sat Survey: Does Gallows Humor Among Physicians Encourage Accusations of Murder and Euthanasia? By www.medindia.net Published On :: Nearly three quarters of the sample reported having been "humorously" accused of promoting death; for example, being called "Dr. Death," in a recent survey of palliative care medicine practitioners. Full Article
sat Tax-News.com: Apple Fires Back At Tax Avoidance Accusations By www.tax-news.com Published On :: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT Apple, the world's largest taxpayer, has released a statement seeking to debunk claims in media about its tax payments around the world, following coverage in recent days about it seeking tax mitigation arrangements in Jersey due to international tax changes in Ireland affecting its existing tax arrangements. Full Article
sat Press Release: Satellite imaging and disaster management experts gather in Colombo By www.iwmi.cgiar.org Published On :: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 04:14:45 +0000 Experts from across Asia gathered to discuss how the next generation of satellite based technologies could help improve disaster preparedness and response at a three-day meeting in Mount Lavinia. Full Article Media Releases Z-News disaster management satellite imaging
sat Press Release: Satellite based flood insurance product set to be launched in Bihar By www.iwmi.cgiar.org Published On :: Fri, 09 Dec 2016 08:10:47 +0000 Experts meet in Delhi to discuss a new initiative to "future-proof" livelihoods of one million smallholder farmers in South Asia Full Article Media Releases Z-News Bihar Flood IBFI India insurance Kalanithy Vairavamoorthy Satellite
sat Press Release: Satellite based early-warning system to bolster drought risk reduction By www.iwmi.cgiar.org Published On :: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 06:49:26 +0000 Experts meet in Delhi to discuss how South Asian countries could adopt the new drought monitoring system to better prepare and mitigate drought risks Full Article Media Releases Z-News Agriculture drought India Livelihoods South Asia Drought Monitoring System
sat Devex: How satellite images could improve water management in Africa By www.iwmi.cgiar.org Published On :: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 15:13:21 +0000 “One of the big challenges of dealing with water resource management is: How are you going to manage something if you can't measure it?” said William Rex, senior adviser at the International Water Management Institute. Full Article IWMI in the news Z-News
sat Developing Telecoms: Satcoms to support African water management By www.iwmi.cgiar.org Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 10:08:39 +0000 A welcome piece of positive news for Africa comes from the Sri Lanka-headquartered International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and a new satellite data initiative. Full Article IWMI in the news Z-News
sat Prevention Web: Satellite maps can help nations make critical food production decisions amid coronavirus By www.iwmi.cgiar.org Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 10:24:05 +0000 Take a look at the satellite map below. That vast swathe of orange and red across northwestern India and Pakistan depicts crops that have ripened in the last couple of weeks. Full Article IWMI in the news Z-News
sat Devex: How satellite images could improve water management in Africa By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 15:13:21 +0000 “One of the big challenges of dealing with water resource management is: How are you going to manage something if you can't measure it?” said William Rex, senior adviser at the International Water Management Institute. Full Article IWMI in the news Z-News
sat Developing Telecoms: Satcoms to support African water management By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 10:08:39 +0000 A welcome piece of positive news for Africa comes from the Sri Lanka-headquartered International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and a new satellite data initiative. Full Article IWMI in the news Z-News
sat Prevention Web: Satellite maps can help nations make critical food production decisions amid coronavirus By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 10:24:05 +0000 Take a look at the satellite map below. That vast swathe of orange and red across northwestern India and Pakistan depicts crops that have ripened in the last couple of weeks. Full Article IWMI in the news Z-News
sat "Satyameva Jayate" : Focus on Female Infanticide By www.medindia.net Published On :: Aamir khan's much - hyped show " Satyameva Jayate," which show cases society- related issues, was televised on Sunday. Full Article
sat Sathya Sai Baba Dies of Multi-Organ Failure - No Miracle Happened as the End Came in ICU By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: The world famous god man and Spiritual leader Sri Sathya Sai Baba passed away at his Sathya Sai super specialty hospi Full Article
sat Self-assessment of South Africa's investment regime in relation to the OECD Codes of Liberalisation and the principle of National Treatment By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 08:43:00 GMT This self-assessment report looks at South Africa's investment regime in the light of the OECD Codes of Liberalisation and the principle of National Treatment. Full Article
