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History remembers tax reforms through legislation. Businesses remember them through confusion. As India crossed the June 15 advance-tax deadline, policymakers received the first meaningful signal from the ground about the functioning of the Income-tax Act, 2025. Predictably, public attention gravitated toward revenue implications, compliance statistics and collection trends. Yet those indicators may ultimately prove less…
Chinese proverb of the day (Image generated via Google Gemini) There is a quiet, almost funny cruelty to this saying. Picture someone striding ahead, chin up, certain they are leading the way. Then they glance over their shoulder and find nobody there. Not a single person followed. In that instant, the grand march turns into…
India’s foreign exchange reserves recorded their steepest weekly decline in months, falling by $9.985 billion to $671.625 billion in the week ended June 12, mainly due to a sharp drop in gold reserves, according to RBI data released on Friday.The country’s forex reserves had declined by $711 million in the previous reporting week to $681.610…
NEW DELHI: The government on Friday highlighted what it described as a major milestone in India’s fight against Left-Wing Extremism (LWE), stating that the country became effectively free from Naxalism on March 31, 2026 after decades of insurgency-related violence.The outcome, the government claimed, was the result of sustained efforts over the past 12 years that…
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday strongly rejected remarks by US President Donald Trump, accusing him of fabricating a story that she had “begged” him to take a photograph with her during the recent G7 summit.Meloni described Trump’s comments as “completely made up” and expressing disappointment.Dismissing the claims outright, Meloni added: “There is one…
MK Stalin’s DMK and Rahul Gandhi’s Congress had an acrimonious split after Tamil Nadu assembly polls NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi on Friday thanked MK Stalin and Kanimozhi for their birthday wishes, with their social media exchange coming days after Congress and the DMK ended their alliance following the Tamil Nadu assembly election results.Also Read |…
A sharp selloff in technology stocks weighed on sentiment. Fresh geopolitical concerns also added to the cautious mood in the market. (AI image) Stock market breaks winning streak: Indian equity benchmark equity indices, BSE Sensex and Nifty50, snapped their five-session winning streak on Friday, with the Sensex shedding 607 points and the Nifty settling at…
India’s KL Rahul (AP Photo) With the ODI series already secured after victories in the first two matches against Afghanistan, India have used the opportunity to test different combinations and assess players outside their established core group.The absence of senior figures Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah has allowed the team management to experiment,…
NEW DELHI: Ivory Coast striker Elye Wahi has been cleared to travel to Canada for his country’s World Cup match against Germany despite being under investigation in France for alleged betting-related offenses.The Ivorian Football Federation (FIF) had earlier said the 23-year-old would not be able to travel to Canada, but confirmed on Thursday that the…
The Telangana Council of Higher Education (TGCHE) has started the online registration process for Telangana Engineering, Agriculture and Pharmacy Common Entrance Test (TG EAPCET) Counselling 2026. Candidates who qualified in TS EAMCET 2026 and are seeking admission to Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Bachelor of Technology (BTech), and Pharmacy courses can apply through the official website.Eligible…
