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Fruit pulp, juice-based carbonated drinks not akin to water, attract 12%, not 28% GST, says Gauhati HC
Shishir Sinha
Fruit pulp or fruit juice based drinks or carbonated drinks would attract 12 per cent GST and not 28 per cent, Gauhati High Court has said. This could give various companies a sigh a relief as many ...[Continue Reading]
BusinessLine
about 1 year ago
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As arrests at anti-ICE protests piled up, prosecutions crumbled
A.C. Thompson, Gabrielle Schonder
The National Guard soldiers in desert camo piled out of unmarked vans in East Los Angeles last June, cordoning off East Sixth Street, a residential street lined with single family houses, and blockin ...[Continue Reading]
Salon
1 day ago
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Hungarys Lessons for Trumps Opponents
Idrees Kahloon
To the outside world, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbn began his rule as a pariahan obstreperous, often lone dissenter from European Union policies, especially over migration. Then he became a ...[Continue Reading]
The Atlantic
1 day ago
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30 years of Pokmonhow the Japanese franchise mirrors real-world science
Kendra Pierre-Louis, Sushmita Pathak, Alex Sugiura
Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific Americans Science Quickly, Im Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. The year is 1998. Brandy and Monicas hit song The Boy Is Mine is all over the radio ...[Continue Reading]
Scientific American
1 day ago
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The Real Reason Republicans Want to Privatize the TSA
Monica Potts
President Donald Trump and the conservative think tanks that inspire his policies want to privatize the Transportation Security Administration screeners who check your bags and bodies before you fly. ...[Continue Reading]
The New Republic
1 day ago
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My Girlfriend Is Prowling for Rich Ladies at the Cinema. I Dont Like It One Bit.
Kristin Wong
Pay Dirt is Slates money advice column.Have a question? Send it to Kristin and Ilyce here. (Its anonymous!) Dear Pay Dirt, My girlfriend and I are in our 20s, and were both struggling to move up in ...[Continue Reading]
Slate Magazine
1 day ago