sat How important is a conversation to enhance a career or a business opportunity? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Very important! Every moment is a move we make in life. We have the ultimate responsibility to make sure to take THE steps that will help us achieve the career or business goals. Full Article
sat ICRISAT releases its pan-India survey of millet entrepreneurs on lockdown challenges By Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 22:06:07 +0530 Responses from SMEs in 11 cities having business operations in 24 states and Union Territories were collected for the purpose of the survey. Full Article
sat LSAT-India entrance exam goes online amid Covid-19: Check details here By Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 16:21:03 +0530 LSAT—India has been the only admission test for the flagship 5-year BA/BBA LLB Hons programme of JGLS for the last 11 years. Full Article
sat BEPS public consultation on the tax challenges of digitalisation By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 01 Nov 2017 09:00:00 GMT The OECD will hold a public consultation event on the tax challenges of digitalisation on 1 November at the University of California, Berkeley, United States. Full Article
sat HR Operations - Compensation and benefits By jobs.monsterindia.com Published On :: 2020-05-07 10:33:07 Company: Golden Opportunities Private LimitedExperience: 2 to 10location: Bengaluru / BangaloreRef: 24825714Summary: We Have an amazing job opportunity in one of the Biggest MNCs located in Bangalore for a role in the International HR operations in Compensation and Benefits specialist Full Article
sat Manager HRBP for Software Orginisation By jobs.monsterindia.com Published On :: 2019-11-28 16:32:53 Company: MNR Solutions Private LimitedExperience: 8 to 12location: IndiaRef: 24341106Summary: Job Description: Position Title Sr. Manager/ Manager – Human Resource Business Partner Location Mumbai Mandatory Requirement · Demonstrated skills in various HR functional areas (especially employee relations, coaching and.... Full Article
sat Reforming policies for the business sector to harvest the benefits of globalisation in the Netherlands By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:31:00 GMT The Netherlands has strongly benefited from globalisation, which boosted international trade, cross-border investment and economic growth over the latest decades. Full Article
sat Mr. François Hollande, President of the French Republic, met with the Heads of international economic organisations at the OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 19:35:00 GMT The President of the French Republic, Mr. François Hollande, met the Heads of five international economic organisations at the OECD on Friday 17th October to discuss the challenges facing the global economy. Full Article
sat Workshop on regulation and competition in light of digitalisation By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 14:55:00 GMT Paris, 31 January 2018: This workshop on regulation and competition in light of digitalisation allowed competition officials to share their experiences with existing regulations that have proved restrictive for digitalisation and started a discussion of how a competition assessment methodology can deal with the most common issues. Full Article
sat Financial markets, insurance and pensions: Digitalisation and Finance By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 10:13:00 GMT This publication compiles a series of articles that focus on the impact of digitalisation and technology in the areas of financial markets, insurance, and private pensions. It also discusses the tools and policies needed to ensure that the challenges posed by digitalisation result in better outcomes and better management of the risks involved. Full Article
sat Measuring Fiscal Decentralisation, Concepts and Policies By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:32:00 GMT This book deals with two issues. The first concerns the various measurement of fiscal decentralization in general and their usefulness for policy analysis. The second and more specific issue concerns the taxonomy of intergovernmental grants and the limits of the current classifications. Full Article
sat Making fiscal decentralisation work By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 10:00:00 GMT Hundreds of thousands of elected sub-national governments worldwide provide services and levy taxes on residents and companies. Full Article
sat Fiscal decentralisation: lessons from around the world By www.itdweb.org Published On :: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 13:30:00 GMT Senior tax policymakers and administrators from across the world are meeting this week in Marrakech to discuss how powers to set and collect taxes should be allocated across different levels of government to ensure accountability, efficiency and economic stability. Full Article
sat Release of discussion draft on revisions to Chapter I of the Transfer Pricing Guidelines (Including risk, recharacterisation and special measures) By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 11:00:00 GMT Public comments are invited on this discussion draft which deals with work in relation to Actions 8,9, and 10 of the Action Plan on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS). Full Article
