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Absurdity of Accepting Rohingya Refugees on Humanitarian Grounds

To take into consideration the humanitarian values in order to vouch for accepting Rohingya Refugees is the greatest sign of either ignorance on the part of the person on one hand or deliberate treachery on the other. The world today does not run in accordance with morality and r

17 July 2018 · 2 min read

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The Three Mistakes of BJP

16 th May 2014 was a historic moment in Indian politics. The party that was always considered “destined to be sitting in the opposition”, the party that “didn’t have it to make it large” and the party that had stemmed from the “Communal Sangh” was victorious with an absolute majo

17 May 2018 · 10 min read

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24X7 News Channels – An unnecessary nuisance

Yesterday, at a restaurant in Bangalore, India TV journalist Rajdeep Sardesai was confronted by a common man for harboring anti-Hindu views, hating Hindus and India. The incident was nothing but a 30 second rant where the man was voicing his frustration over the biased reporting

8 May 2018 · 7 min read

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Impact of GST on Restaurants

The GST Council headed by the Finance Minister has approved a four slab tax rate of 5%, 12%,18%, and 28% respectively according to the types of goods and services and set up the final platform for the GST implementation. Restaurants had the compulsion to go for VAT registration o

16 July 2017 · 2 min read

GST from the Mirror of Chanakya Arthshastra
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GST from the Mirror of Chanakya Arthshastra

In the Arthashastra by Chanakya, The general principles of taxation and the rates of taxation are given in Part 2 Chapter 22 and additional principles for the `replenishment of treasury' (in times of emergency, war, etc., which may have caused an excessive outflow from the treasu

3 July 2017 · 1 min read