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Since the tax payable through an updated return could be higher, an assessee may potentially save Rs 30-40 lakh. Income tax alert! If you have foreign assets then you need to be mindful of the negative impact on your tax outgo that the recent decline in rupee’s value versus the US dollar could have had.The…
Indian women’s hockey team The Indian women’s hockey team will look to end their World Cup campaign on a high when they face Germany in the fifth-sixth place classification match at Wagener Hockey Stadium in Amstelveen on Thursday.Having played five matches so far, India have won one, drawn three and lost only once — against…
The method, called Extreme Event Aware, or “η-learning”, does not need previous extreme events to create these scenarios. (Representational AP photo) What would a once-in-a-century storm look like if it was stronger than anything recorded before? Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a machine-learning method that can generate realistic scenarios for…
SBI Clerk recruitment 2026 The State Bank of India (SBI) will close the online registration process for the recruitment of 1,538 Junior Associates (Customer Support & Sales) in the clerical cadre today, August 27, 2026. Eligible candidates who have not yet applied can submit their applications through the SBI careers portal before the deadline.The recruitment…
Quote of the day by Tim Curry: Tim Curry has been part of the entertainment industry for more than six decades and has worked on some of Hollywood’s most culturally defining and diverse roles. He was best known for his portrayal in ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ and his appearance in ‘Home Alone ‘. Today’s…
While machine-made alternatives have become increasingly common, understanding the value of authentic handloom is the first step towards appreciating India’s rich textile heritage and supporting the artisan communities that continue to keep these age-old crafts alive. Source link
The announcement was made by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong during Singapore’s National Day Rally on August 23. Singapore has a problem that money alone has not been able to solve. People there are having fewer children. Now the country is trying a bigger, longer-term approach. Singapore will provide almost S$70,000 (around US$55,000 or roughly Rs…
In 2026, Raksha Bandhan is celebrated on August 28, with the optimal ceremony time taking place in the morning. New Delhi’s auspicious muhurat is set between 5:57 AM and 9:48 AM. It’s crucial to refrain from tying the Rakhi during the Bhadra period on August 27. Families should prepare the puja thali and conclude rituals…
Local fishers collect waste from Guanabara Bay as part of a mangrove restoration and cleanup effort in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Decades of pollution, untreated sewage, industrial activity and waste have placed heavy pressure on the mangroves around Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara Bay in Brazil. Yet in one of the bay’s remaining protected mangrove areas,…
Beneath every footstep lies a world most of us will never see. A single teaspoon of soil, scooped from a healthy forest floor, holds more living organisms than there are humans on the planet, bacteria, fungi, protists and nematodes packed together in numbers that barely make sense on a human scale. Stranger still, the vast…
