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Red Light On, Gaadi Off: Gopal Rai asks Delhiites to switch off vehicle engines at traffic signals
Meanwhile, Delhi's air pollution level remained to be poor today. The Air Quality Index was 103, in the poor category, with 57 ug/m3 PM2.5 matter and 66 ug/m3 PM10 matter
2 min read21 Oct 2020Gaana hopes to net almost 100 mn customers, mostly TikTok users
Gaana, set up in 2011, expects that most of the new additions will be users of TikTok that was banned by the government following the border clashes with China last month
3 min read12 Jul 2020Regional music hits the chord with Indian consumers: Gaana
Gaana Originals, the platform’s initiative to promote regional non-film music, has also seen a sharp jumpRegional language music currently accounts for more than 35% music consumption on OTT audio streaming platforms
2 min read14 Jan 2020800k subscribers since Mar 2019: YouTube’s music app outpaces Spotify, Gaana, JioSaavn in India
YouTube sells two paid services in India: YouTube Music Premium and YouTube PremiumIndia has emerged as a battleground for online music services, which are eager to sign up users in a country with more than 1.3 billion people
3 min read13 Dec 2019Panel to hear taxpayer before invoking GAAR under new set of rules
New rules mandate officials to refer a suspected case of tax avoidance to a panel of senior officialsThe Income Tax (8th Amendment) Rules, 2019 specify how tax officials should refer a suspected case of tax avoidance to a panel of senior officials and what should be the role of the panel
1 min read19 Sep 2019Now, Netherlands and France favourites for routing investments
Changes signal shift to moderate tax investment regime instead of a potential tax-free regimeIndia shall now have, among others, the right to tax capital gains arising from alienation of shares acquired on or after 1 April 2017
2 min read28 May 2019Tough disclosures needed in corporate tax audit reports deferred by a year
CBDT says the decision was taken after it received industry representationsExperts say only the disclosure requirement in the tax audit report is deferred by a year, not the application of GAAR provisions per se
1 min read14 May 2019Spotify hits 1 million user base in India
Spotify is offering more than four crore songs and 300 crore playlists for music fans in the countryIt had briefly hit a hurdle when the music label, WMG, filed for an injunction in the Bombay High Court over licensing rights
1 min read5 Mar 2019JioSaavn will help lower music piracy: Experts
All current JioMusic and Saavn users will migrate to the integrated JioSaavn platform, which will be available across app stores
2 min read4 Dec 2018The sound of music is increasingly regional on apps
Regional music's popularity surge has coincided with the drop in data tariffs, rise in penetration of smartphones
4 min read24 Nov 2018Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared