Russia's President Vladimir Putin has signed a law to terminate the country's double tax agreement with the Netherlands.

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The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore has updated its guidance on the tax requirements for companies being liquidated and those under receivership.

On April 1, 2021, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore issued a summary of an advance ruling concerning franchise income earned by a Singaporean company from licensing intellectual property rights.

Chinese authorities have announced enhanced temporary tax breaks for small businesses.

The Indonesian Government has legislated to shoulder the value-added tax liability of retail businesses on rent and service charges due between August and October 2021.

The Hong Kong Government has issued a statement committing to amend its tax law with regards the tax exemption for foreign source passive income from 2023, to ensure the territory does not end up placed on the EU's tax blacklist of non-cooperative territories.

Following a consultation exercise, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore has said the territory intends to go ahead with various important goods and services tax regime changes without accepting amendments proposed by stakeholders.

Indonesia's lower house of parliament has signed off on a bill that provides for a two-stage hike to the headline value-added tax rate, the cancellation of a planned corporate tax cut, and the introduction of a new top rate of personal income tax.

With the UK corporate tax rate set to rise 25 percent from April 2023, the UK Government has announced various tax proposals that are intended to support businesses and the UK economy, in the newly released 2022 Budget.

Singapore's Minister of Finance has said Singapore will set out plans to hike its carbon tax in the 2022 Budget.

Singapore has announced personal income tax hikes and higher wealth taxes on the territory's wealthiest individuals, as well as plans to ramp up the territory's carbon tax, in its newly released Budget.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) will collaborate to emphasize the transformative impact of assistive

The International Nurses Day 2021 is being observed amid the ongoing second wave in India and it highlights the contribution of nurses in the entire healthcare system.

A strong nursing sector is an important building block of a strong healthcare sector. Nurses are the foundation of hospitals and the heart and the soul

Union Minister of State for Health Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar, a robust nursing sector is essential for a strong healthcare sector. Pawar added that

The COVID (and) #8208;19 pandemic developed new patient care circumstances that may have grown nurses moral distress, including COVID (and) #8208;19 transmission

With the appropriate support, a tool developed to address disrespectful workplace behavior can be successfully implemented in the nursing workforce, according

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Study shows potential for smallholder water management innovations to boost crop yields and household revenue by tens of billions of US dollars

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The Targeting AGwater Management Interventions (TAGMI) tool could support government planners to better target interventions at resource poor farmers in Africa. STOCKHOLM (3 SEPTEMBER 2013) Africa’s smallholder farmers stand to gain from a new online tool that highlights the water management methods most likely to be effective in given contexts. The tool, developed for the […]

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17th January 2014 – Colombo, Sri Lanka – His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, has officially launched a new, hi-tech information system that promises to enhance water management in the South Asian country. Download the full media release

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Extensive costs of salt-damaged soils include $27 billion+ in lost crop value per year.

The post Press Release: World Losing 2,000 Hectares of Irrigated Farmland to Salt-Induced Degradation Daily first appeared on International Water Management Institute (IWMI).

Study finds irrigation more common on city farms than rural farms, intensifying water demands in sprawling urban zones.

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The Indus Basin Knowledge Platform (IBKP), which seeks to improve access to information and supports decision making on critical basin challenges, is launched at World Water Week 2016.

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IWMI’s particular role on the project has been related to preparing papers for two publication.

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Dr Claudia W. Sadoff announced as IWMI's next director general.

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New report underlines vulnerability of agriculture to climate hazards.

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Experts identify key steps to strengthen knowledge on climate change and other water-related challenges 

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The good news is tempered with bad, however, as the study indicates that extreme climate events, especially flooding, will also increase.

The post News Release: Kenya’s Tana River Basin Could See a More than 40 Percent Increase in Rainfall Due to Climate Change first appeared on International Water Management Institute (IWMI).

Actionable information from earth observation data will enable better water management for African governments, communities and companies.

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IWMI provides data that will inform response and relief efforts to Super Cyclone Amphan.

The post Using maps to save lives when a super cyclone strikes first appeared on International Water Management Institute (IWMI).

IWMI and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation have awarded five organisations with funds to develop innovations for solar irrigation.

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A new study by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) offers a number of technological solutions aimed at tackling one of the world’s most pressing issues. 

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