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While the Union government has justified the hike in the tax collected at source on overseas credit cards claiming it mainly affects the rich, it is being criticised for burdening the middle class.

While Move Forward has emerged as the single largest party, Thailand's election results have left multiple possibilities open.

Experts said the changes for the credit card spends are expected to add to the compliance burden of banks and financial institutions.

Rana, who is now 62 years old, was a childhood friend of Headley. Headley, a US citizen who was born to an American mother and a Pakistani father, was arrested in October 2009 by US authorities and sentenced to 35 years in prison for his role in the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

Over 2 lakh acres of these British-era dotted lands have been identified for permanent denotification.

A nuclear device was detonated, with a yield of 12-13 kiloton of TNT, on May 18, 1974. Pokhran, an army test range located in the desert of western Rajasthan, was chosen. Here's what happened in the quest for India's first nuclear test.

Despite posting better profits, the bank’s share closed 1.77 per cent lower at Rs 576.10 on the BSE on Thursday even as the Sensex closed 0.21 per cent down at 61,431.74. Here is why

After hours of talks between US President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin Mcarthy, the two sides remained “far apart”, but were “hopeful” to reach an agreement to lift the debt ceiling “by the end of the week”.

There is a growing market, among calorie conscious people, for products containing artificial sweetners. However, recent studies have indicated that these sweetners are not just ineffective for weight loss in the long term, they can also be linked to a number of serious health issues.

While dismissing a batch of petitions which challenged the constitutionality of the proposed amendment that will decriminalise homosexuality in Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan Supreme Court referred to various judgements delivered by its Indian counterpart.