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Press Release: Mobile phone app launched to strengthen new insurance scheme for India’s farmers

International Water Management Institute (IWMI) launched a mobile app, called AgRISE, in support of a new national agricultural insurance scheme.




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Press Release: Water rights for millions of African farmers threatened by law rooted in colonial times, study finds 

Researchers at Africa Water Week call for efforts to “decolonize” and improve water permit systems, so more farmers are encouraged to invest in much-needed irrigation.




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Press Release: Groundwater in Peril – IWMI joins 700+ scientists and practitioners in urgent call for action on global groundwater

The call to action highlighted in Nature this week cites recent scientific breakthroughs on groundwater’s vital role in supporting rivers globally.





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Press Release: IWMI project enables fast access to petabytes of analysis-ready water data in Africa

A new IWMI partnership with Digital Earth Africa (DEA) will leverage state of the art remote-sensing and data management technologies to enhance the ability of African Governments, communities and companies to better manage their water.





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Press Release: IWMI project enables fast access to petabytes of analysis-ready water data in Africa

A new IWMI partnership with Digital Earth Africa (DEA) will leverage state of the art remote-sensing and data management technologies to enhance the ability of African Governments, communities and companies to better manage their water.




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Telemedicine Now Possible in India - Guidelines for Practice Released by Ministry of Health

Highlights : Telemedicine and Tele-health practice now possible in India Registered Medical Practitioner empowere




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Disintegration Release Date Announced For June

Integrating soon. Disintegration, a new shooter from the co-creator of Halo, launches this June.




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LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Release Date Announced

May the Force be with you on October 20. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga will be released on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC on October 20, 2020.



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Xbox Series X & PS5 's Potential Call of Duty: Warzone Release - IGN Daily Fix

Xbox Series X & PS5 's Potential Call of Duty: Warzone Release - IGN Daily Fix In today's Fix: Warzone forever, free Jedi Fallen Order DLC , and new VR tech for Sony!




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Microsoft Releases Tools For Any Developer, Any App, Any Platform

Microsoft on Thursday released tools that can be used by any developer on any platform, the company said in a statement, and added that developers will now be able to use the tools of their choice to create Android, iOS and Windows apps.




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Microsoft Releases Tools For Any Developer, Any App, Any Platform

Microsoft on Thursday released tools that can be used by any developer on any platform, the company said in a statement, and added that developers will now be able to use the tools of their choice to create Android, iOS and Windows apps.




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Optimizing the Homepage for Hard-to-Please Online Users

As website owners, we are continuously trying to rework on the existing design, to upgrade it to something more contemporary and user centric. As the online visitors instill...




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Pailwaan pre-release event: Ravichandran attends the special event of Sudeep's film

The pre-release event of Sudeep and Aakanksha Singh's Pailwaan was held at an upscale hotel in Bengaluru recently.




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Pawan Kalyan, SS Rajamouli attend Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy Pre Release

Pawan Kalyan, SS Rajamouli and many others attended the pre-release event of Chiranjeevi's Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy.




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Vijay's Bigil: Here are the posters of trailer release

Check out the promotional materials of the trailer release of Vijay's Bigil.




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Rajinikanth gets Darbar-themed aircraft ahead of film's release

Superstar Rajinikanth's image has found its place on an aircraft again after Kabali. His latest movie Darbar has tied up with SpiceJet.




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Tamannaah's Sizzling Performance at Sarileru Neekevvaru Pre Release Event

Tamannaah Bhatia, who has done a special number in Mahesh Babu's Sarileru Neekevvaru, entertained the guest with her performance at the film's pre-release event.




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Telugu actor Nithin gets Engaged Ahead of Bheeshma Release [PICS]

Nithin has got engaged to his girlfriend Shalini in Hyderabad in the presence of his family members and friends.




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July 2019 - Microsoft Releases Security Patches

Microsoft addresses vulnerabilities in its July security bulletin. Trend Micro Deep Security covers the following:


    CVE-2019-1001 - Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This memory corruption vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects in memory by the scripting engine in Microsoft browsers. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way to convince a user to visit a specially crafted website that contains an exploit to this vulnerability.



    CVE-2019-1004 - Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This memory corruption vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects in memory by the scripting engine in Microsoft browsers. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way to convince a user to visit a specially crafted website that contains an exploit to this vulnerability.



    CVE-2019-1062 - Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This memory corruption vulnerability exists in the handling of objects in memory in the Chakra scripting engine of Microsoft Edge. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability may host a specially crafted website that contains an exploit to this vulnerability.



    CVE-2019-1063 - Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This memory corruption vulnerability exists in the handling of objects in memory by Internet Explorer. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability may host a specially crafted website that contains an exploit to this vulnerability.



