Vladimir Putin heaps praises on India & calls Indians talented & driven :ET Nov 5,2022

 

Synopsis

This is the second time in as many weeks that the Russian President has lauded India. Last week Putin has heaped praises on PM Narendra Modi and described him as one of those who conducted an independent foreign policy and is a true patriot.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday heaped praises on Indians describing them “talented” and “driven” and noted that India has much potential without doubts and that it will achieve outstanding results in terms of development.

On the occasion of Russia’s Unity Day on Friday, the Russian president praised India’s potential. “India will achieve outstanding results in terms of its development – there are no doubts – and almost one-and-a-half billion people: now that’s potential,” he said. ..

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Israeli PM Lapid concedes defeat; Netanyahu set to become next Prime Minister :-ET NOV 4 2022

 

                                   

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid Thursday conceded defeat in the general elections and congratulated opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu, whose coalition of right-wing parties secured a comfortable majority in parliament to form the next government and end the political impasse plaguing the country.

With 99 per cent of the ballots counted, Netanyahu-led right-wing bloc has taken a comfortable lead with 64 seats in the 120-member Knesset, paving way for his triumphant return.

Netanyahu's ruling Likud party won 32 seats, while outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid got 24 seats.

The biggest surprise of the polls after the final count was over is the far-right Religious Zionism party which won 14 seats becoming the third largest party.

Netanyahu's other likely coalition partners, Shas and United Torah Judaism won 11 and seven seats, respectively bringing the bloc's total count to 64.

Defence Minister Benny Gantz's National Unity won 12 seats, and Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman got six seats, one more following the counting of the double-envelope votes.

Arab-majority parties Hadash-Ta'al and United Arab List each got five seats but the breakaway Balad party failed to cross the threshold of 3.25 per cent required for a Knesset entry.

Labour, once a ruling party in Israel, got just over the 3.25 per cent electoral threshold winning four seats.

Left-wing party, Meretz, was just a few thousand votes short of making it into the next Knesset, ending a three-decade-long era of political representation for it since its formulation in 1992.

Lapid, who has served as interim prime minister for the past four months, said that he called Netanyahu and congratulated him on his victory.

He further added that he's instructed all departments of the Prime Minister's Office to prepare for an orderly transfer of power."The State of Israel is above any political consideration," Lapid said in a tweet. "I wish Netanyahu luck for the sake of the people of Israel and the State of Israel."

Israelis voted on Tuesday for an unprecedented fifth time in four years to break the political impasse that has paralysed the Jewish nation.

According to the latest updates from the Central Elections Committee, Netanyahu's Likud party will receive 31 seats, Prime Minister Lapid's Yesh Atid 24, Religious Zionism 14, National Unity 12, Shas 11 and United Torah Judaism will have eight seats.

Among the smaller parties to have crossed the 3.25 per cent threshold required to qualify for the Knesset or parliament representation, Yisrael Beytenu will have six lawmakers, Ra'am is likely to win five seats along with Hadash-Ta'al. The Labour Party will win just four seats, according to the update.

The Left-wing Meretz party, which is hovering close to the threshold, seems to have slipped slightly even further from qualification.

Arab party Balad, which split from the broader coalition of the Arab parties to go independent, also seems to be failing the threshold mark.

The Netanyahu-led government would see a sharp drop in women in the coalition.Current results project 9 female lawmakers in parties that back the former prime minister, with none among the ultra-Orthodox factions, according to the Times of Israel newspaper.

Based on these results, the likely Netanyahu-led coalition will have nine female lawmakers — six in his Likud party and three from the far-right Religious Zionism, though the figure could end up rising through ministerial appointments.

The outcome marks a stunning comeback for Netanyahu, who is currently on trial in three corruption cases, after a short stint in opposition.

Israel has been locked in an unprecedented period of political stalemate since 2019, when Netanyahu, the country's longest-serving leader was charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust.

About 6.78 million Israeli citizens were eligible to elect their 25th Knesset.

Some 210,720 new voters were able to vote for the first time, accounting for about four to five seats, adding an interesting dimension to the polls.

Netanyahu's return to power is likely to see an upward trajectory in Indo-Israel ties.