sat Public comments received on discussion draft on Actions 8, 9 and 10 : revisions to Chapter I of the Transfer Pricing Guidelines (Including risk, recharacterisation and special measures) of the BEPS Action Plan By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 15:00:00 GMT On 19 December 2014, interested parties were invited to comment on the discussion draft on Actions 8, 9 and 10: revisions to Chapter I of the Transfer Pricing Guidelines (Including risk, recharacterisation and special measures) of the BEPS Action Plan. The OECD is grateful to the commentators for their input and now publishes the comments received. Full Article
sat OECD holds three tax events in Addis to promote domestic resource mobilisation By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 21:01:00 GMT The OECD is holding three tax events on the side-lines of the 3rd International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Full Article
sat International organisations take major step to boost global co-operation in tax matters By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 16:00:00 GMT The main international organisations working on taxation – the IMF, OECD, UN and WBG – have announced today further details on how they will act together through a Platform for Collaboration on Tax as a response to the growing importance of taxation in the international financing for development debate to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Full Article
sat Does Fiscal Decentralisation Foster Regional Convergence? By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 06:16:00 GMT Across the OECD, GDP per capita is converging. In contrast, regional disparities – or differences in GDP per capita across jurisdictions – are rising, mainly as a result of widening productivity differences. Fiscal decentralisation could help reduce them again. According to new OECD research, assigning more ownsource revenue to sub-national governments dampens regional GDP disparities and underpins regional convergence. Full Article
sat Tax revenues continue to rise, but scope remains for increased tax mobilisation in emerging Southeast Asian economies By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 03:00:00 GMT In 2014, the tax-to-GDP ratios of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore were below 17% of GDP compared to Japan and Korea, which both recorded tax-to-GDP ratios above 24%,according to new data released in the third edition of the OECD’s annual publication Revenue Statistics in Asian Countries. Full Article
sat Falls in tax revenue weaken domestic resource mobilisation in developing Asia By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 08:00:00 GMT The fourth annual edition of Revenue Statistics in Asian Countries covers seven countries, including Kazakhstan for the first time. It shows that the tax-to-GDP ratio in all these countries are lower than the OECD average of 34.3% in 2015, which highlights that scope remains for increasing tax mobilisation, especially in Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia and the Philippines to achieve sustainable growth. Full Article
sat OECD invites public input on the tax challenges of digitalisation By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 11:00:00 GMT As part of the ongoing work of the Task Force on the Digital Economy (TFDE), the OECD is seeking public comments on key issues identified in a request for input related to the tax challenges raised by digitalisation and the potential options to address these challenges. Full Article
sat Revenue mobilisation in Africa continues to improve, says new report By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 13:00:00 GMT The mobilisation of domestic resources is improving steadily in African countries, according to new data from Revenue Statistics in Africa 2017 released today in Addis Ababa at a meeting of tax and finance officials from 21 African countries hosted by the Department of Economic Affairs of the African Union Commission (AUC). Full Article
sat Public comments received on the tax challenges of digitalisation By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 15:00:00 GMT On 22 September 2017, interested parties were invited to provide comments on the tax challenges of digitalisation. The OECD is grateful to the commentators for their input and now publishes the public comments received. A public consultation will be held on 1 November 2017 at the Univeristy of California, Berkeley. Full Article
sat BEPS public consultation on the tax challenges of digitalisation By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 01 Nov 2017 09:00:00 GMT The OECD will hold a public consultation event on the tax challenges of digitalisation on 1 November at the University of California, Berkeley, United States. Full Article
sat Loss Carryover Provisions: Measuring Effects on Tax Symmetry and Automatic Stabilisation By www.oecd-ilibrary.org Published On :: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 07:00:00 GMT This paper presents data on carryover provisions in 34 countries and compares their effects on the basis of two comparable indices. Empirical results show that in most countries corporate tax is not perfectly symmetric, suggesting the existence of tax-induced distortions towards less risky investments. Full Article
