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The introduction of pre-filled income tax forms by the Income Tax Department aims to simplify the process of filing tax returns. By auto-populating information obtained from the returns filed by others like employers, banks, mutual funds, and other deductors, the department intends to ensure that taxpayers report their income accurately. While this innovation has been well-received by many, caution and thoughtful consideration are required when relying solely on pre-filled ITRs.

R Shankar Raman, Whole-Time Director & CFO, L&T, says “as a strategy, the company is looking at asset-light return high areas of operations. Consequently, the cash that gets generated beyond the requirement of the company is meant for shareholders. Returning money to shareholders can take a couple of forms.

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed

Investing.com-- Gold prices kept to a tight range on Wednesday before the conclusion of a Federal Reserve meeting later in the day, while copper prices pulled back slightly after vows of more Chinese stimulus sparked strong gains.

The Supreme Court’s decision overturning half a century of affirmative action in higher education will force colleges and universities to reconsider their admissions processes and the purposes these processes serve. These institutions can promote both individual excellence and a more inclusive society while fully complying with the court’s ruling. When I was in the Boy Scouts, we received merit badges.

Emily in Paris", created by Darren Star, is set to return for a fourth season. However, production, which was originally planned to begin in the Summer, has faced delays due to the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, as per a report by WhatsOnNetflix. The show, produced by Darren Star Productions in association with MTV Entertainment Studios and Jax Media, has been a huge success and remains one of the most-watched comedies in Netflix's library, with a staggering 684.2 million hours watched globally in the top ten rankings, as per the report. Netflix released an announcement video on June 17, 2023, to assure fans that the fourth season is still in the works. The original plan was to film the third and fourth seasons back-to-back, but this was put on hold due to the strikes. Lily Collins will reprise her role as Emily, alongside other returning cast members such as Ashley Park as Mindy Chen, Lucas Bravo as Gabriel, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu as Sylvie, Samuel Arnold as Julien, and Bruno Gouery as Luc. Given the uncertainty surrounding the duration of the strikes, it is difficult to predict when production will resume. As the strike action may continue into 2024 or beyond, fans might need to wait patiently until 2025 to see the much-anticipated fourth season of «Emily in Paris», the report says.

espionage and directed ministries to ensure temporary workers do not have access to classified and secret government documents. The government has directed all central ministries and departments to handle classified documents and sensitive files carefully.

Caicedo’s broad smile at fulltime said it all. She’s not only at the Women’s World Cup, but she won a game and she scored a goal. A cancer survivor, a Real Madrid star and now a scorer on her debut on the biggest stage in women’s football, the Colombia forward is an inspirational figure already at the age of 18.

This led to the concept of the Fire Weather Index. It predicts the areas which are susceptible to wildfires by using the weather data. It adds the rate of fire spread with the fuel being consumed. By going through the Fire Weather Index, one can predict the susceptible areas of fire. The higher you are, the more prone to wildries you are. The Fire Weather Index has six levels of danger- the very low is less than 5.2 on the scale. Low danger between 5.2 and 11.2. Between 11.2 and 21.3 you have moderate danger. The high danger lies in the range of 21.3 and 38. Between 38 and 50 you have very high danger and extreme danger in beyond 50. You can understand the possibility of wildfire by keeping an eye on this index. Italy, Greece, Turkey, and Spain are the most prone to wildfires at present. Many places in Turkey are in the area of extreme danger. Most of the Greek islands are at high to very high risk. Spain, parts of southern Italy, and Sicily have a Fire Weather Index score of 38.Copernicus, a part of the European Space program runs the FWI. It uses the data collected from satellites as well as measured from the Earth.

LeBron James, the legendary NBA player, is also a devoted father to his three children. He is married to his high school sweetheart, Savannah James, and they have two sons, LeBron “Bronny” Jr. and Bryce, and a daughter named Zhuri. The James family has gained massive popularity on TikTok during the quarantine, with their dance videos going viral and showcasing their close bond. When they're not dancing, the family supports each other and attends red carpet premieres together.

pharmaceutical exports this fiscal year are set to grow nearly twice as fast as last year to hit sales of $27 billion, driven by strong U.S. buying, a government-backed trade body told Reuters, despite deaths linked to Indian-made cough syrups. The robust forecast comes against the backdrop of earlier concerns from the government that last year's deaths of dozens of children in Gambia, which the World Health Organization (WHO) linked to drugs made in India, had «adversely impacted the image of India's pharmaceutical products across the globe». Two other cough syrups made in India killed 19 children in Uzbekistan around December, according to the Uzbekistan government. India is the world's third largest maker of drugs by volume after the United States and China, and senior pharma trade official Udaya Bhaskar said the country was too big a player for buyers to move away because of «these aberrations» in Gambia and Uzbekistan. «As far as the Gambia and Uzbekistan incidents are concerned, if you see in terms of the image of the country, there is a dent,» Bhaskar, director general of the Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil), told Reuters on Tuesday.