An advocate of strong bilateral ties with India, Netanyahu was the second Israeli Prime Minister to visit India in January 2018. Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his historic visit to Israel, the first by an Indian Prime Minister, in July 2017 when the ‘chemistry' between the two leaders became the subject of intense discussion.

India's relations with Israel have remained steady and strong even with the incumbent leadership, showing distinct signs of further progress with I2U2 (India, Israel, the United States and the United Arab Emirates) and discussions around a Free Trade Agreement, but it has not matched the heightened hype so visible with Netanyahu in power.

For many years, Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving premier, appeared to be politically invincible. But he met with a rude jolt in 2021 after being ousted by an unprecedented coalition of parties whose only common goal was to see his ouster.

Born in Tel Aviv in 1949, Netanyahu holds the record of being the longest-serving Prime Minister in the country's history.

Having served in the position earlier between 1996 and 1999, Netanyahu in 2020 surpassed the record held by one of the Jewish state's founding leaders, David Ben-Gurion. PTI HM AMS VM PY

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SILENT KILLER OF OUR INDIAN GENERATION? PALM OIL OR PALMITIC ACID;-ALL INDIANS MUST READ ;-BY DR.BHAWNA

 Dear Friends!

I am Dr. Bhawna I am working as Councillor for paediatric surgery (PGI).

 I would like to make a small request to you.
 Before that, I would like to share a small piece of information with you.
 Many of you might have read today's newspapers that

 EMRI results say, majority of people having Heart Attack are less than 50 years old.
 *You will be surprised to know the culprit is Palm Oil. It's far far more dangerous than Alchol and Smoking put together.*
 *India is the highest importer for Palm oil in this world.*
 The Palm oil mafia is very very big.
 *Our children, who are the future, are at a big risk.*
 There is no fast food available in this country without Palm Oil.
 If you *go to our grocery store, try to pick up a children's edible food without Palm oil - you will not succeed.*
 You will be interested to know *even Biscuits of big companies are made from it, and similarly all chocolates*. We are made to believe they are healthy, but we never knew about *the killer Palm oil or Palmitic acid*
 The big companies like *Lays use different oil in Western Countries and Palm oil in India* just because it is Cheap.
 Each time our child eats a product with Palm Oil, the brain behaves inappropriately and signals to secrete fat around and in the Heart  *This leads to Diabetes at a very young age.*
 The World Economic Form has projected that 50 percent of people who Die at young age will die of Diabetes and Heart Disease.
 *The Palm Oil mafia has made our Children addicted to Junk Food, leaving the fruits and Vegetables aside, which are Heart protective.*
 Next time you buy something for your child, see the label of the product. If it has Palm oil or Palmolienic oil or Palmitic acid, avoid buying it!
 We, have written to our Hon'ble Prime Minister  and are also in the process of making similar letters from 1 Lakh Doctors across India to take some action to secure our future generations.
 Once again I want to emphasize on impending danger to our children.

 Pls protect our Children. They are the future of our Country! Please forward this message.

 Don't forget to forward this to your close friends and family members. Please note to send. as many persons as possible.

US Fed Meeting Live Updates: Fed raises rates again by 75 bps, but hints at entering end phase; stocks climb ;-mint

 

The US Federal Reserve delivered their fourth straight 75 basis-point interest rate increase while also signalling their aggressive campaign to curtail inflation could be approaching its final phase. The unanimous decision lifts the target for the benchmark federal funds rate to a range of 3.75% to 4%, its highest level since 2008.

International students are accusing Canada of using them for 'cheap labour' :-ET

 

Synopsis

"When they needed us, they exploited us. But when we need their help or support, nobody shows up," Anshdeep Bindra, a former consultant at Ernst & Young in Toronto, told Bloomberg. Indian graduates, who hoped that the permit extension would give them more time to gain Canadian work experience, got mired in a backlog of applications that led to a 10-month shutdown of the system to allow the government to process them.

Foreign students, including many Indians, in Canada are accusing the government of using them as a cheap source of labor and discarding them once they’re no longer needed.

Amid labour shortage and high unemployment rate, which fell to 5.2 per cent this September, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced a new temporary measure aimed at reducing severe labour shortages in Canada.

