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Budget 2024: Addressing Taxation Challenges Of Individuals

From expanding Section 80C deductions to enhancing the extant tax-free long term capital gain ceiling on sale of shares, experts expect more benefits this time

Don't Promote Unhealthy Food Items, Nutrition Advocacy Body Urges Celebs

A national think-tank on nutrition, comprising independent medical experts, pediatricians and nutritionists, has written an open letter to 16 celebrities, including Aamir Khan, Alia Bhatt, Katrina Kaif, Ranveer Singh and MS Dhoni, urging them to stop promoting unhealthy food products high in sugar, salt and fat contents.

One-Third Of India Sees Deficit Rainfall Over A Month After Monsoon Arrival

ONE-and-a-half months after the arrival of the Southwest monsoon, around 40% of districts covering the country's one-third area have received deficient rainfall, as per the latest data of the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Puri Temple Treasure Chamber Opened After 4 Decades

FOUR decades after it was opened for the last time, the Bhitara Bhandar or inner chamber of Shree Jagannath temple's Ratna Bhandar was finally reopened by the 11-member expert committee on Sunday.

Red Alert In Three Kerala Dists; Holiday For Schools

HEAVY rains continue to batter Malabar, leading to significant waterlogging in low-lying areas across Kasaragod, Kannur, Malappuram, and Kozhikode districts.

Why Hunger For Knowledge Matters

Charlie Munger was no second fiddle.

Uruguay win Copa third-place playoff

LUIS Suarez rescued Uruguay with an injury-time equaliser before the South Americans defeated Canada 4-3 in a penalty shoot-out to win the Copa America's third place playoff match on Saturday.

Stagnant Asian Paints now attracts bulls

SINCE making its market debut more than three decades ago, Asian Paints has been a consistent wealth creator for investors.

Xiaomi India profit drops 77% to ₹239 cr in FY23; revenue dips to ₹26,697 cr

CHINESE smart device manufacturer Xiaomi's profit in India plunged by 77% to ₹238.63 crore in FY23 compared to ₹1,057.7 crore in the previous fiscal.

ARE YOU LOSING MONEY IN DIRECT EQUITY INVESTING?

THERE are many reasons for losing money in direct equity investing, and any expert can give you ten reasons and some of the reasons will be common.

Syrian media says soldier killed, 3 injured in strike

A Syrian soldier was killed early on Sunday and three others wounded in Israeli strikes on several positions in and around Damascus, Syrian state media said.

Hamas pulls out of truce talks after leader targeted

A Hamas official said on Sunday the Palestinian group was withdrawing from Gaza truce talks, following a deadly Israeli strike that targeted militant commander Mohammed Deif more than nine months into the war.

N Korean leader's sister slams anti-Kim leaflets

SEOUL THE powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un slammed South Korean \"scum\" on Sunday for launching anti-regime propaganda leaflets across the border via balloon, warning they would pay \"a very high price\".

In a first, newly wed women in C'garh plant fruit-bearing trees

IT was a day-long plantation drive, with a notable achievement in the parallel objective to invest in health and spread awareness on safeguarding the environment in Gariyaband district, 90 km from Raipur.

China, Russia conduct jt Pacific military patrol

CHINA and Russia conducted a joint naval patrol in the northern and western Pacific, Beijing's defence ministry said on Sunday, adding that the exercise was not \"targeted\" at any other nation.

Shah inaugurates PM College of Excellence in MP's 55 districts

UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday virtually inaugurated Prime Minister's College of Excellence for all 55 districts in Madhya Pradesh and hailed Narendra Modi's farsightedness in bringing in the New Education Policy amid the aim of making India a developed country by 2047.

CRPF jawan killed, 3 injured in militant attack in Manipur

SUSPECTED militants in Manipur carried out an attack on security personnel killing a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan and injuring three other personnel.

IAS officer's mother in dock for waving pistol at farmers in Pune village

THE Pune police on Sunday lodged a complaint against Manorama Khedkar, the mother of controversial IAS officer Pooja Khedkar, for allegedly threatening the villagers by brandishing a pistol.

BJP blames false narrative on quota, Constitution for UP loss

HUDDLED to chart a way forward after the debacle in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vowed to move ahead with more strength, vigour, and unity, following the principle of continuity and living up to it in its true sense.

Maha 'traitor' MLAs face action by MVA partners

AFTER losing one seat in the state council elections, a jolted Opposition in Maharashtra has decided to publish the names of the 13 MLAs who cross-voted, portraying them as 'gaddar' (traitors).

Soon, zoom past barrier-free toll plazas on highways

WITH the introduction of barrier-free toll collection based on the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), highway users will be allowed to cruise through toll gates at high speed up to 100 kmph without inconvenience, according to officials of the road transport and highways ministry.

MHA's cyber crime unit warns against fraudulent e-notices from govt

THE cybercrime unit I4C under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked people that in case they receive a suspicious e-notice from a government office on the email, they should check the Internet to authenticate the official named in it and also call up the mentioned department to verify if they are genuine.

Nadda to continue as BJP chief until end of this year

Party set to roll out detailed electoral process before filling the post

Cong picks Gogoi as deputy leader in LS, K Suresh chief whip

AHEAD of the Budget session of Parliament, the Congress on Sunday appointed Gaurav Gogoi as the deputy leader in Lok Sabha, senior Congress MP Kodikunnil Suresh as the chief whip, and Virudhunagar MP Manickam Tagore and Kishanganj MP Mohammad Jawed as whips in the lower House.

THE AFFIRMATION OF MOTHERS AS GURUS

DID you know until the elections that the presiding deity of Tripura is the Devi in her supreme energy as Lalita Tripurasundari? I didn't.

TIME TO SETTLE AP-T'GANA BIFURCATION ISSUES

THE recent meeting between Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and his Telangana counterpart A Revanth Reddy was fruitful in the sense that it raised hopes of finding an amicable solution to unresolved issues between the two states hanging fire for the last decade.

TASK CUT OUT FOR PRACHANDA-MUKT NEPAL COALITION GOVERNMENT

WHEN two polar opposites of Nepal's politics came together last week, they ended the spectacle of the tail wagging the dog and threw up a new coalition government that on paper appears sturdy.

THE EMERGENCY AND ITS MORAL EQUIVALENCE

One side of India's political divide is reaffirming its faith in the Constitution, while the other is pointing to the Emergency. But one must remember that each bend in history is different

Women electrocuted as power line falls on fence

TWO women were electrocuted to death near Vanur on Saturday after they allegedly came into contact with a metal fence on which a severed power line had fallen the night before.

Will give TN only 8K cusecs, says K'taka CM, blames rain

CM Siddu says 1 tmcft will be released only if there is excess rainfall