The final stage of preparing the union budget for FY25 has begun with the customary ‘halwa’ 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 ‘lock-in’ process of…
Although a range of tax-related changes are introduced every year for taxpayers, a few key changes are ‘radical’ and occur only once every three or five years. The introduction of the ‘new tax regime’ 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…
OnePlus has unveiled the latest iteration of its budget-focused Nord series at the company’s summer launch event in Milan, Italy. The OnePlus Nord 4 comes with a metal unibody design and is powered by the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 chipset. The phone also comes with a host of new AI features such as AI Text…
Kalidas Jayaram, Dhanush and Sundeep Kishan in ‘Raayan’. | Photo Credit: Sun TV/YouTube The makers of Raayan have released the film’s trailer. The project marks Dhanush’s 50th film. Raayan is also Dhanush’s second directorial, after Pa. Pandi (2017). The trailer hints at a violent saga with S J Suryah and Dhanush being at constant loggerheads….
An illustration of red and white blood cells. Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to the body’s tissues, including the cells within the arterial walls. White blood monitor the bloodstream for potential threats and respond to infections. | Photo Credit: Getty Images A: Human blood consists of red blood corpuscles as a constituent,…
But, in contrast to expansive lists, state capacity and political capital are typically much more limited. The challenge, therefore, is to identify which reforms to spend political capital on, and, equally, how to sequence them. To do this, however, one must first identify what the binding macroeconomic constraint to higher growth currently is. Back in…
A variety of textiles, art and crafts to choose from at the exhibition | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Pattachitra, a traditional scroll painting form from Odisha, that has an illustrious history dating back to 2500 years, demands the attention it truly deserves. Carrying forward this legacy, a group of young artists from West Bengal will…