PM Justin Trudeau's government introduced the permit extension move to over 5,00,000 international students already in Canada to potentially work more hours, and stay for 18 months after graduation to seek employment.

However, after more than a year, some of these permanent-resident hopefuls have been left without status to work or remain in the country, a Bloomberg report said.

"I'm basically sitting at home and living off of my savings... Canada should appreciate foreign students more, not just use them as a form of cheap labour," Daniel D'Souza, an accountant and former student at Seneca College near Toronto, told Bloomberg.

With 1.83 lakh Indian students pursuing education at various levels in the country, Canada is the second most popular destination for Indians pursuing academic degrees at foreign shores.

Canada has processed more than 4.52 lakh study permit applications since January -- a 23 percent increase compared to the 3.67 lakh processed over the same period last year, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said.

In 2021, Canada had over 6.20 lakh of which one-third were from India. Many graduates who were part of the 2021 program, had to leave their jobs when their work permits expired with no guarantee they'll gain permanent residency.

Even if their applications are eventually successful, students face months in limbo with no job, income, or health and social benefits, Bloomberg reported.

"When they needed us, they exploited us. But when we need their help or support, nobody shows up," Anshdeep Bindra, a former consultant at Ernst & Young in Toronto, told Bloomberg.

Indian graduates, who hoped that the permit extension would give them more time to gain Canadian work experience, got mired in a backlog of applications that led to a 10-month shutdown of the system to allow the government to process them.

Once the system was activated, the students found themselves competing with pools of immigrants with much higher-than-normal scores, reducing their chances of gaining permanent residency, the report said.

International students contribute more than C$21 billion ($15.3 billion) annually to the Canadian economy, according to the government data.

Canada is a popular choice among students moving abroad due to its quality education, friendly visa and immigration rules, and better life prospects.

Most Indian students are interested in remaining in Canada as permanent residents after completing their studies.

According to Statistics Canada, international students who get permanent residence tend to integrate quickly into the Canadian labour market due to their previous experience of living in the country on visas.

MEA data show that in the first six months of 2022, as many as 64,667 Indians going abroad for education named the USA as their destination, followed closely by Canada (60,258).

Before the pandemic, in 2019, 1,32,620 Indian students had chosen Canada. In 2020, after Covid--19 broke out, the number dipped to 43,624, before rising sharply to 1,02,688 in 2021, according to the MEA.

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A SAD WAR REALITY

 

STATUTORY AND TAX COMPLIANCE CALENDAR FOR NOVEMBER 2022

 1. Income Tax Income Tax return FY 2021-22(AY 2022-23) 7-Nov-22 "Due date for filing of return of income for AY 2022-23 of following assessees, not having any international or specified domestic transaction,

a. corporate-assessee; or

b. non-corporate assessee (whose books of account are required to be audited); or

c. Partner of a firm whose accounts are required to be audited or the spouse of such partner if the provisions of section 5A applies.

The due date of filing such return was October 31, 2022, earlier and the same got extended vide Circular no. 20/2022, dated 26-10-2022."

2. GST GSTR-7- TDS return under GST Oct-22 10-Nov-22 GSTR 7 is a return to be filed by the persons who are required to deduct TDS (Tax deducted at source) under GST.

3. GST GSTR-8- TCS return under GST Oct-22 10-Nov-22 GSTR-8 is a return to be filed by the e-commerce operators who are required to deduct TCS (Tax collected at source) under GST.

4. GST GSTR-1 Oct-22 11-Nov-22 "1. GST Filing of returns by a registered person with aggregate turnover exceeding INR 5 Crores during the preceding year. 

2. Registered person, with aggregate turnover of less than INR 5 Crores during the preceding year, opted for monthly filing of return under QRMP"

5. GST IFF (Invoice Furnishing Facility) Oct-22 13-Nov-22 GSTR-1 of a registered person with turnover less than INR 5 Crores during the preceding year and who has opted for quarterly filing of return under QRMP.

6. GST GSTR -6 Oct-22 13-Nov-22 Due Date for filing return by Input Service Distributors.

7. Income Tax TDS Certificate Oct-22 14-Nov-22 Due date for issue of TDS Certificate for tax deducted under sections 194-IA, 194-IB, and 194M in the month of August 2022.

