GST evaders set to face stricter scans

Goods and services tax (GST) authorities are going to seek bank account details of businesses to tally with their filings, apart from initiating other measures, as part of fresh efforts to tighten the noose around evaders or those misusing and gaming the system.

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After Ayodhya, Rafale verdicts in '19, SC to decide on CAA & J&K this year

At a time when dissent gets traction among intellectuals and social media, the Supreme Court in 2019 achieved the unexpected by rendering a unanimous verdict on the 70-year-old Ayodhya land dispute and putting stamp of approval on the deal to purchase 36 fully-loaded Rafale jets from France.

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Government clears merger of 8 railway services

The new structure of the leaner railway board, the apex decision-making body is intended to streamline operations and improve decision-making, while the move to merge the eight services is aimed at ending turf war among services. Under the new system, the chairman will be the final authority on all issues.

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Cabs to food, e-biz hit by internet shutdown

Food delivery apps have seen volumes dip by 10-20% in areas, where net connectivity is disrupted. The supply chain disruption has also impacted online retail and e-grocery businesses. Ride-hailing services have stopped working too in the shutdown-hit areas.

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Net blocked, protesters use offline chat apps

Amid internet shutdowns due to protests over Citizenship (Amendment) Act, offline messaging apps such as Bridgefy, Fire-Chat and others are seeing a spike in usage. Both apps use a mesh network, which means that smartphones use short-range Bluetooth connections to form their own network, without the need of net.

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Isro’s PSLV leads to 90cr-rise in forex earnings

Indian Space Research Organisation’s PSLV has turned into a money-spinner for the space agency as forex brought by the country’s mainstay rocket increased by Rs 90 crore from Rs 232.56 crore in 2017-18 to Rs 324 crore in 2018-19 fiscal year.

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None will be spared, says Mamata as Bengal erupts

Amid day-long violent protests and widespread destruction of vehicles and government property, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday appealed for peace and urged people not to take law into their hands and adopt undemocratic means of protests.

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Live: Bypolls in 15 Karnataka assembly seats today

The polls have been necessitated due to the disqualification of the MLAs by the Assembly speaker, that led to the fall of the HD Kumaraswamy led JD(S)-Congress govt. The BJP needs to win at least 6 seats for the Yediyurappa govt to be in majority. Stay with TOI for live updates.

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Sundar Pichai will run Google & parent, A to Z

Sundar Pichai is taking over as the CEO of one of the world’s most cash-rich companies, Alphabet, the parent company of search engine giant Google. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who co-founded Google in 1998, are stepping down from their executive roles at Alphabet. Pichai tweeted that he was “excited about his new role”.

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Said 'no' to Modi, got Sonia-Uddhav together: Pawar

Dwelling on the controversies surrounding government formation in Maharashtra, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said on Monday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had expressed a desire to “work together”, but that he had declined the offer. "Our personal relations are excellent and in future too they will be excellent, but politically it is not convenient for me,” Pawar added.

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RBI expected to cut rates on December 5

A majority of economists polled by TOI expect the RBI to cut its repo rate — at which the regulator lends to banks — by 25 basis points (100bps = 1 percentage point) to 4.9%. A cut in the repo rate would, however, be immediately transmitted to retail borrowers as the RBI has forced banks to link loans to an external benchmark instead of a self-determined reference rate.

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Pilot flying as passenger asked to operate flight

A pilot trained to land aircraft in low visibility (CAT III B), travelling as a passenger on IndiGo's Pune-Delhi flight on Saturday morning, was asked to operate the flight as IGI Airport was reporting a declining visibility trend due to smog. Before being let into the flight deck, the pilot underwent the mandatory pre-flight breathalyser test.

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Top10: Time for new low for India’s economy?

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Can't play second fiddle to spinners now: Umesh

In a pace attack which features a lethal trio in Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma and Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav has managed to stay in the scheme of things and has now been making every opportunity count. The recent Test season at home is a testimony to his perseverance and evolution as a fast bowler.

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Live: Isro to launch Cartosat-3 satellite today

Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is set to launch earth imaging and mapping satellite CARTOSAT-3 along with 13 other nano-satellites at 9.28am. Stay with TOI for the latest updates

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PIO girl sexually assaulted, murdered in US

A 19-year-old student with family roots in Hyderabad was sexually assaulted and strangulated to death on Saturday inside a garage at the University of Illinois, Chicago where she was studying. Police arrested the 26-year-old assailant, Donald Thurman on Sunday from a metro station in Chicago and charged him with first degree murder and aggravated sexual assault.

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US plans to tighten norms for employee transfers

The Trump administration seems to have trained its guns on intra-company transfers of employees from overseas offices (say in India) to US offices. After the H1B visa they now plan to target the L-1B visa which tech companies in India rely upon for transferring employees to their US offices.

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India vs B'desh: Visitors bulldozed by 'fast' men

It got all over on day three in Indore on Sunday as the Indian seamers bulldozed through Bangladesh batsmen to fashion an innings-and-130-run win in the first match of the two-Test series.

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India health story is glass half full: Bill Gates

"Technology has helped improve the human condition. Our lifespan is better than 200 years ago — electricity, transport, better seeds, vaccines for things like measles, and other childhood diseases. Overall, I am a believer that most technologies can be shaped to have more benefits than negatives," said Bill Gates in an interview to TOI.

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SC's 2nd clean chit on Rafale a big boost for PM

The Supreme Court's clean chit to the Rafale deal is a major win for PM Narendra Modi who made transparency in defence contracts a major poll issue while attacking the Congress regime's controversies like AgustaWestland and Pilatus besides 2G and Coalgate.

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