The Directorate of School Education on Tuesday said that all schools in Puducherry will remain closed on Wednesday, July 17, on the occasion of Muharram, reported ANI. âThe Time table for the Conduct of Common Periodical Test- I has been communicated to all the Government Schools in the U.T. of Puducherry. The Periodical Test scheduled…
The building that caught fire in Mayur Vihar Phase-2. A fire that broke out on the ground floor of a building in east Delhiâs Mayur Vihar gutted several shops on its upper floors, a Delhi Fire Service (DFS) official said on Monday. While no one was injured in the incident, one person had to be…
Haryana Assembly Elections 2024: Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah took a swipe at senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s ‘Haryana Mange Hisaab’ campaign, demanding accountability for what he termed as a decade of misgovernance and hindrance to Haryana’s progress. “Baniya ka beta hu, payi-payi ka hisab leke chalta hu [I am the…
Cotton stocks extended gains on Tuesday, July 16, after domestic rating agency ICRA lifted the FY25 growth forecast for the Indian cotton spinning industry. ICRA expects the domestic cotton spinning industry to recover in fiscal 2024-25 (FY25), growing by 6-8 per cent over volume growth and mild realisation gains. Leading cotton stocks listed on D-Street…
The final stage of preparing the union budget for FY25 has begun with the customary âhalwaâ ceremony at North Block where the finance ministry is housed, the ministry said on Tuesday. The budget will be presented on 23 July and the economic survey a day before. The halwa ceremony is performed before the âlock-inâ process of…
The final stage of preparing the union budget for FY25 has begun with the customary âhalwaâ ceremony at North Block where the finance ministry is housed, the ministry said on Tuesday. The budget will be presented on 23 July and the economic survey a day before. The halwa ceremony is performed before the âlock-inâ process of…
Although a range of tax-related changes are introduced every year for taxpayers, a few key changes are âradicalâ and occur only once every three or five years. The introduction of the ânew tax regimeâ is undoubtedly one such key change that is substantive, and will transform the way income tax is calculated and deductions allowed….
Javelin thrower Kishore Jena. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak Asian Games silver medallist javelin thrower Kishore Jena says he was on verge of quitting the sport in 2023 after a string of poor performances but he heeded to his father’s advice, leading to a revival of his career. Jena admitted that Neeraj Chopra’s Tokyo Olympics…
Indian aviation reported the best-ever half-year traffic this year, recording 7.93 crore passengers between January and June this year, compared to 7.60 crore passengers during the same period last year. Thus far, 2023 has been the best-ever year for domestic aviation in India, when it surpassed the pre-COVID numbers by 5.77 per cent. The current…
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protest an Israeli Supreme Court ruling that requires the state to begin drafting ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students to the military, in the Mea Shearim neighbourhood of Jerusalem, June 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Israeli military announced on July 16 it would begin sending draft notices to Jewish ultra-Orthodox men on…
