Senior administration and police officials on Thursday showered flower petals from helicopters on Kanwar Yatra pilgrims on the Delhi-Dehradun national highway and other places in Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur and Baghpat districts. The district magistrates and senior superintendents of police (SSPs) of the four districts showered petals on the pilgrims from helicopters, said DK Thakur, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Meerut zone. In Meerut, DM Deepak Meena and SSP Vipin Tada showered petals from a chopper at the Augarnath temple, Delhi-Dehradun National Highway, Pallavpuram and the Shivaya toll plaza. SSP…
Month: August 2024
Automated Income Tax Arrears Relief Calculator with Form 10E from the F.Y. 2000-01 to F.Y. 2019-20 ( Updated Version)
HOW TO CLAIM RELIEF WHEN SALARY IS PAID IN ARREARS OR IN ADVANCE Whereby any portion of assessee’s salary is received in arrears or in advance or by reason of his having received in any one financial year salary for more than 12 months or payment which under the provisions of section 17(3) is a profit in lieu of salary, he is hence taxed at a higher slab than that at which it would otherwise have been assessed. The Assessing Officer shall, on an Application made to him, grant such…
Horoscope Today, August 2, 2024: Check astrological prediction for Gemini, Cancer and other signs | Horoscope Today
ARIES HOROSCOPE TODAY: never to jump to conclusions Something is not quite right in your business or financial life, but losses or mysteries are temporary. The best advice in this, and similar matters, is never to jump to conclusions, but always to go back and check that you have got your facts straight. TAURUS HOROSCOPE TODAY: increase in earnings From your current planetary picture it is clear that there are genuine and well- founded hopes of an increase in earnings, probably as a result of a great deal of thankless…
Sindhu on playing at LA Olympics in 2028: ‘4 years is long time away, I’ll take break, come back, see what’s in store’ | Sport-others News
After PV Sindhu’s Paris Olympics campaign was cut short in the round of 16 by China’s He Bing Jiao, the two-time Olympic medallist didn’t want to look too far into the future and comment about her playing at the Los Angeles Games in 2028. At the Rio Olympics, Sindhu had claimed a silver medal while she had won bronze in the deferred Olympics hosted by Tokyo three years ago. A medal at Paris would have made her the first individual medallist from India to have three Olympic medals. However, that…
India sees 11% rise in malware attacks, 22% jump in ransomware: Report | Technology News
Malware attacks in India rose by 11 per cent while ransomware cyber attacks jumped by 22 per cent in 2024, reflecting the escalating nature of cyber threats for businesses, a report by SonicWall said. Malware attacks rose by 11 per cent to 13,44,566 in 2024 from 12,13,528 in 2023, the 2024 SonicWall Mid-Year Cyber Threat Report said. Internet of Things (IOT) attacks went up by 59 per cent in the last one year to 16,80,787 in 2024 from 10,57,320 in 2023, it stated. While ransomware attacks went up by 22…
BSF ramps up vigil along Indo-Bangla border in Tripura, holds meeting with BGB amid tension in Bangladesh | India News
In the wake of the recent tension in neighbouring Bangladesh, the Border Security Force (BSF) has intensified vigil along the Indo-Bangla international border in Tripura in close coordination with Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB), officials said on Thursday. In a statement, a BSF official said four Commandant level flag meetings and 150 Company Commander/Border Out Post (BOP) level meetings were held with the BGB in July to maintain close coordination with authorities on both sides of the border. The latest Battalion Commander level flag meeting was held in the Hariamuni Para…
Russia to release Evan Gershkovich: Why was the WSJ journalist arrested? | Explained News
Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been imprisoned in Russia since March last year, is expected to be freed in a major prisoner exchange between the United States and Russia on Thursday (August 1). Although neither Russia nor the US revealed any detail on the exchange location, Turkish intelligence said in a statement it would be coordinating the prisoner swap. Sources confirmed to The Guardian that the exchange would take place in Turkey on Thursday. Here is a look at who Gershkovich is, and why he was…
CBDT Begins Scrutiny of AY19 Cases Following Budget’s Reduced Reassessment Time Limit
For the AY 2018-19 the income tax department has begun investigating the cases to find which of them required to be reopened, a process that may result in tax notices. In the matters of escaped income, this follows the union budget proceeds to lessen the time limit for tax reassessment from 10 years to 5 years. From September 1 the new provision shall come into force and would make past assessments for AY 2019-19 time-barred. Under the provisions, the initial letters furnished are anticipated to be various though the number…
Karnataka AAR Rules Rapido Has to Pay GST on Cab Service
In a setback for Rapido, the Karnataka Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR) has carried that the ride-hailing unicorn is accountable for paying goods and service tax for its cab services. The ARR order cited, “The applicant (Rapido’s parent company Roppen Transportation) is liable to pay GST on the supply of services provided by the independent four-wheeler cab service provider (person who has subscribed to the applicant’s Rapido) to his passengers on the applicant’s app platform, being an e-commerce operator, in terms of Section 9 (5) of the CGST Act 2017,”…
I’m an IAS officer. Here is my advice to UPSC aspirants
Written by K H Govinda Raj As competition increases, the demand to relax the age bar and allow candidates to compete more number of times in the Union Public Service Commission examination is expected. At present, the upper age-limit for general candidates to write the Civil Services examination is 32 years (six attempts); for reserved categories (SC/ST), it is 37 years (unlimited attempts) and for OBCs, it is 35 years (nine attempts). The situation will only get worse, not better, in the years to come. The number of candidates appearing for…