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Taxpayers can use ITC to discharge GST dues for MarchPTILast Updated: Mar 20, 2021, 11:52 PM ISTSynopsis“Taxpayers are free to utilise the Input Tax Credit available in their credit ledger, as permissible in law, to discharge their GST dues for the month of March, 2021 – the last month of this financial year,” the Central…

Earlier this week, the African Christian Democratic Party announced that it had achieved a legal victory in the fight to secure wide-spread use of ivermectin for Covid-19 treatment. Ivermectin is largely used in South Africa as a veterinarian anti-parasitic. But there is a growing group of medical experts around the world who believe it may…

By Antony Sguazzin(Bloomberg) – The BioVac Institute, a state-backed South African vaccine company, plans to use a deal it won to manufacture coronavirus shots as a stepping stone toward developing an inoculation export industry in the country.The contract with US-based ImmunityBio, which is conducting phase 1 vaccine trials in South Africa and the US, will allow…

About | This blog is about helping organizations get agile, customer-centric, and use actionable insights to better capitalize on new opportunities and adjust to quickly changing market conditions. For people slowly returning to the workforce, matters of the employee experience (EX) are moving front of mind. shapecharge Over the last extraordinary year, employment has been…

IT leaders are facilitating multi-pronged efforts to hire employees from underrepresented groups, though cultivating belonging remains a difficult — and often unfulfilled — task. Prostock Studio / Getty Images Lety Nettles believes she has a formula for building strong, diverse product teams. Soon she’ll get to put her approach to the test.Nettles, the CIO of…

It’s been 98 years since the Equal Rights Amendment—which would expressly forbid any sort of discrimination on the basis of sex—was first introduced. A century of fighting later, it’s both closer than ever to being added to the US Constitution, and out of time.Amending the Constitution is a two-step process, requiring first passage by Congress,…

Fashion is rarely just about utility. It’s also a means of self-expression and a way to communicate status and identity. With lots of shoppers today seeking ways to signal these attributes in the digital world as much as the physical one, it’s created an opportunity for fashion to go virtual.Some of the industry’s top luxury…

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday condemned China’s secret court proceedings against one of two Canadian citizens who face espionage charges, arguing the closed session makes it nearly impossible to know whether the accused is getting a fair trial.A municipal court in the Chinese city of Dandong tried Michael Spavor in a case at…

PARIS—Spring was once a time for strolls along the River Seine and people-watching from sun-dappled terraces. On Friday, however, Paris awoke to what has now become an entirely different rite of spring: a pandemic-induced lockdown. This lockdown is less severe than the original one that paralyzed France a year ago. It is limited to Paris…

Navigation for News Categories Cybercriminals have adapted their tactics to take advantage of vulnerabilities exposed by the pandemic and extorting more money than ever before. A couple of New Zealand organisations working in the manufacturing and professional and legal services sectors were among more than 300 victims who found their data published on the dark…

Navigation for News Categories The Minister of Finance Grant Robertson won't be drawn on whether New Zealand is heading for a double-dip recession. Minister of Finance Grant Robertson. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Figures out yesterday showed GDP fell a seasonally adjusted one percent for the three months to the end of December, much worse…

Exxaro Resources has announced increased revenue of almost R29bn for the year ended in December. Net operating profit dropped by a third. Headline earnings per share dropped slightly and the company declared a final dividend. After the disposal of Exxaro’s shareholding in Tronox Holdings, the proceeds will be used for a special dividend and a…

Iconic South African gaming and hospitality group Sun International has been smacked hard by Covid-19 containment measures. This week, it reported a loss of more than R1 billion for 2020. Like other companies in the hospitality sector, they were forced to shut operations for more than three months last year. The group was also hit…

Freeman Gold Corp. [FMAN-CSE; FMANF-OTC; 3WU-FSE] reported assay results of core from the remaining 20 diamond drill holes of the 35-hole 2020 program on Freeman’s 100%-owned Lemhi gold project in Idaho. The objective of the 2020 Phase 1 drill program was designed to confirm historical mineralization and allow the use of over 355 historical drill…

Klondike Gold Corp. [KG-TSXV; KDKGF-OTC; LBGF-FSE] on Thursday March 18 released results from a 2020 Phase 4 diamond drilling program at the Lone Star Zone on the company’s 100%-owned Klondike District property near Dawson City, Yukon. “These results continue to demonstrate strong intervals of near-surface gold both within and outside the currently defined Lone Star…

Author of the article: Reuters Paresh Dave and Diane Bartz Google’s plan to block a popular web tracking tool called “cookies” is a source of concern for U.S. Justice Department investigators who have been asking advertising industry executives whether the move by the search giant will hobble its smaller rivals, people familiar with the situation…

COVID support will end — and when it does it could create a whole new set of problems for borrowers, investors and governments Author of the article: Geoff Zochodne The Parliamentary Budget Officer recently reported that the federal government provided an estimated $122 billion in labour-market support for its 2020-2021 fiscal year, with roughly $42.8…

SEATTLE, March 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A credit score impacts how much a home buyer can afford, what interest rate they'll lock in -- and whether they'll qualify to buy a home at all. But the average American doesn't understand what causes their credit score to change, a recent survey1 fielded by Zillow® shows. Home shopping season…

