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…
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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…
Rajasthan HC Forgives ITR Filing Delay Due to Assessee’s Age and Depression
The Rajasthan High Court In a writ petition filed by a senior citizen seeking condonation of delay in filing Income Tax Returns ( ITR ), condoned the delay stating the real hurdle performed via the taxpayer who is a senior citizen. The taxpayer, Padam Raj Bhandari, is an insurance surveyor and senior citizen who filed an application on May 12, 2016, asking for the condonation of delay under section 119(2)(b) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 to claim an income tax refund for the AY 2009-10 to 2014-15. The applicant…
NASA spots 2 massive asteroids set to pass by Earth today: What are these space objects? | Technology News
Two large asteroids are all set to pass by Earth today, August 1. According to Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the two asteroids, identified as 2024 OE and 2024 OO, do not pose any immediate threat and will safely pass by our home planet. For scientists and researchers, this passage is seen as a great opportunity for tracking and scientific observation. The latest asteroids 2024 OE and 2024 OO are reportedly 190 feet and 88 feet in diameter, respectively. This is the second such occurrence in less than a month’s time.…
Madras HC Remands GST Liability Order for Reconsideration
The Madras High Court remanded the order validating the GST obligation as of the failure to provide oral or document proof. The case was remanded for reconsideration on 10% pre-deposit. The applicant/taxpayer Jai Maa Engineering Co. has claimed that they were not aware of the proceedings directing to the impugned order since all the communications were only uploaded to the GST portal and not conveyed via another mode. The applicant merely became aware of the proceedings in late February 2024, if their bank account was attached. The counsel of the…