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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday introduced New Income Tax Bill 2025

 1.Kazakhstan's First Deputy Minister of Defence— Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Lt Gen Sultan Kamaletdinov, held separate meetings with Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan and Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi on Monday about advancing bilateral cooperation and expanding military-to-military ties.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-kazakhstan-discuss-ways-to-boost-defence-cooperation-military-ties/article69922653.ece

2.British authorities arrested almost one in five people they checked in a week-long crackdown on migrants working illegally as delivery riders last month, the government's interior ministry said on Saturday.Immigration enforcement officers stopped and questioned 1,780 individuals between July 20 and 27 and 280 people were arrested, the interior ministry said, adding asylum support was being reviewed for 53 of those detained.

https://www.livemint.com/news/world/uk-arrests-280-in-crackdown-on-illegal-delivery-riders-11754694152780.html

3.Income Tax Bill 2025 -Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday introduced the revised version of the New Income Tax Bill, 2025, that seeks to replace the existing Income Tax Act, 1961. The Bill was presented after after including “almost all of the recommendations of the Select Committee.”

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/nirmala-sitharaman-tables-revised-income-tax-bill-in-lok-sabha-11754902480355.html

4.Tata Group hospitality firm Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL) on Monday (August 11) announced that its board of directors and a duly constituted committee have approved the acquisition of controlling stakes in two hospitality firms — ANK Hotels Private Limited and Pride Hospitality Private Limited — for a combined amount of up to ₹204 crore.

https://www.cnbctv18.com/market/stocks/ihcl-share-price-to-acquire-51-pc-stake-in-ank-hotels-and-pride-hospitality-for-rs-204-crore-midscale-segment-19652177.htm/amp

5.The Jammu Kashmir Food & Drug Administration has issued a direction prohibiting the use of synthetic food colours in ready to eat food items, particularly, meat-based food items. As per reports, the state FDA has issued a public notice in this regard, citing, health risks associated with synthetic food colours. 

http://www.fnbnews.com/Top-News/jk-fda-prohibits-use-of-synthetic-colours-in-ready-to-eat-food-items-84502

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