The EMA will conclude Thursday whether or not AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine caused blood clots. If the vaccine is indeed safe, as expected, it would mean up to 18 countries can give it out again. Separately, the US awaits results of a trial that could determine FDA authorization of AstraZeneca's shot. See more stories on Insider's…

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National retailer Canadian Tire and Toronto-based autonomous trucking startup NuPort Robotics have partnered with the Ontario government to commercialize automated trucking technology.As part of the process, the three partners will be investing $1 million each to undertake a two-year automated heavy-duty trucking project to test the technology. The Ontario government is supporting the project through…

Rogers signs an agreement to purchase Shaw Communications for $26 billion, the office vacancy rate in Calgary becomes a concerning trend, and dating apps look into background checks.It’s all the tech news that’s popular right now. Welcome to Hashtag Trending! It’s Tuesday, March 16, and I’m your host Baneet Braich.Rogers has signed an agreement to…

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“It has become apparent that can’t remain the status quo,” she said. “We need to be looking at cyber-security issues as part of due diligence and, in fact, taking action almost before the deal is done and before announcement.“The regulatory environment is now considering the purchaser of any company responsible for cyber security issues that…

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Listen to this story Facebook has made what may be its biggest news media deal yet in Australia, a big move forward on the bumpy road the social media giant has traversed with the Australian Government’s much-discussed media bargaining code. Facebook and News Corp have signed a three-year agreement, which will allow Facebook to share…

A crisis – economic or otherwise – is an upsetting of the natural order, a state of rapid and turbulent change, the upheaval of established norms. And it forces all businesses to grapple with two elemental forces: challenge and opportunity.  As we fumble our way towards a post-COVID future, success will go to businesses that…

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An investigation into a security threat to Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani has turned into what could be the script for a Bollywood thriller.On March 14, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), India’s counter-terrorism task force, arrested Mumbai police officer Sachin Vaze on allegations that he was involved in planting a car with explosives outside Ambani’s…

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From AI to serverless computing, these 10 disruptive technologies and trends are transforming the business landscape in the wake of the pandemic and beyond. Metamorworks / Getty Images Until recently, disruption in IT meant something very different than sending everybody home to work for a year. But the COVID-19 pandemic has shaken up the technology…

Intel boosted business value while preserving chip foundry operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s how CIO Archie Deskus executed her transformation. Intel It’s hard to calculate the value of work IT teams have performed, a task made more challenging by a global pandemic that redistributed teams remotely. Chipmaker Intel has taken a stab at this…

At 12:51 pm, the Nifty Bank index was down 2.7 per cent at 34,536 points, as compared to 1.6 per cent decline in the Nifty50 index Topics Nifty Bank index | Buzzing stocks | Markets SI Reporter  |  Mumbai  Last Updated at March 15, 2021 13:16 IST Shares of financials, including banks, were under pressure on Monday, with the…

The wholesale price-based inflation rose for the second consecutive month in February to 4.17 per cent, as food, fuel and power prices spiked. The WPI inflation was 2.03 per cent in January and 2.26 per cent in February last year. After witnessing months of softening of prices, the food articles in February saw 1.36 per…

According to Gaurav Dua, head capital market strategy of Sharekhan, smaller businesses have been hit the most during the pandemic while access to finance is a big challenge.SynopsisTop indices with hefty overseas ownerships – the Nifty and the Sensex – have risen in lockstep with global equities to new summits, but the report cards of…

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Navigation for News Categories The country's largest annual tourism event has been transformed to help local operators prepare for the eventual return of international tourists. Milford Sound. (File photo). Photo: 123RF Each year, TRENZ usually attracts hundreds of international travel buyers to meet with local tourism operators, build relationships and negotiate business deals. It was…

Navigation for News Categories Spectators watching the America's Cup racing have filled several Auckland waterfront hotels this weekend. File photo. Photo: Photo /123RF But the Hotel Council Aotearoa says there are still markedly fewer bookings than the event would have brought without Covid-19 border closures. The council's strategic director, James Doolan, said many other Tāmaki…

General Manager of Champagne Sports Resort, Philip West, spoke to BizNews founder Alec Hogg about the world-class golf course at the resort. The course boasts the longest hole in the country, measuring 605 metres. Surrounded by the majestic Drakensberg mountain range, the 6,100 metre course will provide a thrilling challenge with breathtaking views. It is…

Mercedes-Benz launched some new SUVs recently, all prefixed with the letters GL (Apart from the legendary G-Wagon, of course). I had the opportunity to sample the two mid-sized models, the GLC300d and a GLE450 Coupé. The smaller of the two, the GLC, is powered by a 2.0-litre turbodiesel engine that is rather surprising. It pulls so…

Australian banker Lex Greensill’s Greensill Capital, a start-up that provided short-term cash advances and spun off its loans into bond-like securities has filed for insolvency protection. This after bondholders Credit Suisse stopped investors from moving money in or out of $10bn in supply-chain investment funds when Greensill lost coverage from credit insurers. Backers such as…