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Calls grow to review CP500 tax instalments as businesses say scheme strains Sarawak SMEs, side-income earners

KUCHING, Jan. 31 -- Calls for the Ministry of Finance (MOF) to urgently review the application of the CP500 tax instalment scheme are growing amid concerns that its current structure places disproport... Read More


'Our heads bow down in shame': Shehbaz Sharif says he feels ashamed for 'begging' money for Pakistan

New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has voiced deep concern over the nation's dependence on external financing, arguing that the constant pursuit of foreign aid compromises na... Read More


'Social Network' for AI agents- Moltbook goes viral; humans are "welcome to observe"

San Jose, Jan. 31 -- Moltbook, which describes itself as a Social Network for AI Agents and a forum where AI agents share, discuss, and up-vote is drawing huge attention especially since the posts on ... Read More


Chandigarh: Relief in sight for Baltana commuters as RUB project finally moves forward

Chandigarh, Jan. 31 -- In a major relief to residents of Baltana and nearby areas who end up navigating massive traffic snarls at the Raipur Kalan-Baltana railway crossing on a daily basis, the projec... Read More


India, Arab States aim to double trade to USD 500 billion by 2030; boost energy, space, counter-terrorism cooperation

New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- India and the Member States of the League of Arab States (LAS) have agreed to significantly deepen their strategic partnership under the Executive Program of the India-Arab Coope... Read More


In high-stakes Uran polls, BJP targets PWP fortress in Third Mumbai hub

India, Jan. 31 -- The battle for control of Uran's rural heartland has intensified into a political turf war, transforming the upcoming zilla parishad (ZP) and panchayat samiti elections into a surviv... Read More


India forecasts steady growth despite Trump tariffs and global uncertainty

Bangladesh, Jan. 31 -- Indias economy is poised for continued growth in the 2026-27 financial year, with the government projecting a GDP expansion of between 6.8 percent and 7.2 percent, according to ... Read More


From Tarai to the hills: Election police recruits grapple with Kalikot terrain

Kalikot, Jan. 31 -- For Imaluja Chaudhary, 18, from ward 3 of Tikapur Municipality in Kailali, Kalikot was nothing as she had imagined. She travelled to the district to apply for recruitment as an ele... Read More


The Afghanistan–Pakistan border is emerging as a new epicenter of instability

Bangladesh, Jan. 31 -- South Asias next potential pressure point may lie not along the Line of Control in Kashmir, but westward, along the volatile Afghanistan–Pakistan border. This frontier is ... Read More


FM's Budget speech set to be different; Record ninth Budget for FM Sitharaman

NEW DELHI, Jan. 31 -- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is all set to deliver a Union Budget speech on Sunday that is expected to look markedly different from the tradition followed for the pa... Read More