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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Wednesday, December 23. Here are the top
00:10stories at this hour.
00:12The UAE is not planning to tax individual incomes in the country, a minister said on
00:16Tuesday.
00:17There is no intention and no plans to impose taxes on the income of individuals in the
00:22UAE, Obeid Humeid Altair, Minister of State for Financial Affairs, said at the Federal
00:27National Council. Altair also dismissed any plans to impose taxes on remittances in the
00:32country.
00:34Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to Moscow today after approving what's set
00:38to be his nation's biggest weapons deal with Russia since 2001, reaffirming a military
00:43partnership that newer suppliers like the US will find difficult to dislodge.
00:48The S-400 air defence missile systems, which India plans to buy, are among the crown jewels
00:53of Russia's defence capability, according to industry analysts.
00:57In sport, the romance of finishing his career by leading New Zealand into one last battle
01:01against Australia on home soil persuaded Brendan McCollum to bow out of international cricket
01:07before next year's World Twenty20. The 34-year-old announced on Tuesday that he would be retiring
01:13from all forms of international cricket after the two-test series against the Australians
01:18in February.
01:20England-based bowler James Anderson is a doubt for the first test against South Africa starting
01:25on December 26. Anderson, England's leading wicket-taker in tests, was sent for scans
01:30after suffering tightness in his right calf muscle. A decision on his involvement in the
01:35first test in Durban is unlikely to be taken until Thursday.
01:40Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali's historical drama Bajirao Mastani has made more than Rs
01:451 billion worldwide and is going strong in theatres with positive word of mouth. The
01:50movie features Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra in lead roles and released
01:55alongside Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's Dilwale last weekend. It collected Rs 908
02:02million worldwide in its opening weekend and managed a strong business of Rs 102.5 million
02:09in India on Monday.
02:11And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 27 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:15to 19 degrees at night.