    CVE-2019-1092 - Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This memory corruption vulnerability exists in the handling of objects in memory in the Chakra scripting engine of Microsoft Edge. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability may host a specially crafted website that contains an exploit to this vulnerability.



    CVE-2019-1103 - Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This memory corruption vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects in memory by the Chakra scripting engine in Microsoft Edge. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability may create a specially crafted webpage that contains an exploit to this vulnerability.



    CVE-2019-1104 - Microsoft Browser Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This memory corruption vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects in memory by Microsoft browsers. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability may create a specially crafted webpage that contains an exploit to this vulnerability.



    CVE-2019-1106 - Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This memory corruption vulnerability exists in the handling of objects in memory by the Chakra scripting engine in Microsoft Edge. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability may gain the same user rights as the currently logged on user.



    CVE-2019-1107 - Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This memory corruption vulnerability exists in the handling of objects in memory by the Chakra scripting engine in Microsoft Edge. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability may gain the same user rights as the currently logged on user.



    CVE-2019-1112 - Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Important

    This information disclosure vulnerability exists in the disclosure of memory contents by Microsoft Excel. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability may host a specially crafted file that contains an exploit to this vulnerability.


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August 2019 - Microsoft Releases Security Patches

Microsoft addresses vulnerabilities in its August security bulletin. Trend Micro Deep Security covers the following:


    CVE-2019-1196 - Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects in memory by Microsoft Edge. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way to convince a user to visit a specially crafted website that contains an exploit to this vulnerability.



    CVE-2019-1139 - Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects in memory by Microsoft Edge. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way to convince a user to visit a specially crafted website that contains an exploit to this vulnerability.



    CVE-2019-1140 - Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects in memory by the Chakra scripting engine in Microsoft Edge. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way to convince a user to visit a specially crafted website that contains an exploit to this vulnerability.



    CVE-2019-1141 - Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects in memory by the Chakra scripting engine in Microsoft Edge. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way to convince a user to visit a specially crafted website that contains an exploit to this vulnerability.



    CVE-2019-1195 - Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects in memory by the Chakra scripting engine in Microsoft Edge. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way to convince a user to visit a specially crafted website that contains an exploit to this vulnerability.



    CVE-2019-1197 - Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects in memory by the Chakra scripting engine in Microsoft Edge. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way to convince a user to visit a specially crafted website that contains an exploit to this vulnerability.



    CVE-2019-1201 - Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects in memory by Microsoft Word. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability may create a specially crafted file that contains an exploit to this vulnerability.


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September 2019 - Microsoft Releases Security Patches

Microsoft addresses several vulnerabilities in its September security bulletin. Trend Micro Deep Security covers the following:


    CVE-2019-1257 - Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the failure of Microsoft SharePoint to check an application package's source markup. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way to convince a user to open a malicious SharePoint application package.



    CVE-2019-1295 - Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the improper protection of data input in Microsoft SharePoint APIs. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way for a vulnerable Microsoft SharePoint version to input data in a susceptible API.



    CVE-2019-1296 - Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the improper protection of data input in Microsoft SharePoint APIs. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way for a vulnerable Microsoft SharePoint version to input data in a susceptible API.


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October 2019 - Microsoft Releases Security Patches

Microsoft addresses several vulnerabilities in its October security bulletin. Trend Micro Deep Security covers the following:


    CVE-2019-1335 - Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Edge's Chakra scripting engine in respect to handling objects in memory. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way to convince a user to access a malicious website where the exploit is hosted.



    CVE-2019-1364 - Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Important

    This elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects in memory by the Windows kernel-mode driver. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way to be logged on to the vulnerable system.



    CVE-2019-1060 - MS XML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the improper parsing of user input by the Microsoft XML Core Services MSXML. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way for a user to access a website using Internet Explorer.



    CVE-2019-1238 - VBScript Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects in memory by the VBScript engine. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way for a user to access a website where the exploit is hosted.



    CVE-2019-1239 - VBScript Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects in memory by the VBScript engine. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way for a user to access a website where the exploit is hosted.



    CVE-2019-1307 - Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects in memory by the Chakra scripting engine in Microsoft Edge. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way for a user to access a website where the exploit is hosted.



    CVE-2019-1308 - Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects in memory by the Chakra scripting engine in Microsoft Edge. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way for a user to access a website where the exploit is hosted.



    CVE-2019-1366 - Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects in memory by the Chakra scripting engine in Microsoft Edge. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way for a user to access a website where the exploit is hosted.



    CVE-2019-1361 - Microsoft Graphics Components Information Disclosure Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Important

    This information disclosure vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects in memory by the Microsoft Graphics Components. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way for a user to open a specially crafted file.


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November 2019 - Microsoft Releases Security Patches

Microsoft addresses several vulnerabilities in its November security bulletin. Trend Micro Deep Security covers the following:


    CVE-2019-1390 - BScript Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the VBScript engine in respect to handling objects in memory. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way to convince a user to access a malicious website where the exploit is hosted.



