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Backpacker in Thailand taken on 1,200km detour
A foreign backpacker making his first visit to Thailand was planning an island getaway in the South, but after a miscommunication he ended up in the North nearly 1,200 kilometres away.He also lost his ...
Six of the best luxury experiences in Southeast Asia
If ‘wow’ was a place, it would probably look like one of these six luxury experiences in Southeast Asia, writes Mauriz ...
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How a Chinese AI startup with a ‘joke of a budget’ won over experts—and spooked investors, the tech sector and the U.S. government
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India union budget 2025: How income tax slab tweaks will impact spending, saving
The new structure will increase disposable incomes, boosting household consumption, savings and investment, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her annual budget speech. Stay up to date ...
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India offers middle-class tax relief to support growth; targets narrower budget gap
Keep updated, follow The Business Standard's Google news channel Measures to assist the poor, youth, farmers and women were also included in the budget for 2025-26, Sitharaman said, highlighting plans ...
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India's Modi to seek to boost growth, ease cost of living in budget
Budget will aim to address slowest pace of growth in four years Economists expect tax cuts and further job creation measures India seeking to preemptively lower tariffs to cope with Trump trade ...
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Modi government slashes income tax for middle classes in India budget
Start your Independent Premium subscription today. In her budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the government is focused on boosting private investment to strengthen growth ...
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I visited the backpackers’ version of the Maldives — go now before it’s too late
Perhaps you’ve painted a mental picture of the Maldives, but this divine scene is Zanzibar, an enchanting island 35km off Tanzania on Africa’s East Coast. With bombshell beaches, a ...
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Tax relief for Indian middle class - but will it boost economy?
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's coalition government has unveiled its first full-year budget after his party ... among the middle class in Asia's third-largest economy.
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Indonesia’s bigger free meals budget to add 2 percentage points to growth, president’s adviser says
JAKARTA - Indonesia’s additional budget of 100 trillion rupiah (S$8.34 billion) for its programme to give free meals to schoolchildren this year will add nearly 2 percentage points to the ...
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Lower taxes on wish list of citizens, businesses ahead of India’s upcoming annual budget
Middle-class professionals like Bhavesh Brahmadutt (extreme left), who have to support both their children and parents, are hoping India's 2025 budget will include tax incentives. NEW DELHI ...
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What is the S'pore Budget & how does it come to be?
The annual Singapore Budget is just round the corner. Just like how we plan to earn, spend and save for our own households, the Singapore government also needs to plan its current and future ...