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Growth in India’s net direct tax collections slowed down marginally over the past month to touch 15.88% by January 12, from a 16.5% uptick as of December 17. Image for representative purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Growth in India’s net direct tax collections slowed down marginally over the past month to touch 15.88%…
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Image for representative purposes | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Growth in India’s net direct tax collections slowed down marginally over the past month to touch 15.88% by January 12, from a 16.5% uptick as of December 17, with gross tax receipts also tapering slightly from 20.3% a month ago to 19.94%. Data shared by the…
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New Delhi: The new ISRO chief V Narayanan said India will fly humans to space by 2026 as part of the Gaganyaan mission. Gaganyaan envisages launching a crew of three members to an orbit of 400 kilometres for a three-days-long mission and bring them back safely to earth, by landing in Indian sea waters. Speaking…
Indore: A wedding held at a 200-year-old temple in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore has kicked up a row, prompting the authorities to order a probe into the matter, officials said on Monday. Following the episode, the manager of the temple was sacked with immediate effect, while the charge of the government unit related to temples was…
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Lucknow: Starting January 26, riders of two wheelers may not get fuel at filling stations in Lucknow if they are found without helmet or protective headgear. In light of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s recent directives and Transport Department’s initiative to curb road fatalities caused by two-wheeler accidents, Lucknow District Magistrate Surya Pal Gangwar on Monday…
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A file image of King Charles III | Photo Credit: Getty Images King Charles III will attend a ceremony in Poland marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buckingham Palace said Monday (January 13, 2025), in his first visit to the former German Nazi concentration camp. Ahead of the January 27 commemoration, King…
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Photo provided by The Royal Mint on January 13, 2025 shows a portrait of George Orwell and a new £2 coin. | Photo Credit: AP A commemorative coin featuring the image of an eye and the inscription “Big Brother is watching you” is being released to pay tribute to “Nineteen Eighty-four” author George Orwell and…
In the history of ODI World Cups, rarely has an edition turned out to be as poor as the 2007 edition in West Indies. India were the runners-up of the 2003 edition and were expected to do well in 2007 too. However, what happened was exact opposite. India could not go past the…
Photo: earthquake.usgs.gov A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Japan late on Monday (January 13, 2025), the U.S. Geological Survey said, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami advisory. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued the advisory for tsunami waves of up to one metre (three feet) after the quake off Miyazaki prefecture in the Kyushu region around…
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The earthquake struck off Miyazaki prefecture in the Kyushu region. (File) Tokyo: A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Japan late on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami advisory. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued the advisory for tsunami waves of up to one metre (three feet) after the quake off…
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