8. Income Tax TDS Certificate Sep-22 14-Nov-22 Due date for issuing of TDS Certificate for tax deducted under section 194S in the month of September 2022. Under Section 194S. TDS is deducted on payment made for the transfer of Virtual Digital Assets..

9. Income Tax TCS Certificate Jul-Sep, 2022 15-Nov-22 Quarterly TDS certificate (in respect of tax deducted for payments other than salary) for the quarter ending September 30, 2022.

10. Income Tax Form 24G Oct-22 15-Nov-22 Due date for furnishing of Form 24G by an office of the Government where TDS/TCS for the month of October 2022 has been paid without the production of a challan.

11. Income Tax Form 3BB Oct-22 15-Nov-22 Due date for the furnishing statement in Form no. 3BB by a stock exchange in respect of transactions in which client codes have been modified after registering in the system for the month of October 2022.

12. Labour Law Provident Fund / ESI Oct-22 15-Nov-22 Due Date for payment of Provident fund and ESI contribution for the previous month.

13. GST GSTR - 3B Oct-22 20-Nov-22 "1. GST Filing of returns by a registered person with aggregate turnover exceeding INR 5 Crores during the preceding year.

 2. Registered person, with aggregate turnover of less than INR 5 Crores during the preceding year, opted for monthly filing of return under QRMP."

14. GST GSTR -5 Oct-22 20-Nov-22 GSTR-5 is to be filed by a Non-Resident Taxable Person for the previous month.

15. GST GSTR -5A Oct-22 20-Nov-22 GSTR-5A is to be filed by OIDAR Service Providers for the previous month.

16. GST Due date of Payment of Tax Oct-22 25-Nov-22 Due date of payment of GST liability by the registered person whose aggregate turnover was less than INR 5 Crores during the preceding year and who has opted for quarterly filing of return.

17. GST Due date of Payment of Tax Oct-22 25-Nov-22 Due date of payment of GST liability by the registered person whose aggregate turnover was less than INR 5 Crores during the preceding year and who has opted for quarterly filing of return.

18. Company Law MGT07 FY 2021-22 29-Nov-22 Form  MGT 7 Filing for Companies & OPC. MGT-7 is the annual return filed for every company on a yearly basis containing information about shareholders, directors, etc. as on the last day of the relevant financial year, i.e. 31st March.

19. GST Last date of claiming ITC of FY 2021-22 FY 2021-22 30-Nov-22 Last date of claiming ITC of FY 2021-22 as per Section 16(4) of CGST Act, 2017.

20. Income Tax TDS Challan cum Statement Oct-22 30-Nov-22 Due date for furnishing of challan-cum-statement in respect of tax deducted under section 194-IA, 194-IB, 194-M,  in the month of October 2022.

21. Income Tax Income Tax return FY 2021-22 (AY 2022-23) 30-Nov-22 Return of income for the assessment year 2022-23 of an assessee who is required to submit a report under section 92E pertaining to the international or specified domestic transaction(s).

22. Income Tax Form No. 3CEA FY 2021-22 30-Nov-22 Report in Form No. 3CEA by a constituent entity of an international group for the accounting year 2021-22.

23.  Income Tax Statement of Income Distribution (Form 64) FY 2021-22 30-Nov-22 Statement of income distribution by Venture Capital Company or venture capital fund in respect of income distributed during the previous Year 2021-22.

24.  Income Tax Form 64D FY 2021-22 30-Nov-22 Statement to be furnished in Form No. 64D by Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) to Principal CIT or CIT in respect of income distributed (during the previous year 2021-22) to unit holders.

25 Income Tax Form 64A FY 2021-22 30-Nov-22 Due date for filing of a statement of income distributed by business trust to unit holders during the financial year 2021-22.

26.  Income Tax TDS Challan cum Statement Oct-22 30-Nov-22 Due date for furnishing of challan-cum-statement in respect of tax deducted under section 194S in the month of October 2022.  TDS is deducted on payment made for the transfer of Virtual Digital Asset u/s 194S.

27.  Income Tax TDS Return Jul-Sep, 2022 30-Nov-22 "Quarterly statement of TDS deposited for the quarter ending September 2022. The due date for furnishing of the TDS statement for the quarter ending September 2022 has been extended from October 31, 2022, to November 30, 2022, vide Circular no. 21/2022, dated 27-10-2022".

