JUNE 17, 2019
The revised guidelines issued by the Income Tax (I-T) department have made serious offences under the black money and benami laws generally non-compoundable. It means that an individual or an entity would not be able to get away by just paying the tax demand, penalty and interest. The new guidelines will kick in from June 17.
It will...
JUNE 17, 2019
Argentina's energy secretary said he does not believe a cyberattack caused a massive power outage that left tens of millions of people in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay in darkness for several hours on Sunday.
"At this moment we do not rule out any possibilities but ... a cyberattack is not within the preliminary alternatives being considered," Gustavo Lopetegui...
JUNE 16, 2019
Brief Scorecard: India 336 for 5 (Rohit 140, Kohli 77, Rahul 57, Amir 3-47) beat Pakistan 212 for 6 (Fakhar 62, Kuldeep 2-32) by 89 runs by the DSL method
MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM - Rohit Sharma's second century in the World Cup earned India a thumping 89-run (DLS) win over Pakistan at Old Trafford.
In front of a raucous...
JUNE 16, 2019
A sign is posted explaining a technical glitch at a Target store in San Francisco on Saturday, June 15, 2019. A technological glitch stalled checkout lines at its stores exasperated shoppers and ate into sales at a prime time for retailers. - AP Photo/Michael Liedtke
Target's cash registers are back up and running after a system-wide outage on...
JUNE 15, 2019
Brief Scorecard: South Africa 131 for 1 (de Kock 68, Amla 40*) beat Afghanistan 125 all out (Rashid 35, Tahir 4-29, Morris 3-13) by nine wickets
Imran Tahir celebrates a wicket - Getty Images
CARDIFF, ENGLAND - South Africa decimated Afghanistan in Cardiff to chalk up their first win at the World Cup and keep their faint semi-final hopes alive.
The...
JUNE 15, 2019
A power plant in Norilsk, Russia. The United States is stepping up digital incursions into Russia’s electric power grid in a warning to President Vladimir Putin, current and former government officials said. (Sergey Ponomarev / The New York Times file)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States is stepping up digital incursions into Russia’s electric power grid in a...
JUNE 15, 2019
Brief Scorecard: Australia 334 for 7 (Finch 153, Smith 73, Maxwell 46) beat Sri Lanka 247 (Karunaratne 97, Kusal Perera 52, Starc 4-55) by 87 runs
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - Australia's best stuff, personified by Aaron Finch, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Starc, looked world-beating against Sri Lanka at The Oval. Yet there were still signs that...
JUNE 15, 2019
Something appears to have torn a hole in part of the Milky Way’s halo. The “dark substructure” was found via Gaia observations—a project set out to produce the most detailed 3D map of our galaxy—with Harvard scientist Ana Bonaca noticing a perturbation in a tidal stream.
She presented her findings at the American Physical Society’s April meeting.
As first...
JUNE 14, 2019
In what could potentially aggravate trade tensions between India and the US, New Delhi has decided to impose long-pending retaliatory tariffs on 29 US products. Washington had withdrawn duty-free benefits for Indian exports under its Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) effective June 5.
“The duty hikes will come into effect in normal course as the notification to postpone...
JUNE 14, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A senior Trump administration official said on Thursday there were “serious concerns” about India’s planned acquisition of Russian S-400 missile defense systems that could not only leave India vulnerable to sanctions but also “limit” interoperability between US and Indian militaries, a key focus of growing ties between the two countries.
India’s acquisition of S-400s “effectively...