    CVE-2019-1429 - Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects in memory by the scripting engine in Internet Explorer. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way to convince a user to access a malicious website where the exploit is hosted.



    CVE-2019-1359 - Jet Database Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects by the Windows Jet Database Engine. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way for a user to open a specially crafted file.



    CVE-2019-1358 - Jet Database Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects by the Windows Jet Database Engine. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way for a user to open a specially crafted file.



    CVE-2019-1311 - Windows Imaging API Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Important

    This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects in memory by the Windows Imaging API. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way for a user to execute a specially crafted .WIM file.


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December 2019 - Microsoft Releases Security Patches

Microsoft addresses several vulnerabilities in its December security bulletin. Trend Micro Deep Security covers the following:


    CVE-2019-0617 - Jet Database Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Important

    This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Windows Jet Database engine in respect to handling objects in memory. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way to convince a user to open a specially crafted file.



    CVE-2019-1485 - VBScript Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Important

    This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects in memory by VBScript engine. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way to convince a user to access a malicious website where the exploit is hosted.



    CVE-2019-0853 - GDI Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects by the Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI). Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way for a user to open a website that contains the exploit, or to open a specially crafted file via file-sharing.



    CVE-2019-1458 - Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Important

    This elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects by the the Win32k component in Windows. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way for a user to open a specially crafted application.



    CVE-2019-1439 - Windows GDI Information Disclosure Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Important

    This information disclosure vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects in memory by the Windows GDI component. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way for a user to execute a specially crafted document.



    CVE-2019-1117 - DirectWrite Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Important

    This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects in memory by the DirectWrite. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way for a user to execute a specially crafted document.



    CVE-2019-1118 - DirectWrite Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Important

    This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects in memory by the DirectWrite. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way for a user to execute a specially crafted document.



    CVE-2019-1119 - DirectWrite Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Important

    This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects in memory by the DirectWrite. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way for a user to execute a specially crafted document.



    CVE-2019-0959 - Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Important

    This elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects in memory by the Windows Common Log File System. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way for a user to execute a specially crafted application.


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January 2020 - Microsoft Releases Security Patches

Microsoft addresses several vulnerabilities in its January security bulletin. Trend Micro Deep Security covers the following:


    CVE-2020-0609 - Windows Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This remote code execution, pre-authentication vulnerability exists in the Windows Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) and requires no user interaction. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability could send a specially crafted request via RDP.



    CVE-2020-0610 - Windows Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This remote code execution, pre-authentication vulnerability exists in the Windows Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) and requires no user interaction. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability could send a specially crafted request via RDP.



    CVE-2020-0652 - Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Important

    This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the improper handling of objects by Microsoft Office. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way for a user to open a website that contains the exploit, or to open a specially crafted file.



    CVE-2020-0601 - Windows CryptoAPI Spoofing Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Important

    This spoofing vulnerability exists in the validation of Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) certificates by the the Windows CryptoAPI (crypt32.dll). A successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attacks.


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February 2020 - Microsoft Releases Security Patches

Microsoft addresses several vulnerabilities in its February security bulletin. Trend Micro Deep Security covers the following:


    CVE-2020-0674 - Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the scripting engine of Internet explorer in the way it handles objects in memory. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability could host a specially crafted website that contains an exploit.



    CVE-2020-0681 - Remote Desktop Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Critical

    This remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Windows Remote Desktop Client. It exists when a user connects to a malicious server. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability could find ways to convince a user of a vulnerable machine to connect to a malicious server.



    CVE-2020-0692 - Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
    Risk Rating: Important

    This elevation of privilege vulnerability, that requires an enabled Exchange Web Services (EWS), exists in the Microsoft Exchange Server. Attackers looking to exploit this vulnerability must find a way to change Security Access Token parameters and forward that to the vulnerable Microsoft Exchange Server.


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Habitat Space " Where are we heading......please think"

"Habitat Space" place where we live? Have we ever tried to look at, basically what at we are looking at no idea my friends. Yes i wanna say that how much of green space do we have at the present time have we ever tried to figure...




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OECD releases further guidance on Country-by-Country reporting (BEPS Action 13)

The OECD's Inclusive Framework on BEPS has released two sets of guidance to give greater certainty to tax administrations and MNE Groups alike on the implementation and operation of Country-by-Country (CbC) Reporting (BEPS Action 13).




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Prabhas 21 release postponed to April 2022, Nag Ashwin in talks with Arvind Swamy for baddie role

The makers of Prabhas 21 have revealed that its release date has been postponed to April 2022.




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ICRISAT releases its pan-India survey of millet entrepreneurs on lockdown challenges

Responses from SMEs in 11 cities having business operations in 24 states and Union Territories were collected for the purpose of the survey.




