-PTI/ The Hindu Share of profit allocation, subject-to-tax rules’ scope yet to be addressed, says Finance Minister A day after joining the OECD-G20 framework for a global minimum tax, the Finance Ministry on Friday said significant issues including share of profit allocation and scope of subject-to-tax rules were yet to be addressed, and a ‘consensus agreement’ was expected by October. A total of 130 countries on Thursday agreed to an overhaul of global...
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More Than Half Of Districts With High Covid-19 Positivity Are Himalayan -indiaSpend Team
-indiaSpend.com Of india's 83 districts with a Covid-19 test positivity ratio higher than 10% by the week ending June 30, 54% were in the mountainous Himalayan region. Experts ascribe this to infections reaching hilly areas later than the plains, and to low and late testing Mumbai: india's Himalayan region is reporting high levels of Covid-19 positivity, even as the second wave recedes in many parts of india, an indiaSpend analysis of Ministry...
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-The Hindu Top COVID-19 vaccination official responded to query on mismatch with Health Ministry’s number of 135 crore doses. A May 13 estimate, by one of india’s top officials overseeing the pandemic response, that india would have 216 crore doses of vaccines from August-December was based on an “optimistic, aspirational assessment” and based on what vaccine manufacturers had conveyed to the government. VK Paul, Chairman, National Empowered Group on Vaccine at a press briefing...
More »More boys dropped out of school than girls at secondary level in india in 2019-20: UDISE+ Report
-PTI/ The Hindu According to the report, nearly 30% students in the country do not transit from the secondary to the senior secondary level. More boys dropped out of school at the secondary level as well as in primary classes (1 to 5), while the number of girls dropping out of school in the upper primary classes (6-8) was higher than that of the boys in 2019-20, according to a Unified District...
More »Talks between india and Sri Lanka needed to resolve attacks on Tamil fishermen: TN Min
-IANS/ TheNewsMinute.com "The CM is of the opinion that both countries should conduct high-level talks and find a permanent solution to this issue, which will happen soon,” Radhakrishnan told reporters. Tamil Nadu Minister for Fisheries and Animal Husbandry Anitha R Radhakrishnan said on Thursday that Chief Minister MK Stalin is of the view that talks between india and Sri Lanka are necessary to have a permanent solution to the attacks on Tamil...
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