Karnataka govt promulgates ordinance to impose 28% tax on online gaming
The additional tax will also be imposed on racecourses, and casinos following the consent of Governor Thawarchand Gehlot. It is estimated that the state would get Rs 1,500 crore in revenue following the implementation of additional tax, according to Commissioner for Commercial Taxes, C. Shikha.
Updated On – 11:27 PM, Fri – 29 September 23
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Friday promulgated an ordinance to amend the Karnataka Goods and Services Tax Act to facilitate the imposition of 28 per cent GST on online gaming.
The additional tax will also be imposed on racecourses, and casinos following the consent of Governor Thawarchand Gehlot. It is estimated that the state would get Rs 1,500 crore in revenue following the implementation of additional tax, according to Commissioner for Commercial Taxes, C. Shikha.
The move by the state government comes ahead of the Central government’s proposed implementation of the tax regime from October 1. The Karnataka government has promulgated the ordinance as the state Legislature is not in session.
Karnataka is one of the major states to promulgate the ordinance after Maharashtra and Haryana. However, the new legislation will not affect the existing laws and will not prohibit, restrict or regulate betting in casinos, gambling, horse racing, lottery and online gaming, sources stated.
The sources also added that the charging of additional taxes won’t legitimise betting and criminal activity with the betting activities will be dealt with criminal prosecution.
The Ccentral government had directed the states to pass the ordinance in assemblies or promulgate the ordinance by September 30 to implement 28 per cent GST on online gaming from October 1.
Iran’s Air Defense Force ‘absolute power’ in region: Top commander
The commander of the Iranian Army’s Air Defense Force has underlined the unit’s remarkable military capabilities as an irrefutable fact, saying the force is an “absolute power” in the West Asia region.
Brigadier General Alireza Sabahi-Fard made the statement on the sidelines of a ceremony held on Friday to commemorate 108 martyrs of the Army’s Air Defense Force during Iraq’s imposed war on Iran in the 1980s.
“We started eight years of imposed war with hardly any equipment, all of which was bought from abroad and we were totally dependent,” Sabahi-Fard said.
“Today, the powerful air defense force of the Army has the most advanced and adequate indigenous equipment in the fields of detection, interception, conflict, and information systems in the world,” he added.
Stressing that Iran’s assertion of being an “absolute power in air defense in the region” is an undeniable fact, Sabahi Fard said, “[Our] Air defense has something to say at the world level. Of course, our enemies are cognizant of this power.”
The general also affirmed that the Islamic Republic of Iran’s airspace is the safest in the whole world thanks to the efforts of the country’s Air Defense Force and its cutting-edge equipment.
Iranian military experts and engineers have in recent years made remarkable breakthroughs in manufacturing a broad range of indigenous equipment, making the armed forces self-sufficient.
Iranian officials have made clear that the country will not hesitate to strengthen its military capabilities, including its missile power, which are entirely meant for defense, and that Iran’s defense capabilities will be never open for negotiations.
Ravindra, Williamson Shines As NZ Beat Pakistan in Cricket WC Warm-Up
Kane Williamson showed his class in his first competitive outing in six months while Rachin Ravindra sizzled at the top of the order as New Zealand gunned down a 346-run target in their opening World Cup warm-up game against Pakistan Hyderabad on Friday. Barring the openers, Pakistan batters including Mohammad Rizwan (103 retired hurt off 91), Babar Azam (80 off 84) and Saud Shaukeel (75 off 53) had a good hit in the middle, helping their team post a daunting 345 for five in 50 overs.
New Zealand cruised to the target in 43.4 overs with contributions from Ravindra (97 off 72), Williamson (54 off 50), Daryl Mitchell (59 retired hurt off 57) and Mark Chapman (65 not out off 41).
While Pakistan had all 15 squad members to choose from in the first of their two practice games before the tournament proper, New Zealand had the option of trying out 14 players with Tim Southee yet to arrive in India as he continues to recover from a thumb injury.
Ravindra, batting at the top in place of Will Young, gave the team management another opening option alongside Devon Conway, who lasted only one ball in the steep run chase.
With the focus firmly on managing players’ workload ahead of the main competition, Williamson walked back into the dressing room after scoring a sublime half-century.
Williamson, who continues his knee rehabilitation from the injury he suffered in the IPL in March, only came out to bat on Friday and will not be part of the World Cup opener against England on October 5.
However, considering the way he batted against the Pakistan attack, it certainly seemed he was ready on the batting front if not the other areas of the game.
A couple of back foot punches in the cover region off a seriously quick Haris Rauf showed that Williamson was very much close to his best.
