Netanyahu’s high-profile U.S. visit derailed by shifting politics here and at home
27 Jul
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Netanyahu’s high-profile U.S. visit derailed by shifting politics here and at home

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Politics tamfitronics WASHINGTON —Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrapped up a weeklong U.S. trip Friday with a pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago, tipping his hat to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, after stops at the two citadels of U.S. power: the White House and the Capitol.Netanyahu intended his U.S. visit to be a triumphant lap that would show people back home, especially his political base, that he still enjoyed unconditional U.S. support.What he received instead was more complicated, reflecting divisions and political uncertainty hereand growing opposition, even among some U.S. officials, to the way Netanyahu is conducting the Gaza war, about to enter its 11th month.In separate private meetings with President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday, Netanyahu heard some of the toughest talk yet on the urgent need to accept a...
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UK politics live: Starmer’s government drops objection to Israeli PM Netanyahu’s ICC arrest warrant

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‘We need a graded approach to include petro products under GST’
27 Jul
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‘We need a graded approach to include petro products under GST’

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Business new tamfitronics CBIC chairman Sanjay Kumar Agarwal says protection of industry by raising duties is not permanent. He also discusses GST rate rationalisation. Excerpts from an interview with Sidhartha & Surojit GuptaFM has spoken about fewer customs slabs, if you could use that word. Can you help us understand how it will be structured?We routinely undertake an exercise of the conditional notification.And within two years, we have to take that exercise, and in case we find that exemption need not be continued, we allow that exemption to lapse. In certain cases, this condition is waived, depending on the type of exemption that has been given. The idea is that we want to reduce the number of customs duty rates. In this Budget also, we are seeking to give impetus to...
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‘Internship beneficiaries will be picked in a fair and transparent way’
27 Jul
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‘Internship beneficiaries will be picked in a fair and transparent way’

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Business new tamfitronics Finance secretary TV Somanathan says there will be objective criteria to decide candidates selected for the internship scheme. He argues that some of the incentives for employment will pull down entry barriers for first-timersHow is the employment scheme going to be implemented?There are three direct incentives for employment, two for skilling. In the first three, there are three parts.One is an incentive which will be paid to every first timer who enters the formal job market. If we receive the CV of somebody with no experience, versus the CV of somebody with experience, the person with experience is preferred. There is a cost to the employer in absorbing a first timer into the organization because that person has to go through the learning curve. By providing a subsidy to...
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