India should carve its tax code in stone
Obviously he had never been to India...
As any foreign investor knows, the one thing you can say about India’s tax regime is that it lacks any certainty at all...
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WorldUniform civil code is a necessity, mandatorily required in today's India: Allahabad high court
The Allahabad high court in India has called upon New Delhi to look into implementing the mandate of Article 44 of the Indian Constitution, which says that the “state shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India”, Hindustan Times reported...
The court was hearing a set of 17 petitions moved by interfaith couples, who had approached it, seeking registration of their marriages and...
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WorldUttar Pradesh Madrassa Board chief backs Uniform Civil Code in India
Uttar Pradesh (UP) Board of Madrassa Education chairperson Iftikhar Ahmad Javed has backed the idea of bringing in a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in India, stating that it is being opposed only by those who want to keep Muslims oppressed, a report published in The Times of India said...
Javed said the UCC should have been brought in right when India gained independence and personal laws should not have been divided into Hindu and...
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TechCode for Pakistan brings technology geeks to solve civic and social issues
ISLAMABAD: A two-day Islamabad Civic Hackathon — an event organised by Code for Pakistan (CfP) and OPEN Islamabad — concluded Sunday with participants working constantly to develop mobile/web applications and digital tools which address civic and social issues...
“It was inspirational … It makes me feel incredibly hopeful for Pakistan...
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PakistanPakistan startup founders booked for plagiarising source code
KARACHI: Four people were reportedly booked on Wednesday for violating copyright and intellectual property laws after allegations of plagiarising source code for a financial information startup surfaced...
The entrepreneurs behind Investor's Lounge, Baqar Abbas Jafri, Sennen D’Souza, Hammad Ali Hashmi and Waqar Ehsan, have been accused by their former employer ? Mir Muhammad Ali Khan of AMZ MAK Capital Ltd ? of stealing firm’s source...
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ArchiveBiggest mobile-phone plant masks Modi’s ‘make in India’ struggle
Despite a sleek marketing campaign, the world isn’t quite ready to “Make in India...
”Last week, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South Korean President Moon Jae-in celebrated the inauguration of what Samsung Electronics called the world’s largest mobile phone factory...
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ArchiveIndia restores incoming SMS in occupied Kashmir, mobile internet still cut
India on Tuesday was set to allow some incoming text messages into Kashmir, officials said, four months after they were first blocked when New Delhi moved to strip the region's autonomy...
The August 5 communications blackout — which included cutting landlines, mobile phones and internet access — has badly hit locals and businesses especially as texts are an integral part of banking processes...
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ArchiveIndia bans 59 Chinese mobile apps over ‘security’
NEW DELHI: India on Monday banned 59 Chinese mobile apps, including the wildly popular TikTok and WeChat, over national security and privacy concerns just weeks after a deadly Himalayan border clash between the nuclear-armed neighbours...
prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order,” the ministry of information technology said in a statement...
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ArchiveIndia bans 43 more mobile apps as it takes on China
India banned 43 mobile apps on Tuesday, including Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s e-commerce app Aliexpress, in a new wave of web sanctions targeted at China after the neighbours’ months-long standoff on their rugged Himalayan border...
The 43 mostly Chinese-origin applications, which also include a few dating apps, threaten the “sovereignty and integrity of India”, the technology ministry said in a statement...
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ArchiveIndia restoring fast mobile internet in occupied Kashmir after 18 months
India said on Friday it was restoring high-speed mobile internet in occupied Kashmir for the first time since August 2019, when the government withdrew the special rights of the restive Muslim-majority region...
Jammu and Kashmir was India's only Muslim-majority region before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government split it into two, including an enclave with many Buddhists, and took direct control of both...
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PakistanPakistan asks Facebook to link accounts to mobile numbers
Pakistan has asked the Facebook management to link opening of Facebook accounts to mobile numbers to overcome the issue of fake accounts, said a Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) official...
“Mobile numbers are verified through biometric verification system in the country...
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TechAlcatel appoints United Mobile as second official distributor in Pakistan
Alcatel has appointed United Mobile (UM) as the second official distributor of its smartphones in Pakistan...
Speaking at a press conference, Nauman Durrani, General Manager of Alcatel in Middle East, Pakistan and Egypt said that Pakistan is a high growth market with 3G and 4G penetration and lots of potential...
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ArchivePakistan to auction mobile telecom spectrum in June
ISLAMABAD: The auction for mobile telephony spectrum is expected to be held in June, and consultants have expressed optimism that it will be successful because of the potential available in Pakistan...
The briefing was made by a consultant at a meeting of the advisory committee for the release of Next Generation Mobile Services (NGMS) spectrum at the Finance Division on Thursday, chaired by Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue...
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ArchiveECP issues notice to Imran, Fazl for violation of code of conduct
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued notices to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman for violation of the code of conduct ahead of by-elections in PK-8 (Peshawar)...
After receiving reports about the two party chiefs’ visit to the constituency, warnings were issued reminding them of blatant violation of the code of conduct...
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ArchiveStrict code of conduct for SECP employees
ISLAMABAD: Under a strict code of conduct introduced on Tuesday, all the serving and retired senior officers of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) have been barred not only from politics but also befriending any stakeholder...
The SECP Policy Board approved the code of conduct for the employees that was put it into effect immediately...
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