The armed forces need to focus more on professional military education that prepares leaders for modern warfare

defence college

Given strong odds that we will face another pandemic, the world is rightly engaged in discussions about how to do better next time. But the latest UN agreement on the issue offers mere platitudes

Pandemic Fund

Driven by the G20 declaration, transformative changes have begun at multilateral banks

MDB reforms

From grappling with rising inventory, the market now has swung to the opposite extreme, but reasons for the euphoria are unclear

real estate, construction, rate hike, interest rate hike

Companies' disclosures should be verified by a single unit under Sebi to avoid disparity in methods

save trees, reuse

Through technology, economic statecraft, and wolf warrior diplomats, China is shaping a narrative in India and elsewhere that sees the world through its prism

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. Photo: Reuters.

Fiscal consolidation must take precedence in the upcoming Budget, even if it's an interim one

election year challenge

It lies in the contentious battle for control over digital content, with publishers and creators denying AI players access to their work, and countries plugging regulatory gaps

artificial intelligence, Ai

Democracies are withering everywhere and require constant reform. In India, one-nation-one-poll is a good idea, but it cannot work as a standalone reform

one-nation-one-poll, election

Invoking UAPA against a news outfit is overreaction

NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha

Govt must adhere to the consolidation path

Budget

Cauvery dispute highlights poor water management policies

Cauvery water

Supply-side issues will complicate policy choices

RBI, Reserve Bank of India

reservation

Fiscal conditions in the US will affect capital flows

US Congress

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Kulmeet Bawa, president and MD, SAP Indian Subcontinent, talks about SAP's growth journey in India and AI strategy

Kulmeet Bawa_president and MD, SAP Indian Subcontinent

Tata Steel on Thursday said its subsidiary Tinplate Company of India Limited (TCIL) has received a tax notice, imposing a penalty of about Rs 40 lakhs in connection with a demand order pertaining to the 2016-17 fiscal.
"The said demand order is presently pending appeal before the Commissioner of Commercial taxes, Ranchi," Tata Steel said in a regulatory filing.
TCIL on October 4, 2023, received an order from the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, Jamshedpur Circle, Jamshedpur, imposing a penalty of approximately Rs 3,986.78 lakh on TCIL in connection with an earlier demand order from Deputy Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, Jamshedpur, pertaining to FY 2016-17, it said.
Domestic steel major Tata Steel owns a majority stake in Kolkata-headquartered TCIL, a tinplate producer.
From its plant in Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), TCIL caters to 40 per cent of the overall domestic market and exports 15-20 per cent of its sales to different geographies across the world.

TCIL

X, formerly known as Twitter, has stopped showing headlines on articles shared on the platform. Now, X only displays an article's lead image and a link to the story.
Plans for the change were first reported by Fortune in August, when owner Elon Musk confirmed in a tweet that he thought the change which came from him directly  would greatly improve the esthetics of posts.
Linked articles now appear as an image, and include text in the left-hand corner noting the domain of the link. Users must click on the image if they wish to visit the full article, which could lead to confusion.
Musk's platform has been the target of a lot of criticism recently, including accusations by a top European Union official who said that X has the largest ratio of mis-or disinformation posts.
The Anti-Defamation League, a prominent Jewish civil-rights organisation, has accused Musk of allowing antisemitism and hate speech to spread on the platform.
Musk's latest decision builds on the growing rift betwee

Twitter, X

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