Harvard sues Trump administration over $2.2 billion research funding freeze

Harvard President Alan Garber said the university would not submit to political pressure, citing First Amendment rights.  | Photo Credit: FAITH NINIVAGGI/Reuters Harvard University announced Monday that it was suing the Trump administration to halt a freeze on more than USD 2.2 billion in grants after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration’s…

R&D services for cancer diagnosis does not qualify for GST exemption as ‘healthcare services’, says Maha AAR

Diagnostic services for conducting blood tests which assists in early detection of cancer fall out of the periphery of ‘Healthcare services’, Maharashtra’s Authority for Advance Ruling (MAAR) has ruled. This means such a service will not be exempted from GST. Epigeneres Biotech Private Ltd had moved MAAR seeking advance ruling on whether the provision of…