sat Egypt and OECD launch EU-funded programme to enhance domestic resource mobilisation By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 07 Mar 2018 15:00:00 GMT During a meeting on International Tax Reform, the Ministry of Finance and the OECD launched a programme on "Enhancing Domestic Resource Mobilisation in Egypt through a better tax and exchange of information system". The project, financed by the EU, provides EUR 1.2 million in funding over two and a half years, and will assist Egypt in the implementation of the new international standards to tackle tax avoidance and tax evasion. Full Article
sat Tax Challenges Arising from Digitalisation: More than 110 countries agree to work towards a consensus-based solution By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:45:00 GMT More than 110 countries and jurisdictions have agreed to review two key concepts of the international tax system, responding to a mandate from the G20 Finance Ministers to work on the implications of digitalisation for taxation. Full Article
sat OECD and SAT hold joint workshop on the experience of country-by-country reporting of tax information By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 14:00:00 GMT Tax officials from 21 jurisdictions met this week in Yangzhou, China, to share experiences from the first year of country-by-country reporting and explore how information can be used most effectively in the tax risk assessment of MNE groups. The workshop also included representatives of large MNE groups headquartered or with major operations in China and the Asia-Pacific region. Full Article
sat Platform for Collaboration on Tax to discuss domestic resource mobilisation challenges on 9 October By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 05 Oct 2018 18:00:00 GMT The four partner organisations to the Platform for Collaboration on Tax (PCT) will discuss critical challenges and opportunities for mobilising domestic resources to meet countries’ development priorities, at the upcoming IMF-World Bank annual meetings in Bali, Indonesia. Full Article
sat African economies sustain progress in domestic resource mobilisation By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 10:00:00 GMT Africa has sustained gains in domestic resource mobilisation made since 2000, as tax revenues remained stable in 2016, according to Revenue Statistics in Africa 2018. Providing internationally comparable data for 21 participating countries, the report finds that the average tax-to-GDP ratio was 18.2% in 2016, the same level as in 2015, which represents a strong improvement from 13.1% in 2000. Full Article
sat International community makes important progress on the tax challenges of digitalisation By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:00:00 GMT The international community has made important progress toward addressing the tax challenges arising from digitalisation of the economy and has agreed to continue working multilaterally towards achievement of a new consensus-based long-term solution in 2020, the OECD announced today. Full Article
sat OECD invites public input on the possible solutions to the tax challenges of digitalisation By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 15:00:00 GMT As part of the ongoing work of the Inclusive Framework on BEPS, the OECD is seeking public comments on key issues identified in a public consultation document on possible solutions to the tax challenges arising from the digitalisation of the economy. Full Article
sat Public comments received on the possible solutions to the tax challenges of digitalisation By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 12:00:00 GMT On 13 February 2019, interested parties were invited to provide comments on key issues identified in a public consultation document on possible solutions to the tax challenges arising from the digitalisation of the economy. The OECD is grateful to the commentators for their input and now publishes the public comments received. Full Article
sat Public consultation on the tax challenges of digitalisation By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 09:30:00 GMT As part of the ongoing work of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS and its Task Force on the Digital Economy, the OECD will hold a public consultation event on the tax challenges of digitalisation on 13-14 March 2019. Full Article
sat International community agrees on a road map for resolving the tax challenges arising from digitalisation of the economy By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 31 May 2019 12:00:00 GMT The international community has agreed on a road map for resolving the tax challenges arising from the digitalisation of the economy, and committed to continue working toward a consensus-based long-term solution by the end of 2020, the OECD announced today. Full Article
sat OECD leading multilateral efforts to address tax challenges from digitalisation of the economy By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 11:00:00 GMT Today the OECD Secretariat published a proposal to advance international negotiations to ensure large and highly profitable Multinational Enterprises, including digital companies, pay tax wherever they have significant consumer-facing activities and generate their profits. Full Article