By.CA.Raj Chawla

Canada uses Indian students for cheap labour & discards them after no longer required : Report :-ET Nov 1,2022

 

According to a media report on Tuesday, several Indian students in Canada claim their country uses them as a cheap labour force and discards them after they are no longer required.

A Bloomberg report highlighted that Immigration Minister Sean Fraser proposed a new temporary measure targeted at easing Canada's chronic labour shortages amid a labour shortfall and high unemployment rate, which reduced to 5.2% this September.

The government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reportedly introduced the permit extension move to more than 5,000,00 international students already studying in Canada, allowing them to stay for an additional 18 months after graduation to look for jobs.

But after more than a year, some of these candidates for permanent residence have been left without the ability to find employment or stay in the nation.

"I'm basically sitting at home and living off of my savings... Canada should appreciate foreign students more, not just use them as a form of cheap labour," Daniel D'Souza, an accountant and former student at Seneca College near Toronto, told Bloomberg.

Canada is the second most popular location for Indians seeking academic degrees abroad, with 1.83 lakh students from India studying there at various levels.

Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said that Canada has received more than 4.52 lakh study visa applications since January, a 23 percent increase from the 3.67 lakh applications filed during the same period previous year.

In 2021, Canada had over 6.20 lakh of which one-third were from India.

Many graduates who were enrolled in the 2021 programme were forced to quit their jobs when their work permits ran out with no assurance that they will be granted permanent status.

Even if their applications are eventually successful, students face months in limbo with no job, income, or health and social benefits, Bloomberg reported.

"When they needed us, they exploited us. But when we need their help or support, nobody shows up," Anshdeep Bindra, a former consultant at Ernst & Young in Toronto, told Bloomberg.

Indian grads who believed that the visa extension would provide them more time to get Canadian work experience became bogged down in a backlog of applications that caused the system to be shut down for ten months while the government processed them.

Once the system was activated, the students found themselves competing with pools of immigrants with much higher-than-normal scores, reducing their chances of gaining permanent residency, the report stated.

According to the government data, international students contribute more than C$21 billion ($15.3 billion) annually to the Canadian economy.

Canada is a popular choice among students moving abroad due to its quality education, friendly visa and immigration rules, and better life prospects.

Most Indian students are interested in remaining in Canada as permanent residents after completing their studies.

According to Statistics Canada, international students who get permanent residence tend to integrate quickly into the Canadian labour market due to their previous experience of living in the country on visas.

MEA data show that in the first six months of 2022, as many as 64,667 Indians going abroad for education named the USA as their destination, followed closely by Canada (60,258).

As per the MEA, before the pandemic, in 2019, 1,32,620 Indian students had chosen Canada. In 2020, after Covid-19 broke out, the number dipped to 43,624, before rising sharply to 1,02,688 in 2021.

Inputs from IANS

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India stands in solidarity, Jaishankar expresses condolences over Seoul tragedy

Crush kills at least 151 at Halloween festivities in Seoul :-ET

 

A mass of mostly young people celebrating Halloween festivities in Seoul became trapped and crushed as the crowd surged into a narrow alley, killing at least 151 people and injuring 150 others in South Korea's worst disaster in years.

Emergency workers and pedestrians desperately performed CPR on people lying in the streets after the crush in the capital's leisure district of Itaewon Saturday night.

Choi Seong-beom, chief of Seoul's Yongsan fire department, said the death toll could rise further and that an unspecified number among the injured were in critical condition.

An estimated 100,000 people had gathered in Itaewon for the country's biggest outdoor Halloween festivities since the pandemic began.

The South Korean government eased COVID-19 restrictions in recent months.

Itaewon, near where the former headquarters of U.S. military forces in South Korea operated before moving out of the capital in 2018, is an expat-friendly district known for its trendy bars, clubs and restaurants.

It was not immediately clear what led the crowd to surge into the narrow downhill alley near the Hamilton Hotel, a major party spot in Seoul. One survivor said many people fell and toppled one another “like dominos” after they were being pushed by others.