How the journey beganThe group’s journey began in 1993 with the construction of a commercial structure in then Bangalore that paved the way for bigger, better things to follow. At the turn of the century, with the onset of Information Technology (IT), the Garden City was poised for exponential growth.

India has changed digitally at a fast pace with the use of smartphones, and businesses will expand in the country in the coming years, a senior Samsung official said here. Samsung SouthWest Asia President and CEO JB Park said Digital India kind of projects were adopted in Korea in the past that brought growth and development in the country. India has a vast population under an average of 30 years, which will push for growth in demand and business, he added.

formulations have been fixed under the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) 2022 and 224 formulations under NLEM 2015, Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Bhagwanth Khuba said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha. Besides, the retail price of around 2,450 new drugs under Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013 has been fixed till July 7, 2023, he noted. The minister also stated that a total of 5,772 complaints alleging overcharging were received by drug pricing regulatory body NPPA over the five-year period ranging between 2018-19 and 2022-23. Replying to a query regarding the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras (PMBJKs), Khuba said 9,512 outlets are now functional across the country. The product basket of PMBJP presently comprises about 1,800 medicines and 285 surgical devices, covering all major therapeutic groups, he noted.

₹2.72 trillion worth of ₹2,000 banknotes up to 30 June, after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced their withdrawal on 19 May, said Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha. In a surprise move, RBI announced withdrawal of ₹2,000 notes from circulation but gave public time till 30 September to either deposit such notes in accounts or exchange them at banks.

Asian Games squad if they lose the upcoming trials for the World Championships, it will be proposed to the IOA's ad-hoc panel, a member of the committee said on Tuesday. Punia (men's freestyle 65kg) and Phogat (women's 53kg) were given direct entries for the quadrennial showpiece while other candidates in the remaining 16 Olympic weight categories went through gruelling trials on July 22-23 to book their places in the Indian team for the Hangzhou Games, beginning September 23. Punia, Phogat and four other wrestlers, who staged a sit-in protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar from April 21 to May 28, had sought time till August 10 to prepare for the trials. However, the Olympic Council Asia (OCA) did not extend the deadline beyond July 23 for receiving wrestling entries by name. The IOA ad-hoc panel then decided to conduct trials but exempted both Punia and Phogat, triggering angry reactions from the wrestling fraternity, which alleged bias in the decision. «We will propose to the panel that only if Bajrang and Vinesh win the World Championship trials, only then they should be sent for the Asian Games, otherwise not. If Bajrang loses the trial then he will be on stand-by and the winner of the Asian Games trial (Vishal Kaliraman) will go,» Gian Singh, a member of the panel told PTI. As of now Kaliraman (men's freestyle 65kg) and Antim Panghal (women's 53kg) are standby players, having won the Asian Games trials in categories where Bajrang and Vinesh compete.

The U.S. Senate Finance Committee is investigating former Apollo Global Management Chief Executive Leon Black’s tax strategies and dealings with the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, pressing the private-equity billionaire for information on Epstein’s high-price tax advice. Committee Chairman Ron Wyden on Tuesday released a letter to Black that made public the panel’s investigation, which has been going for a year.

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K Satyanarayana Raju, MD & CEO, Canara Bank, says “for the entire financial year, the bank has given a guidance of 3.05 NIM. Last year, cumulative NIM was 2.92. The current quarter, we were able to show a NIM of 3.05.

Pankaj Pandey, Head Research, ICICIdirect.com, says a Fed meeting is lined up. If the Fed is comfortable about not really hiking beyond the current expectation, then the macroeconomic scenario might improve and the overall deals might get converted into revenues in the second half and so there could be an element of positive surprise. “Overall our sense is that some of these pockets will continue to fire the market and which is why I feel that 21,400 is very much on the cards going forward.”Which would be the leadership stock now because clearly for the heavyweights, all the triggers have been played out. What is next? Who will be the new leader?Banking is still one sector which will continue to do well.

₹1,343.95 apiece on BSE. TVS Motor share price is hovering near its 52-week high level. On Monday, TVS Motor reported an 42.2% year-on-year (YoY) rise in its consolidated net profit for the fiscal's first quarter ended June (Q1FY24) to ₹434.30 crore.