The FBI is investigating a spate of racist text messages targeting Black Americans in the wake of Donald Trump’s election victory last week. The texts were reported in states including Alabama, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia, addressing recipients as young as 13 by name and telling them they were “selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation” and other messages referencing slavery. For more, we speak with Robert Greene II, a history professor at Claflin University, South Carolina’s first and oldest historically Black university in Orangeburg, where many students were targeted. “Initially when I heard about the texts, I thought it was a bit of a hoax, but … it quickly became clear that this wasn’t just a Claflin problem, it was a national issue, as well,” says Greene. We also speak with Wisdom Cole, senior national director of advocacy for the NAACP, who says “this is only the beginning,” with a second Trump administration expected to attack civil rights and embolden hate groups.

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American Coup: Wilmington 1898 premieres tonight on PBS and investigates the only successful insurrection conducted against a U.S. government, when self-described white supremacist residents stoked fears of “Negro Rule” and carried out a deadly massacre in Wilmington, North Carolina. Their aim was to destroy Black political and economic power and overthrow the city’s democratically elected, Reconstruction-era multiracial government, paving the way for the implementation of Jim Crow law just two years later. We feature excerpts from the documentary and speak to co-director Yoruba Richen, who explains how the insurrection was planned and carried out, and how the filmmakers worked to track down the descendants of both perpetrators and victims, whose voices are featured in the film.

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We are manufactured exporting company. We acquire godown , quareters from unregistered landlord on rent. Is this type of rent come under the applicability of RCM ?

Dear Experts,

In GSTR 1, under which table should we show the RCM amount on rent paid to an
unregistered Landlord.

Pls. advice.

Do the RBI guidelines mandate the linking of PAN with Aadhar as a prerequisite for opening a bank account?

Hi,
This question is w.r.t Final payment of TDS for property sale.
This is for 2 buyer and 1 seller.
Below is about 80% share of 1 seller.

Total Value of Consideration (Property Value) - 81,04,500 INR

Total amount paid/ credited in previous installments, if any (A) - 61,59,420 INR
Amount paid/credited currently (B) - 3,24,180 INR
Total stamp duty value of the property (C) - 64,83,600

Amount on which TDS to be deducted (D) is directly getting calculated at - 64,83,600 INR.

Ideally, since it is last installment, amount on which TDS to be deducted needs to be visible as 3,24,180 INR. However, it is showing 64,83,600.

Kindly help and update what needs to be filled in A, B & C so that I pay TDS of 1% on 3,24,180 INR only.

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