The survivor, surnamed Kim, said they were trapped for about an hour and a half before being rescued, as some people shouted “Help me!” and others were short of breath, according to the Seoul-based Hankyoreh newspaper.

Another survivor, named Lee Chang-kyu, said he saw about five to six men push others before one or two began falling, according to the newspaper.

In an interview with news channel YTN, Hwang Min-hyeok, a visitor to Itaewon, said it was shocking to see rows of bodies near the hotel.

He said emergency workers were initially overwhelmed, leaving pedestrians struggling to administer CPR to the injured lying on the streets. People wailed beside the bodies of their friends, he said.

Another survivor in his 20s said he avoided being trampled by managing to get into a bar whose door was open at the alley, Yonhap news agency reported.

A woman in her 20s surnamed Park told Yonhap that she and others were standing along the side of the alley while others caught in the middle of the alley had no escape.

Choi, the fire department chief, said that bodies were being sent to hospitals or a gym, where bereaved family members could identify them. He said most of the and injured are in their 20s.

“Horrific news from Seoul tonight," British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tweeted. "All our thoughts are with those currently responding and all South Koreans at this very distressing time.”

Jake Sullivan, the U.S. national security adviser, tweeted that reports of the disaster were “heartbreaking” and said Washington “stands ready to provide the Republic of Korea with any support it needs.”

The last South Korean disaster this deadly also hit young people the hardest.

In April 2014, 304 people, mostly high school students, died in a ferry sinking.

The sinking exposed lax safety rules and regulatory failures; it was partially blamed on excessive and poorly fastened cargo and a crew poorly trained for emergency situations. Saturday's deaths will likely draw public scrutiny of what government officials have done to improve public safety standards since the ferry disaster.

It was also Asia's second major crushing disaster in a month. On Oct. 1, police in Indonesia fired tear gas at a soccer match, causing a crush that killed 132 people as spectators attempted to flee.

More than 1,700 response personnel from across the country were deployed to the streets to help the wounded, including about 520 firefighters, 1,100 police officers and 70 government workers.

The National Fire Agency separately said in a statement that officials were still trying to determine the exact number of emergency patients.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol issued a statement calling for officials to ensure swift treatment for those injured and review the safety of the festivity sites.

This was the deadliest crushing disaster in South Korean history. In 2005, 11 people were killed and around 60 others were injured at a pop concert in the southern city of Sangju.

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Elon Musk takes control of Twitter, fires top executives including CEO Parag Agrawal . Mint Oct 28,2022

 

Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal is among executives planning to depart as Elon Musk completes his $44 billion deal to take over the social network, according to people familiar with the matter.

Also leaving are Vijaya Gadde, the head of legal, policy and trust; Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal, who joined Twitter in 2017; and Sean Edgett, who has been general counsel at Twitter since 2012, according to people familiar with the matter, who declined to be named because the information isn’t public. 

Twitter didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

Agrawal stepped into the CEO role in November, when co-founder Jack Dorsey unexpectedly resigned. Agrawal had been at Twitter for almost a decade, most recently as chief technology officer, but his run as CEO was quickly disrupted by Musk’s arrival as a major shareholder and increasingly vocal antagonist of its current leadership.

After Musk showed up, it became clear that Agrawal was unlikely to keep his job. “I don’t have confidence in management," Musk said in one early filing about the deal, and the two executives exchanged some public swipes. In May, Elon Musk replied to a Twitter thread from Agrawal defending the company’s user metrics by tweeting back a poop emoji.

Text messages unveiled during the lawsuit show that the two men had a contentious exchange early on during the deal process after Musk asked his followers whether Twitter was “dying." 

Agrawal confronted him via text. “You are free to tweet ‘is twitter dying?’ or anything else about Twitter," he wrote on April 9, “but it’s my responsibility to tell you that it’s not helping me make Twitter better in the current context." Musk fired back, “What did you get done this week?" And then: “I’m not joining the board this is a waste of time."

The following week, in messages with a friend, Musk mocked Agrawal for being on vacation in Hawaii during deal negotiations. “Shouldn’t he be in a war room right now?!?" investor Jason Calacanis messaged Musk. “Does doing occasional zoom calls while drinking fruity cocktails at the Four Seasons count?" Musk replied.

