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• Who is liable to pay GST on packaging charges on food ordered via delivery apps?
• Gensol promoters used firm like personal piggy bank: Sebi order
• China faces up to 245% tariffs on imports to the US: White House Fact sheet
• Explainer: What AASB’s draft SA 600 means for LLP audits involving multiple auditors
• Retail Inflation slows to 3.34% in March, Lowest since August 2019
• Wholesale Inflation eases to 2.05% in March
• Moglix appoints Sanjeev Arora as CFO to lead IPO journey over next 12–24 months
• Cashfree Payments appoints Piyush Anchliya as CFO
• Good time to raise funds via ECBs, trend may continue for next 2-3 years, says UGRO Capital CFO
• Taxman opens the parcel: GST sleuths probe restaurant packaging charges

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• Indian companies raised over $50 billion in ECB till Feb last fiscal
• Bank of India cuts FD rates by up to 25 bps on these deposits; withdraws 400-day special FD offering 7.30% interest
• Good news for SBI borrowers: Bank reduces these lending rate by 25 basis points after repo rate cut by RBI
• Banks may struggle to fully transmit repo rate cuts on high share of MCLR-linked loans
• Mivi eyes Rs 1,000 cr revenue in FY26 with category expansion, geographic scaling, new mfg facility
• FPIs pull out nearly ₹32k cr from equities in April so far
• FDI in India's pharma sector crosses Rs 19,134 crore during 2024-25
• IIFL Finance to raise up to Rs 500 cr via NCD
• Greenko founders raise $800 mn loan to buy out Orix stake
• OpenAI says it raised $40 billion at valuation of $300 billion

CA Club India

• ICAI Releases Admit Cards for CA Intermediate and Final May 2025 CA Exams
• GST Department Targets Restaurants Over Untaxed Packaging Charges
• Ministry of Finance Clarifies GST Applicability on Apartment Maintenance Charges Amid Resident Confusion
• Income Tax Department Reopens Past Assessment Cases in Crackdown on Fake Purchases and Bogus Invoices
• Dabur's Hajmola Under GST Scanner: Will It Be Taxed at 12% or 18% GST?
• GST Jolt for Karnataka Apartments: 18% Tax on Maintenance Fees Sparks Outrage
• Over 9.19 crore ITRs filed for FY 2024-25 by 31st March 2025
• GSTN Issues Advisory on Reporting Values in Table 3.2 of GSTR-3B
• GSTN to Implement Phase-III Changes in Table-12 of GSTR-1/GSTR-1A from April 2025
• MP Mason Receives Rs 314.79 Crore IT Notice, Alleges Identity Fraud

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• UK Supreme Court rules legal definition of woman is based on biological sex
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• Plan for GPs to keep millions out of hospital
• Tesla whistleblower wins legal battle against Elon Musk
• UK bans EU cheese and meat imports to prevent disease spreading
• US actress Michelle Trachtenberg died from diabetes complications
• Business groups urge changes to employment reforms
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