in the spirit of the Federation of Malaysia, said Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg. He said that the coexistence of the two laws serve as a crucial r

9News out of Denver, Colorado has done some good investigative reporting recently on the status of legal child trafficking in their state, known as the "Child Welfare System." With access to both federal funds as well as state funding, it is much more lucrative for the State to place children in foster care and make them available for (adoption) trafficking than it is to let the child's own family take care of them. While this is a problem in every state in the U.S., it is apparen...

The National Commission of Backward Classes (NCBC) has asked the state government of West Bengal to provide records dating back to the Imperial Gazetteer to verify the status of 87 castes recommended for inclusion in the Central List of Other Backward Classes (OBCs). Of these 87 castes, 80 belong to the Muslim community. The NCBC has expressed concern over the high number of Muslim castes being recommended for inclusion in a Hindu-majority state. The state government has been asked to check if t...

‘Water' or ‘H2O' is two hydrogen atoms hooked to an oxygen atom. So, what is the much-talked-about water problem? Can we not solve all the water problems...