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How can a ₹2-crore BMW i7 draws same ₹8,000 tax as ₹12-lakh Punch.ev

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-24T13:57:25+00:00

At the heart of it is a deceptively simple rule: under the revised framework, a ₹2 crore BMW i7 now carries the same taxable perquisite value as a ₹12 lakh Tata Punch EV, a flat ₹8,000 a month, irrespective of what the car costs. For luxury OEMs that have long struggled to crack the corporate fleet market, it is the opening they have been waiting for

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Cavriago e Fiumalbo, quei paesi divisi da 100 km dove vincono ancora Peppone e Don Camillo

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-03-24T13:55:06+00:00

Nel referendum tanti risultati hanno sorpreso, ma c’è stata anche la storica conferma dei due comuni emiliani. Quello in provincia di Reggio col busto di Lenin, ha superato anche Bologna nel voto per il No, mentre quello in provincia di Modena, dove la Dc arrivava al 48%, è stato la roccaforte del Sì

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Telangana Govt staff to get 20% discount on EVs

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-24T13:54:33+00:00

In a first in the country, State Govt ties up EV makers to push EV adoption

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : Paris exhorte Israël « à s’abstenir » de s’emparer d’une zone du sud du Liban courant de la frontière jusqu’au fleuve Litani

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-24T13:44:16+00:00

« Les centaines de milliers de résidents du sud du Liban qui ont été évacués vers le nord ne retourneront pas au sud du Litani tant que la sécurité des habitants du nord d’Israël ne sera pas assurée », a-t-elle prévenu.

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Russia launches fresh wave of strikes on civilian areas across Ukraine

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-24T13:41:00+00:00

Moscow appears to step up spring offensive amid concerns international focus on Iran war leaves Kyiv more vulnerableRussia has launched a fresh wave of missile and drone strikes on civilian areas across Ukraine, killing at least five people, as Moscow appears to be stepping up a spring offensive intended to break Ukrainian resistance along the front.Moscow fired nearly 400 long-range drones and 23 cruise missiles overnight, Ukraine’s air force said, marking one of the largest attacks in weeks after a relative lull. Continue reading...

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Texas residents feel homes shake miles away from oil refinery explosion

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-24T13:38:25+00:00

Images and videos online showed large plume of smoke and flames billowing out from refinery, but no one was injuredSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxAn oil refinery fire near the Texas coast was put out on Tuesday and a temporary shelter-in-place order was lifted, hours after a large explosion at the complex shot plumes of smoke into the air, officials said.No one was injured in Monday’s explosion at the Valero refinery in Port Arthur, about 90 miles (145km) east of Houston, said Charlotte M Moses. The Port Arthur mayor had urged residents in parts of

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Afghanistan Frees American Dennis Coyle from Detention

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-03-24T13:33:50+00:00

Dennis Walter Coyle, a researcher held since last year, was released weeks after the United States declared Afghanistan a “state sponsor of wrongful detention.”

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LaGuardia pilots raised safety alarms months before deadly runway crash

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-24T13:33:42+00:00

Nasa reports show repeated warnings of close calls before crash that killed two pilots and injured 41 othersSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxPilot safety concerns about New York’s LaGuardia airport were filed to aviation officials months before Sunday’s collision between an airplane and a firetruck left two pilots dead and 41 other people hospitalized.According to the aviation safety reporting system administered by the US space agency Nasa, a pilot using the airport in the summer wrote, “Please do something,” after air traffic controllers failed to

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We are set to create a new Kerala: Chennithala

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-24T13:21:50+00:00

Says the anti-incumbency of the government is definitely going to be favourable for the UDF

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