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IndiaThe government is examining whether to lower the 12.5% LTCG rate before the next Budget. Here is how the tax works today, with a worked example.
IsraelProjections give Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition 52–53 seats and Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc 50, with Arab-led parties holding the balance after the highest turnout in decades.
IndiaTwenty-one publishers say the law would force journalists to seek consent from the people they report on. It is the latest in a series of challenges to the Act.
GreeceAthens joins a growing list of governments setting a minimum age for social platforms. The hard part will be enforcing it.
The global benchmark settled at $113.17 a barrel on 22 October, up 4% in a day, as fighting between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis intensified.
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