Exclusive: India faces first fall in direct taxes in at least two decades – sources
By Administrator_India, Capital Sands India’s corporate and income tax collection for the current year is likely to fall for the first time in at least two decades, over half a dozen senior tax officials told Reuters, amid a sharp fall in economic growth and cut in corporate tax rates. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government was […]
Will Modi remain the Shah of Indian politics in 2020?
By Administrator_India Capital Sands The political discourse and direction of India in 2019 were determined and dictated by two individuals-Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah, who also happens to be the president of BJP, the party in power at the Centre and in 15 states across the country. From Kargil […]
World Court says has preliminary jurisdiction in Myanmar genocide case
By Administrator_India, Capital Sands The International Court of Justice said on Thursday that it has jurisdiction to hear a case against Myanmar seeking emergency measures to prevent it committing genocide against its Rohingya minority. Presiding Judge Yusuf Abdulqawi, in the first minutes of reading the court’s decision, said the court does have sufficient jurisdiction to […]
Yen firm over China virus concern; Aussie jumps on jobs data
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands The safe-haven Japanese yen was firm and the Chinese yuan fragile on Thursday as traders kept a wary eye on the spread of a virus in China, while the ailing Australian dollar jumped after a surprise drop in unemployment. Deaths from the flu-like coronavirus, rose to 17 on Wednesday. A […]
Stocks – DAX Hits New Record High as Virus Fears Fade in China
By Administrator_India, Capital Sands Germany’s DAX index posted a record high shortly after the start of trading Wednesday, helped by the improved sentiment emerging from Asia regarding the new pneumonia-like virus in China. At 03:30 AM ET (0830 GMT), the benchmark index traded 0.5% higher at 13,627.38, just off the new high of 13,637.60. This breached the […]
Stocks – S&P Falls as U.S Coronavirus Scare Sours Sentiment
By Administrator, Capital Sands The S&P ended in the red Tuesday as selling hit Wall Street following news that the deadly coronavirus had reached the U.S. The S&P 500 lost 0.27%, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.19% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.52%. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the first case of the coronavirus in […]
World’s richest 2000 people hold more than poorest 4.6 billion combined: Oxfam
By Ritu, Capital Sands The world’s richest 2,153 people controlled more money than the poorest 4.6 billion combined in 2019, while unpaid or underpaid work by women and girls adds three times more to the global economy each year than the technology industry, Oxfam said on Monday. The Nairobi-headquartered charity said in a report released […]
Pound Falls After Weak U.K. Retail Boosts Prospect of Rate Cut
By Ritu, Capital Sands The pound slipped after U.K. retail sales data unexpectedly fell in December, increasing the chances that the Bank of England may cut a key interest rate this month. Sterling dropped 0.2% to $1.3049 and declined against all its Group-of-10 peers as the volume of goods sold in stores and online fell 0.6% in December, confounding […]
BJP’s OBC meet to begin in Patna today, all eyes on Mahagathbandhan vote bank
By Ritu, Capital Sands After wooing upper caste voters by bringing a law to provide 10 per cent reservation to economically weaker section amongst the forward caste, the Bharatiya Janata Party is now eyeing to make inroads into the OBC vote bank of the Mahagathbandhan ahead of the crucial 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The […]
Sensex gained 1,000 points in 36 sessions to scale Mt 42K; over 300 stocks up 10-100%
By Ritu Capital Sands The Sensex crossed 42,000 for the first time as it touched 42,059 in the morning trade on January 16. It took 36 sessions for the index to make the journey from 41,000 (first hit on November 26) to 42,000, but the big movers were the small & midcap stocks. The Sensex […]