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By Nirbhay Kumar New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Stating that most countries have multiple slabs and gradual increase in tax brackets to minimise the scope of under-reporting of income, Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey has said that the new system is simple and gives more choice to taxpayers. In an[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Various opposition parties led by the Congress, including the DMK and the NCP, on Monday, staged a walkout from the Lok Sabha over the issue of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) as their demand to discuss the new law was not entertained. Trinamool Congress, Bahujan Samaj[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Facing a 96-hour ban by the Election Commission for communally divisive remarks, BJP MP Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma on Monday again raised the pitch in the Lok Sabha calling the ongoing Shaheen Bagh protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) “anti-national”, and declared that the[Read More…]
By Nirbhay Kumar New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Stating that most countries have multiple slabs and gradual increase in tax brackets to minimise the scope of under-reporting of income, Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey has said that the new system is simple and gives more choice to taxpayers. In an[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 3 (IANS) An excellent pool of cricketers means India won’t suffer a great deal in the absence of Ishant Sharma, Hardik Pandya and now Rohit Sharma, feels former India pacer Zaheer Khan. Hardik has been ruled out of the upcoming Test series against New Zealand as he travelled[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Spear-heading the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) campaign for the February 8 Delhi Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Monday stressed ‘housing for all’ and regularisation of unauthorised colonies to garner votes. Launching a scathing attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Modi, the[Read More…]
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New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Sabitra Bhandari, the prolific Nepali striker who has taken the Indian Women’s League (IWL) 2019-20 by storm with her dazzling scoring form, has lauded the Indian Women’s Football structure on the sidelines of the ongoing campaign in Bengaluru. “All India Football Federation (AIFF) has categorically[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 3 (IANS) The second edition of Mumbai Indians (MI) grassroots initiative junior 2020 will expand to Pune and Nagpur with an introduction of an additional Under-16 Boys category. The MI Junior in its inaugural year was held in two categories — U-14 Boys & U-16 Girls in Mumbai[Read More…]
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Mumbai, Feb 3 (IANS) The benchmark Sensex edged up 137 points on Monday, over easing oil prices and a rebound in Manufacturing PMI index which rose from 52.7 in December to 55.3 in January, its highest level in just under eight years. IHS Markits said that the consumer goods sub-sector[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 3 (IANS) The second edition of Mumbai Indians (MI) grassroots initiative junior 2020 will expand to Pune and Nagpur with an introduction of an additional Under-16 Boys category. The MI Junior in its inaugural year was held in two categories — U-14 Boys & U-16 Girls in Mumbai[Read More…]
New Delhi/Jodhpur, Feb 3 (IANS) In what comes as a major boost for the BJP-led NDA government at the centre, influential RSS affiliate — Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) has thrown its weight strongly behind the government to “not yield to violent protests” and urging it to identify “trouble pockets”, referring[Read More…]
New York, Feb 3 (IANS) The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first drug to treat peanut allergies in children and teens. Treatment with the drug, Palforzia, can be used for children between 4 and 17 years old with a confirmed diagnosis of peanut allergy, the FDA[Read More…]
By Arundhuti Banerjee Mumbai, Feb 3 (IANS) In their upcoming release “Malang”, Disha Patani and Aditya Roy Kapur essay characters that are in a quite dark space, with both justifying the act of killing. According to the actors, these are morally tricky characters, and as performers they essay such roles[Read More…]
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Mumbai, Feb 3 (IANS) Actor Vicky Kaushal will soon be seen in the horror flick “Bhoot Part One: The Haunted Ship”. Working in the genre for the first time, Vicky says he realised how horror is a tricky and technical deal. “This was something I was not prepared for as[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) In a scathing attack on Aam Aadmi Party Convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, BJP election in-charge Prakash Javadekar said that Kejriwal is a terrorist. Addressing the media here on Monday he said that Kejriwal was asking for proof of being a terrorist. “Kejriwal[Read More…]
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) Two persons have been arrested while the Calcutta High Court on Monday sought a detailed report in connection with the alleged brutal torture of two women in Gangarampur of West Bengal’s South Dinajpur district by a group of men led by a panchayat functionary belonging to[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 3 (IANS) Reliance Entertainment and Amblin Partners war drama “1917”, a World War I masterpiece, continued its golden run in the awards circuit this year. The film has now emerged the big winner at the 2020 British Academy of Film and Television Film Awards (BAFTAs). Sam Mendes’ film[Read More…]
Chennai, Feb 3 (IANS) Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-Madras) have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to convert brain signals of speech impaired humans into language, the Institute said on Monday. The researchers can potentially interpret nature’s signals such as the plant photosynthesis process or their[Read More…]
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 3 (IANS) The traffic police department of Gorakhpur, which is also the home district of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, will now help ambulances to cut through the traffic and get the patients coming from Bihar and Nepal to hospital without any delay. The Chief[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Former South Africa cricketer Herschelle Gibbs has named Virat Kohli as his favourite India cricketer. Kohli has been enjoying a brilliant run of form recently and has led Team India to a historic series win against New Zealand in the just concluded T20I series. When[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Union Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Monday held a review meeting here to take stock of the Novel Coronavirus situation, even as the government issued a new Travel Advisory that urged everyone to refrain from travel to China, saying travellers on return could be quarantined.[Read More…]
