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Legendary Tabla Maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain Passes Away at 73 in San Francisco

SAN FRANSISCO - Renowned tabla maestro and composer Zakir Hussain passed away on Sunday, December 15, 2024, at the age of 73 in San Francisco. Son of the iconic tabla maestro Ustad Allah Rakha, the 73-year-old legendary musician was admitted in ICU due to heart and lung-related ailments for the last two weeks.

Switzerland withdraws "Most Favored Nation" status from India

NEW DELHI - Switzerland has announced that it will suspend the most favoured nation (MFN) clause in its double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) with India, starting from January 1, 2025. This will have far reaching consequences on the trade and commerce relations between India and Switzerland. This move will double the withholding tax rate on dividends paid to Indian tax comapnies to 10 per cent from 5 per cent.

Samsung accuses India antitrust body of detaining employees, seizing data unlawfully

Samsung has accused India's competition watchdog of unlawfully detaining its employees and seizing data in a raid carried out in connection with an antitrust investigation on Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart, a legal filing shows. Samsung is embroiled in the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) investigation that in August concluded that the South Korean giant and other smartphone companies broke anti-trust laws by colluding with Amazon and Flipkart to exclusively launch products online.

INDIA APPOINTS NEW CHAIRMAN FOR ITS CENTRAL BANK

MUMBAI - India has appointed Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra as governor of the country's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India, for a three-year period. He will take over from outgoing Governor Shaktikanta Das, who also served as secretary in the Ministry of Finance before his six-year stint with the Reserve Bank of India.

Allegedly, India to expand EV manufacturing incentives after Tesla disappointment

India plans to expand electric vehicle incentives to automakers building models at existing factories in the country, instead of limiting the benefits to automakers willing to build new plants, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said.

India’s FCRA licence of NGOs to be cancelled if involved in religious conversion, anti-development acts

FCRA registration will also be cancelled if any NGO is not utilising foreign funding as per the aims and objectives of the NGO or if it has not uploaded the annual returns, the ministry said.

AIR INDIA ENGULFS VISTARA

Monday is a moment in India’s aviation history as Vistara operates its final flight under its own brand before fully integrating with Air India.

1984 Anti-Sikh Riots: Murder trial to continue against Jagdish Tytler, says High Court

New Delhi - The Delhi High Court on Monday made it clear that the murder trial in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler would continue. Tytler's plea challenging the framing of murder and other charges against him is listed on November 29 but he moved court with the plea to stay the trial.

DENGUE GRIPS CITY OF CHANDIGARH

Cases of dengue are on the rise in the city of Chandigarh. Around 245 cases have been recorded by the Health Department to date this season.

Secure assets in space: India's Defence Chief asks military leadership

Referring to the growing reliance on outer space to fight wars, Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on Monday asked the military leadership to secure the assets in space.

Investors see safety in India as Trump win casts shadow on emerging markets

Global investors are likely to find relative safety in India's financial markets from the spillover of Donald Trump's economic policies, including from any protectionist trade policies that could spark emerging market volatility.

Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar's studio sells 50% stake worth 10 bln rupees to vaccine maker Serum Institute

Adar Poonawalla, CEO of vaccine maker Serum Institute of India, will buy a 50% stake in filmmaker Karan Johar's Dharma Productions for 10 billion rupees ($119 million), the Bollywood studio said. Poonawalla will buy the stake through his production company, Serene Productions. This is his first major investment outside the pharma sector since 2021, when he bought a 20% stake in social media platform Wakau Interactive.

LAW: Why legal language is so convoluted, complex and difficult to grasp

Research suggests that the law is a rare exception to the general tendency in human language to communicate efficiently and that convoluted sentences in legalese spring from attempts to signal the authoritative nature of law

SSSFA Organizes Big Yoga Event in Naperville on International Yoga Day; ‘Hotworx’ participates

CHICAGO (Naperville) – To observe International Yoga Day, the Shree Shivkrupanand Swami Foundation of America (SSSFA), in collaboration with Gurutattva India, hosted a significant global meditation workshop titled ‘Soulful Yoga Beyond the Asanas' in Naperville. The event was conducted at multiple locations in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Florida, Kansas and California simultaneously.

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