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India
and Japan has reached an agreement
on Japan’s fee for technical
services (FTS) on Indian
corporation’s operations in that
country. With the lowering of tax
rate from 30% to 10% and the drop
in requirement to pay tax on
offshore earnings by Indian
companies, have improved margins
of companies operating in Japan.
This was a major hurdle for Indian
investment in Japan, especially
for Information Technology
companies. From a net importer
early 21st century,
India is fast evolving as a net
exporter where the country has
successfully negotiated deals with
several countries including
Hungary and Slovenia and is
renegotiation dual taxation with
Singapore and Italy.
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Govt
to Release Spectrums, Boost
Telecom
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said
that his Government would release
a part of the spectrum that it
owns.<More>
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Politics and Judiciary
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Overturning
a Delhi Court verdict, the
Supreme Court (SC) concluded
that under the Hindu
Marriage Act 1955,
non-consummation of marriage
and mental cruelty are
grounds for divorce. They
ruled, "Indifference
and frigidity towards wife,
denial of company and
abhorrence, or physical,
like acts of violence and
abstinence from sexual
intercourse without
reasonable cause." They
added that even "non
violent acts but of
injurious reproaches,
complaints, accusations, or
taunts" can be treated
as abuse because mental
cruelty could cause even
more serious injury than
physical harm to the married
woman. However, it ruled,
"Mental disorder as a
grounds for divorce is only
where it is of such a kind
and degree that the
appellant cannot be
reasonably expected to live
with the respondent.".
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River
Water Generates
Inter-District Feud
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President
Disqualifies Jaya Bachan
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India
Urgently Needs Inter-State
River Water Dispute
Management
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Health and Education
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Defense, Security and Science &
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Neighbors
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India
established a bio-resource
institute in central Sri Lanka to
"train rural youth in modern,
eco-friendly, and low-cost
solutions that help supplement
their incomes." SriLankan
President Mahinda Rajapakse
inaugurated this institute that
contained a farm, floriculture,
vegetable growing, bee keeping,
and herbal-aromatic plant
cultivation. An agriculture
equipment and tissue culture lab
orator are also part of this
institute.
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Editorial:
The
Nepal Stalemate
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Editorial:
Iran's
Nuclear Program
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Indian Inscriptions |
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Ancient
Indian dynasties documented their
administration, significant
developments, grants, and
milestones as inscriptions in
temples. The Archaeological Survey
of India (ASI) has documented
these inscriptions from 1886.
These pages
contain inscriptions from Pallava,
Chola, Pandya, Western Chalukya,
Eastern Chalukya, Rashtrakuta,
Hoyasala, Vijayanagara,
Vishnukundin, Kakatiya, Reddi,
Vaidumba, Chinda, Eastern Ganga,
Gajapathi, Kalchurya, Qutb-Shahi
of Golkonda, and Moghul,
dynasties.
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