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Govt extends ITR filing deadline by a day to Sep 16 as tech snags hit e-filing portal on last day
A record over 7.3 crore ITRs were filed till September 15,...
India adopts techno legal approach for AI safety Vaishnaw
Ashwini Vaishnaw,Minister of Electronics and Information Technology...
Asia’s richest person re-joins $100 billion club as stock surges
Mukesh Ambani, chairman, Reliance Industries Ambani, Reliance’s chairman, owns 42% of the company, which has businesses in the energy, telecommunications and retail sectors, among others. Its shares have climbed 22% from a low in October after the firm reported a jump...
Max Life ventures into the United Arab Emirates
Prashant Tripathy, CEO and Managing Director, Max Life said “ With our presence in Dubai, we are not only extending our reach to the Gulf region and enhancing our brand awareness, but also bridging the geographical gap to ensure that our NRI customers experience a...
London mayor says Brexit has cost UK over $178 billion so far
Britain's National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) estimated in November that Brexit had reduced the size of the economy by 2%-3%, with the impact expected to rise to 5%-6% by 2035 LONDON: Britain's departure from the European Union has reduced the...
Govt cracking down on firms making false eco-friendly claims on products
All environmental claims shall be backed by verifiable evidence, and while making disclosures in relation to environmental claims, data from research shall not be cherry picked to highlight only favourable observations while obscuring others that are unfavourable New...
Citizens advised not to dial *401# followed by unknown mobile number on receiving malicious calls
Falling into the trap of cyber frauds may activate unconditional call forwarding received on mobile of the citizen to an unknown mobile number. This allows fraudsters to receive all incoming calls and can be used for fraud New Delhi: The Department of...
IMF says global economy to stay ‘resilient’ in 2024 but grow too slowly
IMF spokesperson Julie Kozack told a news briefing that the global economy appeared headed for a "soft landing" with inflation subsiding and labor markets resilient, but low-income countries could still fall further behind. Washington: Global economic growth will...
Budget session of Parliament likely between January 31 and February 9
The government would present a vote-on-account or an 'interim budget' on February 1. The new government will present a full-fledged budget later. New Delhi: A brief Budget session of Parliament is likely to be held between January 31 and February 9, sources said on...
923 cases of Covid sub-variant JN.1 reported from 15 states INSACOG
Data compiled by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) showed Karnataka has reported the highest number of cases at 214, followed by Maharashtra (170), Kerala (154), Andhra Pradesh (105), Gujarat (76) and Goa (66). New Delhi: COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1...
India to seek social security pact with US on Fri
Social security, or totalisation agreement, is a long-pending demand of the country, as it will provide social security to Indian professionals in America. This would eliminate dual social security deduction, both in the home country and in the nation where an...
US SEC approves bitcoin ETFs in watershed for crypto market
Standard Chartered analysts this week said the ETFs could draw $50 billion to $100 billion this year alone. Other analysts have said inflows will be closer to $55 billion over five years WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: The U.S. securities regulator on Wednesday approved the...