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Ballerina's delight

Aqua magic

Essentially rose

Clarity needed on input-tax credit

If and when GST takes over, Service Tax Rules would have to be amended to make provisions for pure-play manufacturers, pure-play service providers and

GST to implement first at central level: Sinha

How are currency exchange rates determined ?

‘Status' worry of provident funds

If provident fund gets de-recognised due to failure to obtain exemption under the PF Act, it could expose employers, employees and trustees to adverse

Pattern recognition for error-proofing

‘Unfair' exemption

Cricket World Cup 2011 Schedule

Gift tax leaks like a sieve

India Inc in wait mode

High inflation warrants I-T changes

Taxpayers can be provided some relief against the current high inflation by advancing the rate schedules, tax brackets and monetary limits proposed in

Perfect code

P.R. Venketrama Raja, MD and CEO of Ramco Systems, and his quest for a business model that will ‘dramatically change operations'.

Travelling Tastes

Long playing nostalgia

Those who love the golden oldies of Hindi film music will not hear of any comparison with today's melodious creations. How fair is that?

Pelling at heartstrings

It is Sikkim's best window to the mighty Kangchendzonga, besides offering quick getaways to the spectacularly beautiful surrounding regions.

Peak performance

An upcoming book on the incredible climbing successes of Poland during the austere years of Communist rule.

Live life, Queen size

Ensure that the management is challenged

In search of a Kautilya

Little progress has been made in efforts towards migration to accrual accounting by governmentagencies.

Dodging the derivatives

ICAI's recent clarification on financial instruments has the effect of postponing applying AS 30, 31 and 32 to most entities apart from the ones that

Portability is more than just voting with feet

Like trading on equity, insurance portability is a double-edged weapon — you win sometimes; you could also lose.

Burrr… bery fashion!

Fun accessories

Sizzling hot

Run along

Daytona for your eyes

The romantic sip

Wines from France

California calling

Arresting rise in tax litigation

Upstream management controls

I-T on flat rentals

Tourism marketing: A new pitch from God’s Own Country

Kerala’s tourism revival package has new products and a unique positioning with an eye on the post-pandemic domestic traveller

‘Arbitrability’ in times of fast emerging techno-centric businesses in India

The Supreme Court has presented what is called a “four-fold” test to determine the question of arbitrability of the subject matter

India spotlights green shipping

Guidelines for incorporation of green initiatives across ports are in the works

Four biases to avoid in today’s market conditions

Being aware of your biases will help you become a better investor. Here’s how.

Index Outlook: How far can Sensex and Nifty 50 fall?

The sell-off intensifies in the indices outlook is bearish and any bounce from current levels will be short-lived

Bullion Cues: Is gold and silver losing sheen?

Further decline in futures likely

Auroville: An utopian search for a better world

Akash Kapur’s ‘Better to Have Gone’ traces what happens when we believe deeply in a quest and give up everything in its pursuit

Lady doctors and the rocky path to healing

A handbook on India’s first women doctors holds up a mirror to the social and political realities of the 19th and early 20th century

Conquering Everest: A compelling account of how an impossible dream was achieved

Jim Davidson dwells in detail on the failure to make it in the first attempt and the harrowing return to physically and emotionally draining climb up