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Budget 2021-22 proposal on digital tax likely to land up in court
Foreign players in a fix as they will now come under levy's ambit
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Trump govt sues FB for keeping jobs for H-1B visas, disfavouring US workers
The Trump administration claims Facebook is discriminating against US workers by designating thousands of positions for foreigners with temporary H-1B visas
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US may impose tariffs on India, Italy for taxing internet firms like Google
The US will soon issue results of probes into Austria, Italy and India's decisions to tax local revenue of Internet companies such as Facebook Inc., which could pave the way for retaliatory tariffs
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What's in the US law protecting internet companies - and can it be changed?
The hearing was about Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which offers big tech platforms protections from liability over content posted by users
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Spain's new draft law aims to tax services like Whatsapp based on revenue
Levies would be imposed on instant messaging providers in the same way as it is on telecoms operators, according the draft law published on Friday
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This techie helps businesses speak to Indians in their own languages
Arvind Pani's firm is the first in the world to launch an Indian language support on Android platform in 2011 in partnership with Qualcomm
 "This techie helps businesses speak to Indians in their own languages")
RailTel broadband RailWire's subscriber base up 1.5 times in 4 months
RailTel's retail broadband service RailWire is a collaborative platform that ropes in local cable operators and entrepreneurs to provide last-mile connectivity to households and small businesses
 "RailTel broadband RailWire's subscriber base up 1.5 times in 4 months")
Best of BS Opinion: Galwan clash, India's stand on digital tax, and more
Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day
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Internet companies may lose permit if service not started in a year: Trai
The suggestions are part of Trai's recommendations on spectrum usage charges
 "Internet companies may lose permit if service not started in a year: Trai")
Should India adopt policies to level playing field for Internet companies
Job creation will slow if India's largest internet firms fail
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Funds raised by Internet companies fell to 3-year low: Jefferies
e-tailing continued to account for the largest share of fund raising
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