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The Mauritius tax treaty came into sharper focus in 2001 when the stock market scam linked to Ketan Parekh blew up, leading to a probe by a Joint Parliamentary Committee.

The rapid decline in India’s poverty levels over the last decade augurs well for the country’s efforts to eradicate poverty.

There’s no correlation between when it hits Kerala and how much it rains, where.

India completes 25 years of the beginning of economic reforms this July. Starting today, The Indian Express will publish findings from an e-symposium that brings together recent research by The World Bank on poverty in

The Federal Alliance that has the UDMF and other two dozen parties and ethic groups began their street protest aimed at paralysing the entire secretariat including that of the Prime Minister's office since Sunday.

In a report tabled in Gujarat Assembly in 2012, the CAG severely criticised GSPC’s operations in KG block, and said “numerous faulty investment and destructive administrative decisions” had led to a loss of Rs 7,000

The new books by the Rajasthan government mention PM Modi's Mann ki Baat and Swachh Bharat Mission along with tales from Ramayana and Mahabharata. Syllabus to inculcate ‘traditional indian’ values.

Rocky Yadav, accused of killing Gaya youth Aditya Sachdeva on May 7, got the alleged murder weapon on the ‘sports quota’.

The legal basis for extradition with states with whom India does not have an extradition treaty -- described as “non-Treaty States” -- is provided by Section 3(4) of the Indian Extradition Act, 1962.

The date of the arrival of the monsoon has little bearing on, and is largely inconsequential to, the amount of rainfall that is received during the season. Late arrival does not mean less rains during

There is an atmosphere of uncertainty over the fate of Rajdev's case

Phase I of the Ken-Betwa linking could roll soon. The background to what is probably India’s most ambitious infra plan — and the status of its first project.

The medicines in question failed the disintegration criteria, according to drug safety alerts posted on the website of Central Drugs and Standards Control Authority (CDSCO).

Wrestler Sushil Kumar, the greatest ever Indian athlete, may not, in fact, make it to the Olympics later this year. Indian Express explains how, and why.

The full tax impact of the protocol will fall on investments beginning April 1, 2019, when capital gains will attract tax at the full domestic rates of 15% and 40%.

The picture showed four children in a garbage yard at Peravoor in Kannur, seemingly foraging for food.

In India, suicide was the leading cause of death among youngsters (10-24) years with 62,960 deaths in 2013. What is alarming is that 28.65 lakh youngsters (10-24 years) have suffered depressive disorders in 2013.

With public mistrust of India already at a high, Oli's government is feeding rumours about the Indian hand meddling in the country’s affairs.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is conducting the NEET in the current year only in English and Hindi.

A draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill put in the public domain last week has triggered panic and outrage for its allegedly draconian provisions.

Uttarakhand Speaker has served the interests of his party very effectively by allowing the passage of a money backed by a minority.

Destabilizing tactics used in Uttarakhand will worry smaller parties and legislative governance requiring their cooperation will become tougher for the BJP.

The BSP had announced that its two MLAs Sarwat Karim Ansari and Haridas would support Congress in the floor test of Uttarakhand early on Tuesday morning.

The decades of the 70s and 80s were especially notorious for its misuse — and almost all dispensations have used the provision during their time in power at the Centre.

Indian Express explains a significant reform — given the bad-loan crisis in banking, and cases of default such as Mallya’s.