Efforts by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to reconcile Musk, a longtime Dorsey friend, and Agrawal after the deal was announced also ended poorly. “At least it became clear that you can’t work together," Dorsey messaged Musk after a group call. “That was clarifying."

Agrawal won’t be leaving empty handed. As part of the deal, the CEO will vest 100% of his unvested equity awards, according to a filing. Research firm Equilar estimated that means he’ll make an estimated $42 million, Reuters reported.

As Twitter’s head of legal and policy issues, Gadde has overseen the creation and enforcement of rules for hundreds of millions of internet users, including prominent ones that are subject to looser content limitations under the company’s exemptions for newsworthy posts or world leaders’ communications. In acquiring Twitter, Musk has promised to turn it into a less-restrictive platform for free speech, a move he has said is “essential to a functioning democracy." 

Gadde was hit with a spate of online abuse earlier this year after Musk publicly criticized content-related decisions at Twitter. The company permanently banned former US president Donald Trump in January 2021 following his supporters’ attack on the Capitol. Musk’s statements leading up to his purchase of the social-media company have led many to expect the billionaire will restore Trump’s account and reinstate other users who have been blocked for breaking rules on offensive or dangerous content.

"TIMES MAGAZINE CALLED MOSSADEGH "MAN OF THE YEAR" IN 1951.A MUST READ BY ALL.

 

But due to all these things the British lost a lot. The British started many small and big attempts to remove Mossadegh, tried to bribe Mossadegh, tried to assassinate Mossadegh, attempted a military coup, but because Mossadegh was very experienced and intelligent, the British assassination, bribery plot failed and Mossadegh was very popular among the Iranian people. Being popular, a military coup was not possible.

Finally the British asked for help from America. America's CIA approved a $1 million fund to remove Mossadegh. 1 million dollars equals 4250 crore Rials (Iranian currency)

The funds were sent to the American ambassador in Tehran (the capital of Iran). Mossadegh wanted to completely end the monarchy in Iran and give all the power to the parliament, so the emperor of Iran was also on the side of England and America. Their plan was to create discontent against Mossadegh and remove popular support from him, then overthrow his government with the help of corrupt parliamentarians.

A large number of Iranian journalists, editors, Muslim clerics were paid 631 crore Riyals by the US and those journalists, editors and Muslim clerics had only one thing to do in return, which was to incite the people against Mossadegh. Members of the Iranian Parliament were paid 46 million Rials each to spread propaganda about Mossadegh's work. Thousands of Iranians were paid to participate in the false protest. They started marching on the Parliament. Big media around the world also started supporting America. Mossadegh began to be referred to as "the Dictator" in the "New York Times". "Times" magazine called Mossadegh's choice dangerous. Opposition to Mossadegh began at a very low level, with cartoons depicting him as gay.

Realizing that his government was about to be overthrown by corrupt MPs, Mossadegh dissolved the parliament, and finally the US forced the Iranian emperor to remove Mossadegh from his post as prime minister. (Since Mossadegh had the authority to accept or reject the order, he decided to arrest him if he refused the order)
But Mossadegh's soldiers arrested the army unit that had come to arrest him, and upon learning this, the Emperor of Iran fled to Baghdad.

Finally, by paying a bribe of 210 million Rials, the US instigated fake riots in the capital of Iran, with mercenaries on both sides.
Rioters attack Mossadegh's house, Mossadegh is forced to flee, military overthrows power, a puppet becomes prime minister citing the old order of the emperor.

After the emperor returned to Iran, Mossadegh surrendered, was put on trial, imprisoned, and then held under house arrest until his death. (Mossadegh died in custody at the age of 85.)

After that America and England shared 40% - 40% of Iranian oil and the remaining 20% was given to other European companies.

For decades the Iranian people had to live under the dictatorship of the Shah, a revolution ended the monarchy but then the fanatical Khomeini came to power and made the Iranian people even worse.

What was Mossadegh's crime..? "Sectors of our country should be dominated by indigenous companies instead of foreign companies!" This policy is his crime..? Under Mossadegh's leadership, Iran would have become a fully democratic country before 1955, and 100% of the oil production would have benefited Iran. The decades of torture inflicted on the Iranian people would not have happened.