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Just released: Recruiting immigrant workers: Norway

Norway is characterised by very high levels of migration from within the European Economic Area (EEA) and growing but small scale labour migration from countries outside the EEA.




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Global Forum releases second round of compliance ratings on tax transparency for 10 jurisdictions

The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (the Global Forum) published today the first 10 outcomes of a new and enhanced peer review process aimed at assessing compliance with international standards for the exchange of information on request between tax authorities.




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Tannishtha Chatterjee to direct Four More Shots Please season 3

Tannishtha Chatterjee will be directing the third season of Amazon Prime's web series Four More Shots Please.




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Raveena Tandon releases Rishi Kapoor's video message to her father Ravi

Raveena Tandon has shared an old video message that Rishi Kapoor sent to wish her father Ravi Tandon on his birthday, before he left for cancer treatment in New York.




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From Nani's V to Anushka's Nishabdham, these 5 Telugu movies to hit OTT platforms sans theatrical release

While Amrutharamam got a direct OTT release, five other Telugu movies like DK Bose, RED, Orey Bujjiga, V and Nishabdham are said to be gearing up to hit the internet without a theatrical release.




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'Please come back': Deepika Padukone's message to Irrfan Khan after 5 years of Piku

Piku just completed 5 years, but it just doesn't feel the same without Irrfan Khan. Deepika Padukone shared a video from the set and along with a heartbreaking message to her co-star, "please come back."




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Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer Ghoomketu finally set to release on OTT

Directed by Pushpendra Nath Misra, "Ghoomketu" is a comedy- drama from the viewpoint of a budding writer (played by Nawazuddin), struggling to make it big in the film industry in Mumbai.




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Global Forum releases second round of compliance ratings on tax transparency for 10 jurisdictions

The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (the Global Forum) published today the first 10 outcomes of a new and enhanced peer review process aimed at assessing compliance with international standards for the exchange of information on request between tax authorities.




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OECD releases first peer reviews on implementation of BEPS minimum standards on improving tax dispute resolution mechanisms

As part of continuing efforts to improve the international tax framework, the OECD has released the first analysis of individual country efforts to improve dispute resolution mechanisms.




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OECD Competition Assessment of Greece to be released Monday 7 November 2016

The OECD’s latest Competition Assessment of Greece looks at e-commerce, construction, media, wholesale trade and a number of manufacturing sectors such as chemicals and pharmaceuticals.




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OECD releases a discussion draft on the definition of “permanent establishment” in the OECD Model Tax Convention

The OECD invites public comments on proposed changes to the Commentary on Article 5 (Permanent Establishment) of the OCD Model Tax Convention.




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OECD Working Party No. 6 releases a discussion draft on the revision of the Safe Harbours section of the Transfer Pricing Guidelines

OECD releases a discussion draft on the revision of the Safe Harbours section of the Transfer Pricing Guidelines.




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OECD Working Party No. 6 releases a discussion draft on the Transfer Pricing Aspects of Intangibles

OECD Working Party No. 6 releases a discussion draft on the Transfer Pricing Aspects of Intangibles




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Improving international tax co-operation: OECD releases reports on automatic exchange and tax confidentiality

Furthering its efforts to strengthen international tax co-operation, the OECD has issued two new reports on automatic exchange and tax confidentiality. The report on automatic exchange of information describes what it is, how it works, where it stands and what challenges remain. The report on confidentiality of information exchanged examines all aspects of ensuring the protection of information exchanged for tax purposes.




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OECD releases system to reduce compliance cost and facilitate cross-border investment

The amount of cross border portfolio investment exceeds 35 trillion USD. To encourage growth and cross-border investment more than 3000 tax treaties around the world based on the OECD Model reduce source taxation on a reciprocal basis.




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OECD’s Global Forum on Transfer Pricing releases a Draft Handbook on Transfer Pricing Risk Assessment

The Steering Committee of the OECD Global Forum on Transfer Pricing publishes a Draft Handbook on Transfer Pricing Risk Assessment. This Handbook is intended to provide practical guidance to tax administrations in both OECD and non-OECD economies regarding the process of conducting transfer pricing risk assessments. Interested parties are invited to provide comments by 13 September 2013.




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OECD releases new tax policy working papers

"Tax Policy Landscape Five Years after the Crisis" discusses how tax policies have responded to fiscal and macroeconomic developments over the past five years and these longer-term structural economic developments on. "Tax Reform in the People's Republic of China" compares the tax system in China with the tax system in OECD countries and the tax reforms China and OECD countries have implemented in the past.




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OECD releases draft agenda for the November public consultation on transfer pricing matters

A public consultation will be held at the OECD Conference Centre on 12-13 November 2013. The public consultation is open to all interested persons and will be attended by country delegates to Working Party No. 6 of the OECD Committee on Fiscal Affairs. Persons interested in attending must register in advance through the OECD website.