Ravindra at the other end pretty much dealt in boundaries with his first 24 runs coming off only fours. His entertaining innings comprised 16 fours and a six.
Number four Mitchell put New Zealand on the cusp of a comfortable win before retiring out. Chapman and Jimmy Neesham then bullied an ordinary-looking Pakistan attack to pick up a confidence-boosting win for New Zealand.
While the majority of the Pakistan batters would be pleased with their efforts, the bowlers have plenty to worry about.
Star pacer Shaheen Afridi did not bowl in the game, allowing Haris Rauf and Hasan Ali to audition for the new ball in the absence of injured Naseem Shah.
Rauf bowled only a four over spell and leaked 36 runs without a wicket. Hasan Ali, who is back in the Pakistan set up after nine months, was decent in his opening spell before going for runs in the later stages of New Zealand innings.
Leggie Shadab Khan did not bowl and Usama Mir (2/68 in 10) took couple of wickets in his absence. Part-time spinner Salman Agha (1/60 in 8) was easy meat for the opposition and so was left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz (0/55 in 7). Mohammad Wasim Jr (1/58 in 7) too proved expensive on a tough day for the bowlers.
After Pakistan opted to bat, Babar played his trademark drives on the off-side and ended with eight fours and two sixes. The game was played behind closed doors as it coincided with festivities surrounding Ganesh idol immersion.
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European Countries Record Hottest September Amid Warmest Year In History
Several European countries announced their hottest Septembers on record. (Representational)
Paris, France:
Austria, France, Germany, Poland and Switzerland announced their hottest Septembers on record on Friday, in a year expected to be the warmest in human history as climate change accelerates.
The unseasonably warm weather in Europe came after the EU climate monitor said earlier this month that global temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere summer were the hottest on record.
French weather authority Meteo-France said the September temperature average in the country will be around 21.5 degrees Celsius (70.7 degrees Fahrenheit), between 3.5C and 3.6C above the 1991-2020 reference period.
Average temperatures in France have been exceeding monthly norms consistently for almost two years.
In neighbouring Germany, weather office DWD said this month was the hottest September since national records started, almost 4C higher than the 1961-1990 baseline.
Poland’s weather institute announced September temperatures were 3.6C higher than average and the hottest for the month since records began more than 100 years ago.
National weather bodies in the Alpine nations of Austria and Switzerland also recorded their hottest-ever average September temperatures, a day after a study revealed Swiss glaciers lost 10 percent of their volume in two years amid extreme warming.
The Spanish and Portuguese national weather institutes warned abnormally warm temperatures were going to hit this weekend, with the mercury topping 35C in parts of southern Spain on Friday.
Records ‘systematically’ broken
Scientists say climate change driven by human activity is driving global temperatures higher, with the world at around 1.2C of warming above pre-industrial levels.
The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service told AFP earlier this month that 2023 is likely to be the hottest year humanity has experienced.
Higher temperatures are likely to be on the horizon as the El Nino weather phenomenon — which warms waters in the southern Pacific and beyond — has only just begun.
The disruption to the planet’s climate systems is making extreme weather events like heatwaves, drought, wildfires and storms more frequent and intense, causing greater losses of life and property.
World leaders will gather in Dubai from November 30 for crunch UN talks aimed at curbing the worst effects of climate change, including limiting warming to 1.5C, a goal of the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement.
Slashing planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions — notably by phasing out the consumption of polluting gas, oil and coal — climate finance and boosting renewable energy capacity will be at the heart of the discussions.
“Until we reach carbon neutrality, heat records are going to be systematically broken week after week, month after month, year after year,” UN climate report lead author Francois Gemenne told AFP this week.
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Woman Beheaded Over 'Affair' In UP, Husband And Stepsons Arrested
Police said the accused have confessed to the murder.
Banda:
A headless body of a woman was found in Chamraha village here with four of her fingers missing, police said on Friday.
The woman, aged about 30-35 years, was only partially clothed and her head was found at some distance from her body, Superintendent of Police Ankur Agarwal said.
She was identified as Maya Devi, wife of Ramkumar Ahirwar, a resident of Pahra village of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.
After a prima facie investigation, police made the family members suspects.
During interrogation, Ramkumar, the husband, his sons Suraj Prakash and Brijesh, and nephew Udaibhan, confessed to have hatched the plan for the woman’s murder, the SP said.
According to Ramkumar’s testimony, Maya Devi was his second wife, and had an illicit relationship with one of his sons and wanted to start a similar thing with the other son, Agarwal said.