With a strong democracy and a government that favors indigenous companies, Iran would probably be a more prosperous country than Saudi Arabia today. But Iran's corrupt parliamentarians, journalists, editors, protestors sold Iran's rich future for just one million dollars.

During this period of oppression, the Iranian people began to realize that America had a hand in overthrowing Mossadegh's government. In 1979, the Iranians detained Americans in the US embassy for 444 days, and 77 volumes of documents the Iranians found in the embassy were released. In which there was evidence of how America helped the oppressive puppets in Iran.

That's why Iranians call America, *"Satan's Country"*.

Mossadegh could not complete the policy of breaking the dominance of foreign companies and promoting indigenous companies, he had accepted enmity with the two superpowers of the world. In the end he had an unfortunate end, as in Bollywood films the hero doesn't win every time.

Finally who is the real villain for Iran..? Journalists, editors, MPs, activists who have been sold to America? If these people had not been sold, the people would have stood behind Mossadegh, America would not have succeeded like England. But for four paise, the patriotic leader was called "Kumshah" and soon the whole country was ruined. 

Our country 'India' is also on the same path today. It is a great misfortune that the common citizens do not notice the ongoing conspiracies, unless they suffer endless atrocities. It is wise to be alert in time and not fall prey to this very corrupt media propaganda, trust our patriotic present Indian leadership and stand firmly behind it.

Otherwise a disaster like Iran is inevitable....and this is why intelligence agencies of big capitalist countries are working day and night. These intelligence agencies are making many politicians of India work as their agents and they are also working with the aim of selling the country for dirty money. *It is no longer a secret that all our opposition parties have been leading this since 2014.*

It is said that our destiny is in our own hands, we just need to understand it properly.

Jai Hind 🇮🇳 🚩
The author of this text was the representative of India in Iran.

Compilation : - Ganesh Kr. Narayankar. Kolhapur.

Which single person caused the greatest damage to India or Indian society? How? Replied thru Quora by Yash Hegde

 

This guy.

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill. Many of you may know that, this guy was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 (later again from 1951 to 1955).

Now I don't like writing long answers, so I'll try to keep it short, the way I like.

1. World war 2 was at it's peak.
2. United kingdom was having a tough time with the resources.
3. India was a British colony back then (Unfortunately).
4. Churchill ordered to divert the essential resources/supplies, from civilians in Bengal to the United Kingdom.
5. The civilians in Bengal had nothing to eat, causing “The Great Bengal Famine”
6. Result? 4 Million people died of starvation.

Apparently, when Churchill was informed about this famine. All he had to say was, “Why hasn't Gandhi died yet”.

Give me one good reason, why this guy should be looked upon as a hero while on the other hand Hitler is a synonym for Satan. Hypocrisy?

[IRONY TIME : He even managed to do the peace sign, in the first pic. LOL.]

CBDT extends deadline for filing TDS for non-salary transactions till November 30

 The Central Board of Direct Taxes on Thursday extended the deadline for filing quarterly TDS statement in Form 26Q for the June quarter by a month till November 30. Form 26Q is used for quarterly filing of TDS returns on payments other than salary.

"Considering the difficulties in filing of TDS statement in the revised and updated Form 26Q, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the due date of filing of Form 26Q for the second quarter of financial year 2022-23 from 31st October, 2022 to 30th November, 2022," CBDT said in a statement.

The form captures details of total amount paid and tax deducted on such payments during the quarter. It would include payments on account of interest on securities, dividend, winnings from lotteries and crossword puzzles, rent, interest other than interest on securities, fees for professional or technical services.

Read more at:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/cbdt-extends-deadline-for-filing-tds-for-non-salary-transactions-till-november-30/articleshow/95125347.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

 

TOO HILARIOUS

 

Source:-Grand Ole Times at Fb

UK Political Crisis LIVE Updates: Rishi Sunak to be Britain’s next prime minister as challenger Mordaunt withdraws from contest:-TOI

 Rishi Sunak was declared the next leader of Britain's Conservative Party by the head of the 1922 Committee of Conservative lawmakers on Monday, placing him on course to be the country's next prime minister. The committee sets the rules for selecting and changing the party's leader.