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From Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya: 714 Indians named in Paradise Papers

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  India ranks 19th out of the 180 countries covered under the leaked data in terms of the number of names involved LATEST NEWS :  A fresh, vast leak of financial records, dubbed the Paradise Papers , has shined the light on how global corporate giants and hedge funds allegedly skirted taxes and the apparently hidden wealth of prominent Indians. This cache of 13.4 million documents follows over a year after the release of the Panama papers and includes names of Indians such as Amitabh Bachchan, MoS Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha, and Vijay Mallya, among others, reported Indian Express. The paper has not suggested any illegality associated with the leaked names. India ranks 19th out of the 180 countries covered under the leaked data in terms of the number of names involved, reported the Indian Express on Monday. Further, according to the report, 714 Indians find mention in the papers. The leaked data, obtained by German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, as was the case...

No graft charges against govt, but no relief for common man too: Yashwant

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Sinha says he would have opposed it "tooth and nail" had he been the Finance Minister. LATEST NEWS :  Dissident BJP chief Yashwant Sinha stays unfazed by all the grievance he has confronted for his sturdy critique of the financial system and asserts that lack of jobs will be a prime issue inside the subsequent Lok Sabha elections. He also feels any try at polarising voters on issues just like the Ram temple or Article 370 of the constitution will now not paintings on a country-wide foundation. On demonetisation, which he has been strongly important of, Sinha says he might have adversarial it "tooth and nail" had he been the Finance Minister. "I sense vindicated (at the Indian express article attacking the authorities's dealing with of the financial system). My first pride is that the problem is being debated. there may be quite an informed debate happening. I stand by the records and figures I quoted. I see no symptoms to this point o...

Aadhaar, PAN or passport must for booking flight tickets soon

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Aadhaar would not be made mandatory but would be an option, Jayant Sinha sai Latest news : Soon, you will need to provide an identity card while buying an air ticket. The Civil Aviation Ministry will frame regulations which would make it mandatory for a passenger to provide his identity card number while booking a flight. Air travellers are already required to carry a copy of their identity card while entering an airport. Now, a digital unique identification such as Aadhaar , PAN (Permanent Account Number), Passport Number is being proposed for air passengers, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha said. This is part of the initiatives that the ministry is undertaking to use technology in order to make airport check-in seamless and formation of a no-fly list. The ministry had conceptualised the idea of a no-fly list after a Shiv Sena MP hit an Air India MP on board leading to all airlines boycotting him. The ministry has also set up a digital traveller work...