Ethical Alliance Daily News - 30 Nov 2016

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India: India launches new tax evasion amnesty scheme to unearth unaccounted cash
Nov 30, 2016 08:00 pm
Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday unveiled a scheme to give tax dodgers another chance to come clean, as he sought to bring billions of dollars worth of undeclared income into the mainstream economy. The move follows Prime Minister...
The Senate will vote this week on a bill that would renew sanctions on Iran for 10 years, Senator Mitch McConnell, the chamber’s Republican leader, said on Tuesday in remarks as he opened the daily session. If the extension of...
South Korea’s embattled President Park Geun-hye has offered to step down and asked the parliament to iron out a procedure for her resignation if necessary. In a televised address on Tuesday (29 November) Park said that she would leave her...
The United Nations needs to make sure there is an “effective combination” of human, civil and economic rights in a world where many rights are not respected, U.N. secretary general-elect Antonio Guterres said on Monday during a visit to Beijing....
Building on the main premise of the Transformative Industrial Policy for Africa report – which calls for smart and dynamic industrial policy directions for sustained and inclusive economic growth, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has said African...
The President of the Bolivian Football Association was arrested this week on corruption charges. Rolando Lopez has been accused of anti-economic conduct in a public university, where he is a teacher. The full original article can be found at euronews.com

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