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India has a double-taxation avoidance pact with Singapore and more than 85 countries.
To help in its efforts to crack down on suspected black money stashed abroad, India has entered into an information exchange pact with Saint Kitts and Nevis, a two-island Carribean country, perceived as a safe haven for offshore funds.
The absence of criminal legal treaties between India and tax haven nations have been cited by probe agencies working in the SIT on black money as one of the major impediments in initiating steps to bring back illegal funds stashed abroad by Indians.
Orient-Express Hotels (OEH), the Bermuda-based owner and operator of luxury hotels, trains, river cruises and restaurants, is open to expanding its global reach, which could include a base in India.
David Warner's career-best 178 and Glenn Maxwell's 88-run blitz powered Australia to a record World Cup total of 417 for six wickets and 275 runs victory over lowly Afghanistan in a Pool A match at the Gabba, in Perth, on Wednesday.
A B de Villiers hammered the fastest 150 in ODI history as he led South Africa to a record-equalling 257-run win over the West Indies. Images from the match.
In a major development in the fight against black money, multilateral grouping OECD today unveiled a 'single global standard' for automatic exchange of financial account information by various countries including India and Switzerland.
'They must withdraw the word "miracle" from the sainthood of Mother Teresa.'
The company divests from properties abroad to focus on its key markets.
At the minimum price of $16.50 a share, the BPO giant would buy back at most 1.82 bn shares, or about eight per cent of its outstanding common shares as of February 28.
Photos from the ICC World Cup match played between South Africa and Ireland on Tuesday.
JetBlue Airways is ranked as the world's best budget airline.
Faisal Shariff's impressions of the just-concluded T20 extravaganza.
Masters champion Adam Scott stormed back from four shots behind with 10 holes remaining to clinch the four-man PGA Grand Slam of Golf by two strokes with a scintillating finish in Bermuda on Wednesday.
Dropping a bombshell, Sachin Tendulkar has disclosed that the then India coach Greg Chappell had made a "shocking" suggestion to him to take over India's captaincy from Rahul Dravid months before the 2007 World Cup in West Indies.
Swinging back into profit for the third-quarter with net earnings of about $18 million, luxury hotel chain operator Orient Express on Friday said it is consulting financial and legal advisors on the Tata group's takeover bid and will reply to the offer in due course of time.
Selected students from India will win a fully funded scholarship to pursue a master's programme at the Oxford University in the UK in 2014.
Offer valued at $1.86 bn comes 5 years after Bermuda chain rebuffed Indian Hotels.
'Other countries go out on a limb to save even a single life.' 'What to talk of civilian accidents and disasters, even our military does not have a priority for Combat Search and Rescue,' says Group Captain P I Muralidharan (retd).
Many top firms have had to write down their investments, as the value of those have collapsed due to sluggish biz conditions.
Take a look at the statistical highlights of the fourth ODI in Kolkata on Thursday.
Against the backdrop of alleged collusion between Central Bureau of Investigation prosecutor and an accused in 2G scam, CBI chief Ranjit Sinha today insisted that it has not "polluted" the probe into the case but admitted that the agency's reputation suffers by such incidents.
The 36 new properties, which will also include expansion across two new countries, will add 5,431 rooms.
Fourteen per cent of the $16 billion invested by Ratan Tata in M&As abroad has been written off by his successor.
If the drop in sales over the past two years is anything to go by, India's dream of putting seven million electric vehicles on road by the end of this decade has come a cropper.
Mistry's strategy appears to be the opposite of the group's stance in the heady days of 2007
Orient-Express says the bid amount is significantly low and undervalues the assets of the company.
It will expand their footprint radically, give them a huge presence at the top end of the market, and reduce their dependence on India.
Paul White is now the advisor to Indian Hotels in its second attempt to take over the Bermuda-based chain.
Here's a glimpse of on and off-ramp action at the India Kids Fashion Week held in Mumbai last week!
Panoramic images of several coral reefs have been added to Google's Street View service in its maps, allowing users to navigate their way around the sites.
With the introduction of polymer notes, the government aims at ending the menace of counterfeit currency in the next five years, reports Vicky Nanjappa
Apply for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship and stand a chance to study at the Oxford University in London or participate in a theatre workshop in Mumbai. Read on for details.
The sudden resignation and almost-immediate announcement of a successor came as a surprise to many.
Young long distance swimmer Swapnali Yadav will take part in the Asian Cup International Triathlon to be held at Subic Bay, Philippines on May 5 and 6. The 13-year-old Mumbai school girl has been selected to participate in the sub-juniors event featuring 300m swimming, 10km cycling and 3km running by the Indian Triathlon Federation.
Acting on a Central Bureau of Investigation's plea, a special CBI court has issued judicial requests to four countries seeking details of the money trail in the Aircel-Maxis deal, in which former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran is an accused. The Letters Rogatory to the United Kingdom, Bermuda, Malaysia and Mauritius were issued by a Patiala House court last week in the case. The CBI has alleged that Maran had received Rs 547 crore as kickbacks.
As many as 489 overseas investment transactions were carried out by various companies in March, as per the Reserve Bank data released on Wednesday.
To unravel Khan's overseas business, one has to rewind to 10 years ago when Londoner Richard James Moore floated a real estate company called Winford Estates in Surrey.
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