Infuriated, the four took Maya Devi to Chamraha village in a vehicle, strangled her to death, and cut her head with an axe. They also cut four of her fingers.
The vehicle and axe used in crime have been recovered by the police, the SP said.
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Woman Beheaded Over 'Affair' In UP, Husband And Stepsons Arrested
Police said the accused have confessed to the murder.
Banda:
A headless body of a woman was found in Chamraha village here with four of her fingers missing, police said on Friday.
The woman, aged about 30-35 years, was only partially clothed and her head was found at some distance from her body, Superintendent of Police Ankur Agarwal said.
She was identified as Maya Devi, wife of Ramkumar Ahirwar, a resident of Pahra village of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.
After a prima facie investigation, police made the family members suspects.
During interrogation, Ramkumar, the husband, his sons Suraj Prakash and Brijesh, and nephew Udaibhan, confessed to have hatched the plan for the woman’s murder, the SP said.
According to Ramkumar’s testimony, Maya Devi was his second wife, and had an illicit relationship with one of his sons and wanted to start a similar thing with the other son, Agarwal said.
Infuriated, the four took Maya Devi to Chamraha village in a vehicle, strangled her to death, and cut her head with an axe. They also cut four of her fingers.
The vehicle and axe used in crime have been recovered by the police, the SP said.
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Kerala: IMD sounds yellow alert in all districts
An official statement from the Ministry of Earth Sciences on Friday predicted light to very heavy rainfall over several areas of South India from September 29 to October 1.
Published Date – 11:07 PM, Fri – 29 September 23
Thiruvananthapuram: Heavy rain and strong winds lashed parts of Thiruvananthapuram city on Friday morning.
This comes as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted heavy rainfall and issued a yellow alert in all districts of Kerala for Friday.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Met department announced that conditions were slowly becoming favourable for the withdrawal of the southeast monsoon from the country on September 25.
An official statement from the Ministry of Earth Sciences on Friday predicted light to very heavy rainfall over several areas of South India from September 29 to October 1.
Light/moderate fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated heavy rainfall very likely over ghat areas of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana on 29. Karnataka and Kerala & Mahe from September 29 to October 1. Isolated very heavy rainfall is very likely over coastal Karnataka and Kerala today, it said.
The official statement from the Met Department also forecasted light to heavy rainfall over Konkan-Goa and Madhya Maharashtra from September 29 to October 1.
“Light/moderate fairly widespread to widespread rainfall/thunderstorm & lightning with isolated heavy rainfall very likely over Konkan-Goa and Madhya Maharashtra on September 29- 1,” it said.
Family Attacked For Asking Not To Play Music Due to Death Of Son: Cops
21 people have been arrested, said police. (Representational)
Pune:
A family was assaulted allegedly by 21 persons in Pune district after it asked them not to play loud music during the Ganpati idol immersion procession due to the death of a relative, police said on Friday.
The incident took place in Ganesh Nagar near Somathane Phata in Pimpri Chinchwad on Sunday, an official said.
“All 21 persons have been arrested in connection with the assault. Complainant Sunil Shinde’s son had died recently. When the immersion processed passed by their home, he asked them not to play loud music as the family was grieving,” he said.
“The accused, while returning after immersing the idol, attacked them with iron rods, sticks and sharp weapons. Shinde, some of his family members and their driver sustained serious injuries,” the Talegaon Dabhade police station official said.
The 21 accused have been charged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Arms Act for attempt to murder, rioting and other offences, he informed.
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Iran, Tanzania agree to hold joint committee session soon
Iran and Tanzania have agreed to hold a session of joint committee in the near future in line with efforts to boost Tehran’s ties with African countries in various fields.
In a Friday phone conversation, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Tanzanian counterpart January Yusuf Makamba discussed issues of common interest.
The top diplomats also exchanged views about ways to improve relations, particularly after a meeting between Iran’s President Ebrahim Raeisi and his Tanzanian counterpart Samia Suluhu Hassan on the sidelines of the 15th meeting of the BRICS group of emerging economies in South Africa’s largest city of Johannesburg in August.
Pointing to historic ties between Iran and Tanzania and great diverse capacities of the two sides, Amir-Abdollahian voiced Tehran’s readiness to boost cooperation with Dodoma, especially in economic, scientific and technological fields.
The top Iranian diplomat congratulated the Tanzanian government and Muslims on the birthday anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
Makamba, for his part, said his country is keen to expand relations with Iran in different sectors.
He invited President Raeisi to Dodoma on behalf of the Tanzanian president.
