Ukrainian refugees who carried their pets as they fled their homes will be allowed to bring the animals into the UK without paperwork or facing vaccine and quarantine bills, The Independent has learnt. The government is preparing to announce emergency measures to make it easier for the victims of war to keep their cats and dogs with them rather than abandoning them in countries en route to the UK, such as Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Germany. With more than 2.5 million Ukrainians having been fo

IPOH: The 22-year-old babysitter who allegedly slammed a baby boy’s head against the floor has claimed trial to an attempted murder charge at the Sessions Court here. Nursahidah Amran pleaded not guilty to the charge under Section 307 of the Penal Code before Sessions judge Norita Mohd Ardani. She also pleaded not guilty to an alternative charge under Section 31( 1)( a) of the Child Act for abuse that could cause physical injury. According to both charge sheets, Nursahidah is said to have commit

PETALING JAYA: The International Civil Aviation Organisation( ICAO) needs to create effective measures to ensure the sustainability of the aviation industry, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong. The Transport Minister said rising fuel prices due to macro factors and conflicts remain a big challenge for civil aviation." I discussed the difficulties that the aviation industry and its related industry players continue to face even after the pandemic has entered the period of transition to an endemic ph

Ukrainian refugees who carried their pets as they fled their homes will be allowed to bring the animals into the UK without paperwork or facing vaccine and quarantine bills, The Independent has learnt. The government is preparing to announce emergency measures to make it easier for the victims of war to keep their cats and dogs with them rather than abandoning them in countries en route to the UK, such as Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Germany. With more than 2.5 million Ukrainians having been fo

The Reserve Bank on Friday retained the GDP forecast for the current financial year at 9.5 per cent and flagged global semiconductor shortages, elevated commodity prices and potential global financial market volatility as downside risks to economic growth.In his address after the three-day meeting of the rate-setting panel, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said recovery in aggregate demand gathered pace in August-September, and it is reflected in high-frequency indicators, like railway freight traff

In a sudden move, the Securities and Exchange Board of India( SEBI) has barred exchanges from launching new futures contracts in paddy( non-basmati rice), wheat, chana, mustard seeds and its derivatives, soybean and its derivatives, crude palm oil and moong for one year. The order that will come into immediate effect is meant to check rising prices of some of them, mainly oilseed complexes and also pulses. The market regulator said that no new contracts will be allowed on these commodities for a

Private consumption is back driven by festive spending, and the medium-term economic outlook remains bullish as the innate strength of the macro-fundamentals reasserts itself, the Reserve Bank Bulletin said on Wednesday.... " In India, the slack in speed observed in the second quarter of 2024-25 is behind us as private consumption is back to being the driver of domestic demand with festival spending lighting up real activity in Q3," it said.... The article, prepared by a team led by RBI Deputy

NEW DELHI( Reuters)-India has invited bids for the privatisation of Indian Medicines Pharmaceutical Corporation, the government said on Thursday.... The remaining 1.89%, held by Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam Ltd., a firm owned by the northern state of Uttarakhand, will also be offloaded through the transaction.... The government previously tried to sell Indian Medicines Pharmaceutical in 2019....

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday that she believes income tax filings will increase multifold from the current level of 70 million to 482 million by 2047.... For this TO READ THE FULL STORY, SUBSCRIBE NOW NOW AT JUST RS 249 A MONTH.... 1699 Opt for auto renewal and save Rs....

From arts and culture to technological developments, India plans to showcase its ‘soft power and civilisational heritage’ during the Group of Twenty( G20) Leaders’ Summit in the national capital later TO READ THE FULL STORY, SUBSCRIBE NOW NOW AT JUST RS 249 A MONTH.... Subscribe To Insights Key stories on business-standard. com are available to premium subscribers only. Already a BS Premium subscriber?... 1999 Select What you get on Business Standard Premium?...