Indian Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman read out the Union Budget 2024 – 25 on July 23rd, 2024. This was her seventh time doing a union budget and her first activity since the re-election of the BJP-led NDA government in June. The areas targeted by this budget are employment generation, skills development, MSME support and […]
With Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announcing a major reduction in customs duty on cancer drugs and mobile phones, it is set to considerably bring down their prices in the market. The three cancer drugs are Trastuzumab deruxtecan, Osimertinib and Durvalumab.The Finance Minister also announced a reduction of customs duty on mobile phones and mobile chargers […]
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her 7th Union Budget in Lok Sabha announced tax sops for over 4 crore salaried individuals.Those under the new tax regime, have been given relaxation in the standard deduction limit from Rs 50,000 to Rs 75,000 while the deduction on family pension for pensioners has been enhanced from Rs Rs […]
The NEET-UG 2024 exam, which is the admission exam for undergraduate medical programs in India, is being challenged in the Supreme Court because a question paper leak undermined the exam. Concerns Raised Over Leak Timeline The Court raised doubts about the claims made by the National Testing Agency (NTA) and the Central government. The NTA […]
India will have a robust team of 117 athletes (including reserves) to participate in several events at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. India has sent two of the greatest delegations to the Olympics after the 121 participants competed in Tokyo 2021. Athletics leads the pack with 29 representatives, including promising talents like long jumper […]
A proprietor of a coaching class in Rajkot has lost Rs 50 lakhs in an unscrupulous partnership transaction as a result of sophisticated fraud. 50-year-old Atul Baldev has accused Lodhika taluka resident Chetan Parmar of forging and scamming. He has lodged a police case at the Malaviya Nagar police station. Baldev claims Parmar persuaded him […]
As part of an inquiry into an alleged Rs 1,392 crore bank loan scam, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) searched many premises connected to a metal fabricating firm and its proprietors, Rao Dan Singh, the Haryana Congress MLA. The operation was led by the central agency’s Gurugram headquarters and targeted around fifteen locations in Delhi, Jamshedpur, […]
Four Indian Army soldiers, including an officer, were killed in a fierce encounter with terrorists in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. Given that this is the second major attack in the Jammu region in just over a week, concerns are raised about the likelihood that terrorism may resurface in the previously […]
Panchkula Police have arrested two individuals, including an IT expert, for allegedly duping a resident of Rs 9.68 crore in a cybercrime case with international connections. The mastermind behind the scam, Jatin Jindal, was identified as a B.Sc. IT graduate from Patiala. Police also apprehended his accomplice, Mushtaq Mohammad, a resident of Ghanaur in the […]
In a fresh blow to trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar, a video has emerged showing her mother, Manorama Khedkar, threatening a group of farmers with a gun. This incident adds to the string of controversies Puja faces, raising questions about her conduct and the Khedkar family’s land dealings. The video, which went viral recently, shows […]