Singapore's Ministry of Finance has announced that about 880,000 Singaporean Housing and Development Board (HDB) households will receive the next installment of the GST Voucher – Utilities-Save (U-Save) rebate in January 2018.

Singapore is engaging businesses on tweaking the design of its new carbon tax, which is proposed to be in place by 2019.

Singapore's recently released 2019 Budget included few significant tax announcements except confirmation that Singapore's carbon tax will be levied this year and the goods and services tax will be hiked in the medium term.

The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) has released new guidance for GST-registered persons on the completion of new boxes in the GST F5 return from next year.

The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore has updated its guidance on the introduction from January 1, 2020, of an obligation on Singaporean taxpayers to collect GST on imported services under a reverse charge.

The European Free Trade Association, which comprises Liechtenstein, Iceland, Switzerland, and Norway, intends to take forward free trade negotiations with India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Ecuador this year.

Malaysia is to use targeted tax breaks to support certain industries in this year's budget and in particular small and medium sized businesses, according to a government minister.

Malaysia has decided to keep the crude palm oil export duty at 5.5 percent next month, despite higher Indian taxes on imports, which are expected to dent demand.

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) has called on the Malaysian Government to reintroduce inheritance tax in the Budget 2018.

Canada and representatives from the ASEAN member states have agreed to launch exploratory discussions to determine the potential for a free trade agreement.

Hong Kong has announced the conclusion of free trade agreement negotiations with the Association of South East Asian Nations.

The Australian Government has said that it intends to extend its network of free trade agreements, as part of its new foreign policy agenda.

Malaysia's tax agency has released Public Ruling No. 1/2018, setting out the goods and services tax rules concerning the sale of buildings on commercial land that are used for both residential and commercial purposes.

Malaysia has suspended its MSC Malaysia tax regime, pending changes to bring it into line with recommendations from the OECD's Base Erosion and Profit Shifting initiative.

The Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia has released new guidance on restrictions to the deductibility of interest expenses.

Observing the need gap, two start-ups LazyPay and Spocto have launched products that will help you figure if you require the moratorium or not

When you approach a lender for loan against mutual fund, it fixes a loan-to-value (LTV) ratio against it. It varies from one lender to another as per risk involved in the MF scheme and regulatory caps fixed by the RBI

The OECD and the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals, and Sustainable Development have finalized three practice notes intended to support resource-rich developing countries to protect their tax bases from erosion and profit shifting.

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has said that France should prioritize tax cuts following the conclusion of a three-month national consultation on the Government's economic and tax policies.

The IMF has welcomed Luxembourg's efforts to meet international tax standards but cautioned that international tax reform could hit the country's tax base.

A group of 21 Republican members of the US Senate have signed a letter to the Treasury Secretary urging him to amend how capital gains tax liability is calculated.

Belgium should look to broaden its tax base to fund labor tax reductions, the International Monetary Fund has said in its annual report for the country.

On December 11, 2018, the UK Government tabled The Value Added Tax (Input Tax) (Specified Supplies) (Amendment) Order 2018 before the House of Commons to close a VAT avoidance loophole that is exploited by some UK insurers.

The Seychelles says that the OECD has found the territory to have made sufficient reforms to comply with its BEPS Action 5 standard on harmful tax regimes.

The EU's Code of Conduct Group (Business Taxation) has written to authorities in Seychelles to warn that new provisions to the territory's tax regime are considered harmful.

On August 5, 2019, the US Department of Justice announced that Swiss bank LLB Verwaltung (Switzerland) AG has agreed to pay a penalty of USD10.6m to resolve a case in which it was accused of helping US clients to conceal income.

The OECD on September 2, 2019, announced that Ecuador and Serbia have ratified the multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters.

New Zealand's tax agency has urged overseas businesses who sell goods valued at NZD1,000 (USD629) or less to register for GST ahead of the December 1, 2019, deadline.

CDC researchers have developed new tools using GPS technology and PDAs to help prevent the spread of malaria in Africa, according to a study published

Scientists at Microsoft Corporation's lab in the UK have developed a prototype interactive touch-screen that can see and recognize one's hand movements and anything near its surface.

The day after British student Meredith Kercher was killed, her housemate Amanda Knox and the latter's Italian boyfriendRaffaele Sollecitowere spotted

According to a recent study, each year as many as 40,500 critically ill U.S. hospital patients die with an unknown medical condition that may have caused or contributed to their death.

An official said that the people of Myanmar can now get access to quality treatment and latest medical technology in India with the Apollo Group of Hospitals

Medicine has a lot to learn from 'football' about developing new approaches to clinical methods says new research. The research, published in the

Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. The death toll from dengue fever in West Bengal has gone up to 12, reported an official.

In 2015, as many as 15,867 cases of dengue were reported in Delhi. A case of dengue has been reported from Okhla area of the national capital, reported an official.

Sri Lanka's Ministry of Health launched a dengue eradication programme to control the number of dengue cases that rose to over 18,000 with 24 people reported dead.

Dengue fever is a vector-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. 39 dengue cases have been reported in Delhi so far, a civic body report said.

Three more patients were confirmed infected with dengue in Rawalpindi in Pakistan. Authorities there are gearing up to tackle the rising cases of the mosquito-borne disease.

A typical chikungunya patient manifests high-grade fever, severe joint pain, headache, muscle pain, joint swelling, or rash. In order to prevent

A total of 487 cases of dengue and 432 cases of chikungunya have been reported in New Delhi till August 27, 2016, revealed the South Delhi Municipal Corporation.

The dengue virus kills an estimated 20,000 people each year and infects up to 100 million, suggested the World Health Organization (WHO). There is no vaccine for dengue.

Delhi has reported 220 new cases of dengue in the last one week while the total number of new chikungunya cases for the same period stands at 628. A

Tens and thousands of people in India are being affected by mosquito-borne diseases like dengue, malaria and chikungunya. However, dengue and malaria

People who are infected by Zika virus are less likely to fall ill if they had dengue fever before than individuals with Zika virus who never had dengue, reveals a new study.

Antiviral protein that gives immune response to Zika viral infection in mothers may harm the placenta and fetal development, according to a study led by scientists at Yale.

Nearly 550 dengue cases have been reported in Himachal Pradesh, India and especially in Bilaspur, which is Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda's hometown.

According to a municipal report released on Monday, around 285 cases of dengue were reported in the National capital in the end of the week on November 3, compared to 290 cases in the previous week.

According to a municipal report released on Monday, around 271 new cases of dengue were reported in New Delhi by November 17, taking the toll to 551 patients in November.

Nafamostat mesylate, a tryptase inhibitor, can treat severe dengue disease, according to the team of researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School. The