New Delhi: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the new Income Tax Bill, currently under review by a select committee, will be taken up for discussion in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament. Speaking in the Lok Sabha during a discussion of the Finance Bill, Sitharaman said the select committee has been mandated to
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To call a film “brave” is a fragile compliment, because it is not as much about the film itself as about the context in which the film was made and released—“hand on the primal bone/… taking the word from the stream/ Fighting the sand for speech, fighting the stone”, as the poet Dom Moraes said.
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Electric scooter rental startup Zypp Electric has laid off at least 150 employees and introduced pay cuts linked to certain targets in efforts to cut costs, people aware of the developments told Mint. Zypp’s measures come shortly after it raised about ₹55 crore as part of an ongoing fundraising and amid increasing adoption of electric
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Cauvery aarti at Sankey Tank, in Bengaluru on March 21, 2025. The aarti also included a lighting display, a laser show and live orchestra performances. | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K A day before World Water Day, that is observed on March 22, the Karnataka government held Cauvery Aarti at Sankey Tank in Bengaluru, Malleswaram, drawing
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New Delhi: The government is likely to withdraw the 6% ‘equalization levy’ introduced in 2016 on online advertisement services rendered to Indian businesses by offshore digital economy firms through amendments to the Finance Bill, 2025, to be taken up by Parliament this week, two persons familiar with the development said. In August, the government had
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The Commission recommends that every meal should be tasted by a designated teacher, a cook and a parent, before being served to students. | Photo Credit: Representational Photo The midday meal scheme in Telangana is grappling with hygiene, financial and logistical challenges, as meal unit rates remain significantly lower than prevailing market prices. This is
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(Bloomberg) — Fidelity Investments and Charles Schwab Corp. are prohibiting clients from investing in money-market ETFs on their trading platforms, an unusual move for the financial powerhouses who typically permit easy access to funds that already trade on an exchange. The two firms are blocking purchases of three exchange-traded funds offered by BlackRock Inc. and
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The bustling streets of 19th-century Calcutta birthed “literature of the masses”—stories of, by, and for, the people—that was printed on cheap paper in the Battala area in the north of the city. While the elite tended to dismiss it as sensational, Battala literature, as it was called, captured the pulse of everyday life as nothing
Women’s role An awareness programme, ‘Empowering women and enriching society,’ was organised by the Women Empowerment Cell of Government Engineering College, Bodinaickanur, recently. Coordinator E.S. Uma Maheswari welcomed the gathering. Principal C. Vasanthanayaki presided over the event.Stella Ibrahim, Director of A.H.M. Trust, Bodinayakanur, was the chief guest. In her address, she said women had a
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi went live at 8 p.m. on March 24, 2020 to break the news about the nationwide lockdown to stop the spread of SARS-CoV-2 virus. | Photo Credit: Arrangement “From 12 midnight today the entire country, please listen carefully, the entire country shall go under complete lockdown. In order to protect the
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