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In a bid to overhaul tax administration, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a revamp of the appraisal system for officers, besides backing a new method of scrutiny of returns that spares taxpayers the need to visit offices.

Well, pee is something even a superman can't resist, leave alone a councillor. Jackie Burns, South Lanarkshire Council's deputy leader, was literally caught with his pants down after he was spotted easing himself in Hamilton town centre. Police issued him with a £40 fixed penalty notice.

British telecom giant Vodafone plans major expansion in India and plans to invest of over £1.30 billion in the country to upgrade and expand its network and in its payments bank operations.

Police are on the lookout for a man who made an unsuccessful attempt to steal a Porsche in Mayfair, London.

The BRICS group of emerging nations called on the Group of 20 (G20) top developed and developing nations on Sunday to strengthen their macroeconomic policy cooperation to prevent bad effects from a weak global economy and reduce risks to growth.

India's Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the government had made significant headway on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and hoped to soon implement the most ambitious indirect tax reform since independence.

The BRICS group of emerging nations called on the Group of 20 (G20) top developed and developing nations on Sunday to strengthen their macroeconomic policy cooperation to prevent bad effects from a weak global economy and reduce risks to growth.