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Latest Research: Twittering is injurious to health...
Just look at it this way. How did this entire sorry episode see the light of the day? Just because of the law of unintended consequences. Because two silly and pompous twitterers were dumb enough to start twittering against each other in the wee hours, waking up everybody in the process. Had they not done so, no questions would have been asked, the CBI may well have kept its little file discreetly in hiding, and all would have been well and elegant and the party would have gone on.Ever notice how neatly the two Union ministers who were loudly accused of issuing not very subtle threats to the Rendezvous owners neatly got away? Simply because they don’t twitter. They lie below the radar. Smoking may not be the only thing injurious to health. Twittering may be as bad, as Shashi Tharoor and Lalit Modi will tell you.
Didn't expect that did ya!
What started out as innocent tweets of accusation, have led to a political divide that puts politicians, celebrities and parties (both congress and bjp) to disgrace.
And it all started because of a tweet. I guess the guys twitter.com have a clause somewhere to protect them from such issues, career or domestic wise.
Oh, and pls retweet if you have the time!
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Indian Reforms - Act 3
The simplification of the Indian Tax Laws - IMHO - is one of the best things I've heard this year. Not just for me... I'm NRI... (i'm least bothered) but for the common man. Given that I've worked in Tax Consultancy... and understand a wee bit about this... I'm glad to see this proposal be put forward.
We need it - desperately. The common man should not be at the mercy of a tax consultant to help his country (by paying taxes).But having said that... I also fret.. why the hell do we pay taxes? So the government can spend it in the least efficient way! By building statues across India (instead of pumping money into education, healthcare and infrastructure - how about fixing a few roads?) Has anyone in the government considered the output for each rupee invested? People say you can't run a country like a business... but that's exactly what the Indian government is doing... charging high premium for mediocre (more like below par) services... running India like a bankrupt business. We need a miracle.Amen.Comments [0]
This is why India will NEVER become a superpower!
On 20 July, ‘The Wall Street Journal’, which has a content sharing partnership with ‘Mint’, revealed that the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had stepped up scrutiny of offshore accounts and foreign income. The newspaper expects this scrutiny to cover several tens of thousands of taxpayers.
This is in addition to moves made by the US government to pressure Swiss bank UBS AG to release the names of 52,000 American account holders in order to catch tax evaders.
Compare this with India’s moves to catch tax evaders. Telgi’s diverted funds from the stamp paper scam remain unearthed. Hasan Ali’s assets remain unattached. And there is no sign of any pressure being applied on Swiss banks and tax havens with secrecy laws to reveal names of Indian investors.
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Pick on the small man... go for it India!
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India will have to fall back on manpower
What could save India is remittances by non-resident Indians and software receipts from overseas, both of which are registered under an accounting head called invisible receipts. The result: Whether India likes it or not, it will have to fall back on manpower exports more aggressively than ever.
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Read my previous post... and tell me how we can do business, or send money to India... when the banking "system" just decides one fine day... NOT TO WORK... (Afterthought: Why do we become NRIs? Because we want to make more money, better lifestyle and fed up of politics in India!)
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PSU bank staff begin 2-day strike... what for???
ATMs are full with cash and I hope common people would not be affected for these two days,” said M D Mallya, chairman and managing director at state-run Bank of Baroda.
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Yeah... "common" people like those who work for private banks, end up in hospital because they were trying to serve the very ppl who pay their salaries! Strike for what? Because some A$$hole wanted to go on strike... and dictated the terms.
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