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Investors based out of Singapore continue to avail several tax benefits for putting money in India.

Bank Nifty opened on a negative note and respected its major support in the 30,800 – 30,900 zone.

The survey showed fund managers remained bullish on the market, though they were not euphoric at all.

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US oil fell 16 cents, or 0.3 per cent, to $58.22 a barrel, having declined 0.3 per cent the day before.

US gold futures were down 0.3 per cent at $1,553.30.

In India, the focus will be on export-dependent sectors like pharma and outsourcing as much as private consumption themes around financial services, retail, food and beverages and healthcare.

​​​GSTR 3B is a monthly return to be filed under GST in which every taxable person has to summarize the details of outward and inward supplies. “This month’s return filing data till date shows that the GSTN return filing system was working within its expected limits, evident by the fact that till Jan 14, a total of 24.66L GSTR-3B were filed,” an official said.

The ASEAN Secretariat has invited India to attend the meeting to sort out its issues related to the proposed free trade deal. “India has received the invitation for the meeting. No decision has been taken on the issue,” said an official.

Indian firms are aiming to diversify focus on the Rest-of-the-World markets. The market expansion coincides with a push towards a platform play, creating a common design and engineering base from which products can be developed to meet a quicker time-tomarket paradigm.

Zhengfei said AI is not as damaging as atom bombs. Over the last thousands of years, technological advancement was very much in synch with people's evolution and people's fears over innovations like steam ships and the mechanical age were gradually overcome.

The survey, with data from more than 8,300 organisations across 20 countries and 885 CEOs, analysed the adoption of both mature and emerging tech – such as (AI), cloud, blockchain, and extended reality. It found that just 10% of companies are making optimal tech investment and adoption decisions and realising the full value of those investments.

​The space agency said in a statement that these chipsets are being released by Qualcomm and this would help accelerate the adoption of NavIC by smartphone original equipment manufacturers (OEM).

The number of people in China infected by a new SARS-like virus jumped to 291 on Tuesday, according to authorities.

Indians and Bangladeshis have topped the charts when it comes to trust in climate science as also for keeping themselves abreast about news and current affairs, while Russia and Ukraine are among the laggards on both counts. The new public opinion poll published by the WEF at its 50th annual meeting called for better climate education and urgent upskilling.

Social media intermediaries — with more than 5 million registered users — have to trace the original sender of a message when asked by a government agency armed with an order from a judicial magistrate court or a higher court.

“Using the mobile number, respondents can generate OTP after which they will log in and fill their and family members details in the census population enumeration form. The reference number generated after filling the form online can then be provided to enumerators when he/she visits the house for population census,” a senior govt official explained.

The women wrote postcards in Hindi, English and Urdu, describing how statements on NRC made them fear the future of their children. “When former President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed’s family could not prove its nationality, how will we common Muslims manage,” asked one of the 5,000 postcards addressed to CJI SA Bobde.