Team India, set to enter a transition phase in the next three years, will do so under their youngest-ever Indian coach — 42-year-old Gautam Gambhir. More than a month after guiding Kolkata Knight Riders to an IPL title, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) appointed the former India opener as their new head coach on Tuesday. Gambhir’s three-and-a-half year tenure will begin with the limited-overs tour to Sri Lanka, which begins on July 27. Gambhir’s appointment has largely come along expected lines after it became clear that…
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Govt to launch survey to assess vulnerability of glacial lakes after monsoon | India News
Four states and a Union territory in the Himalayas will commence ground surveys to determine the vulnerability of glacial lakes after the monsoon season, officials said on Tuesday. A glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) in Sikkim in October 2023 has prompted this initiative, they said. Monitoring systems will also be established to provide crucial information about GLOFs, the officials said. “Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir are setting up survey teams and identifying routes to the glacial lakes. The teams will include…
Seen as Nitish Kumar’s ‘possible successor’, who is Manish Verma: IAS to JD(U) supremo’s aide to party fold | Political Pulse News
Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) supremo Nitish Kumar’s advisor and former IAS officer Manish Verma, 50, formally joined the JD(U) on Tuesday. A 2000-batch Odisha-cadre IAS officer and former Patna district magistrate, Verma had taken voluntary retirement (VRS) in 2018, reportedly on the advice of Nitish. He has since been working as a close aide of the CM. There has been a lot of buzz around Verma’s entry into the JD (U) amid the possibility of him being groomed as the party’s future leader. Verma, who had been…
‘Salim-Javed asked me to dub Amjad Khan’s voice for Gabbar in Sholay,’ recalls director Ramesh Sippy | Bollywood News
Despite delivering various memorable films like Shaan, Seeta Aur Geeta and Shakti, Ramesh Sippy’s Sholay remains his most memorable work. In a recent interaction with Arbaaz Khan, the filmmaker spoke about various aspects of the film, including living up to its massive, timeless success for the rest of his career. He also divulged details about actor Amjad Khan, who played the legendary role of Gabbar Singh, and how writers Salim-Javed didn’t find his voice menacing enough. While it is well known that the role of Gabbar was first offered to…
Agniveer Army recruitment in Himachal Pradesh from September 3 to 9 | Chandigarh News
Agniveer Army recruitment for candidates from Himachal Pradesh’s Solan, Shimla, Sirmaur, and Kinnaur districts who have passed the Common Entrance Examination (CEE) will be held from September 3 to 9, the Army’s recruitment director in Shimla said in a statement on Tuesday. The statement said that all candidates who have passed the online examination must bring their documents, such as Class 10 and 12 marksheets, domicile certificates, Dogra/minority certificates, caste certificates, character certificates (issued online by tehsildars), and NCC/sports certificates, for verification. Candidates who have passed the Common Entrance Examination…
IT Dept. Notifies New Guidelines for Making Transparent Process U/S 148
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) in a move to ease the process of issuing the notices u/s 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, has issued updated guidelines via F.No.299/10/2022-Dir(Inv.III)/1522 on June 26, 2024. Such guidelines are set to draw clarity and consistency in managing the matter concerned with the income that has escaped the assessment. Taxpayers Implications These new guidelines help towards a more structured and clear process to manage the matters of income that escapes assessment. A reduction in the random notices can be anticipated by…
‘Anupam Kher was doing 60 films at same time, Shashi Kapoor was called taxi as he would many shifts in the same day’ | Bollywood News
Indian cinema is over a 100 years old now but there was a time just 30 or so years ago when Hindi films were made with absolutely no planning. In a recent interview, film critic Anupama Chopra, who was a film journalist in the 1990s, said that the Cine and TV Artistes Association had to actually issue a guideline saying that an actor could only take up either 12 or 14 films at a time. Chopra said that this was done because actors would be doing three to four shifts…
No Reopening Assessment Can Be Done After 4 Years for Non-Filing of GST By Dealer
It was ruled by The Mumbai Bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) that no reopening can take place after the expiry of four years from the end of the relevant assessment year unless any income levied to tax has escaped assessment for the reasons of the failure on the taxpayers part to reveal truly and wholly all material facts necessary for the assessment. The bench of Amit Shukla (Judicial Member) and Gagan Goyal (Accountant Member) has noted that the assessment was completed earlier under section 143(3) by the order…
Israeli forces step up military pressure on Gaza amid new ceasefire bid | World News
Israeli forces killed at least 18 Palestinians on the second day of a stepped-up military offensive in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday that Islamist militant group Hamas said was jeopardizing ceasefire talks. Qatari and Egyptian mediators, backed by the United States, have accelerated their efforts this week to seal a ceasefire deal aimed at ending the Gaza war and releasing Israeli hostages in Gaza in return for Palestinians prisoners jailed in Israel. On Tuesday, Israeli tanks deepened their incursion into some Gaza City districts such as Shejaia, Sabra and Tel…
IIT Jodhpur to teach BTech in Hindi, English; admission through JEE Advanced | Education News
The engineering aspirants can soon pursue BTech in Hindi at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur. A proposal in this regard has been approved, the Ministry of Education informed today. The admission will be done on the basis of Joint Entrance Examination Advanced (JEE Advanced 2024) score. The classes will commence from this academic year. Before the commencement of session, IIT-Jodhpur will have two sections depending on the language preference. The Ministry of Education is pleased to share that @iitjodhpur will now offer B. Tech 1st year courses in both…