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One of the most important financial skills is knowing the difference between needs and wants. Needs are things that we must have, for example, food, clothing, education, and shelter. Wants are things we would like to have but can do without. Wants are the latest toy, gadget, or treat. Learning to distinguish between the two…
NEW DELHI: A Puducherry consumer commission has held a restaurant liable for serving contaminated food and directed it to compensate the customer along with providing 10 free plates of biriyani after a dead insect was found in a plate of biriyani.The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Puducherry, comprising S. Mouttouvel (President), A.S. Suvitha (Member) and…
Does your house number have an impact on the energy you feel every day? The numbers of your home can affect the vibe, the opportunities, and the general flow of life in your home, according to numerology. Numerologists believe that each number has a different vibration. By summing the digits of a house number and…
Economic theory says that for individuals a graded income tax rate based on income levels is a ‘progressive’ method of taxation and an indirect tax method on goods and services (not looking at the income level of the spender / purchaser) is a ‘regressive’ manner of taxation. In India, we have income tax (direct tax…
Four kilometres beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, beyond the reach of sunlight and far from shipping lanes, lies a forgotten chapter of the nuclear age.Scattered across a vast stretch of seabed are more than 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste. They were lowered into the ocean over several decades during the second half of…
MUMBAI: In a relief to cellular service operators, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, the Bombay HC quashed the Centre’s one-time spectrum charge imposed unilaterally in 2012, from 2008 onwards, reports Swati Despande.Govt can’t retrospectively alter the financial terms of telecom licences years after they had been granted, said a division bench of Justices Manish Pitale…
AI representational image The gym was supposed to be neutral territory where people arrived in all shapes and sizes to sweat through their weights and workouts. Nobody cared what you were called or who you prayed to. Over the past few months, however, a mix of criminal cases and viral claims has brought communal suspicion…
The government provided Rs 1.23 lakh crore to oil marketing companies to help keep petrol and diesel prices unchanged for 78 days following the outbreak of the Middle East crisis, news agency PTI reported citing sources.The source told PTI that fertiliser minister seeks doubling of Rs 1.77 lakh cr budgeted subsidy for FY27 from finance…
Hazaribag: Unidentified criminals allegedly opened fire at vehicles of a private firm near CCL‘s Chandragupt coal project in Hazaribag district on Monday night, police said.After the incident, a purported press statement was circulated on social media allegedly by the Rahul Dubey gang claiming responsibility for the attack around 10:30 pm.According to the information, bike-borne criminals…
NEW DELHI: Continuing the momentum witnessed in April, Indian goods exports are estimated to have grown 15% in May as crude refining industry gained from high global oil prices. Excluding petroleum products, merchandise exports are estimated to have risen at 11% last month, an official said Monday.“It’s not only the petroleum products that drive the…
