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contraception for women, the government said Saturday as it highlighted the first part of a major health care reform. The government will pay for the most widely used methods to avoid pregnancy, such as IUDs, contraceptive pills, hormonal implants or the day after pill, for the nine million Canadian women of reproductive age, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said at a press conference in a pharmacy in Toronto.

Indian economy remaining buoyant at the end of 2023-24 with Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI) for manufacturing increasing and that of services maintaining a robust trend, as per the monthly economic review by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER). The PMI for manufacturing activity increased to 56.9 in February, reflecting a strong expansionary momentum, as growth in the output of eight key infrastructure sectors rose to a three-month high of 6.7 per cent in February from 4.1 per cent in January, NCAER said in its review for March that was released on Sunday. The economic think tank added that goods and services tax (GST) collections, too, remained buoyant, reaching Rs 1.7 lakh crore in February, registering a year-on-year growth of 12.5 per cent, while collections of GST E-way bills marked an equally impressive year-on-year growth of 18.9 per cent. NCAER noted that bank credit growth remained strong at 20.5 per cent with robust growth for personal loans, services, agriculture and allied activities.

₹26. He was left in shock when he received a whopping bill of ₹ 7.66 crore on his app. "The good thing is that the trip has not been cancelled yet," the post read.

Wall Street has always played a big role in politics, but never like this. Former President Donald Trump is tantalizingly close to tapping a multibillion-dollar windfall that could help pay his legal bills and give a much-needed cash injection to his presidential campaign. Almost no one saw it coming.

elections. Celebrations over the passage of the landmark Bill were no less in Kerala, where over 1.40 crore voters are women and 50 per cent seats are reserved for them in local bodies. Although the Women's Reservation Bill would be implemented only after 2029 Lok Sabha polls, female politicians widely expected that they would get a remarkable representation in the candidates' list of the general elections. On the contrary, they continued to get a raw deal in the southern state from the parties that had waxed eloquent about the passage of the historic Bill. While the major fronts, the CPI(M)-led LDF and Congress-led UDF, have given three and one seat respectively to women, the BJP-led NDA has set aside five seats for their female politicians in the upcoming LS polls.

Supreme Court Judge BV Nagarathna has cautioned against instances of governors sitting indefinitely on bills passed by elected legislatures, referring to the case involving the Punjab Governor. In her keynote address at the inaugural session of the fifth edition of Courts and the Constitution Conference, held at the NALSAR University of Law here on Saturday, Justice Nagarathna spoke about the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly case as another instance of gubernatorial overreach, where the governor lacked sufficient material to declare the floor test. «This is not a healthy trend under the Constitution to bring the actions or omissions of the Governor of a state for consideration before constitutional courts,» she said. «I think I must appeal that the office of a governor, though it is called a gubernatorial post, the governor's post is a serious constitutional post, the governors must discharge their duties under the constitution in accordance with the Constitution so that this kind of litigation before the law courts is reduced,» Justice Nagarathna added.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday questioned the government over the new Telecom Bill recently passed in the Parliament and wondered whether there was a scam worth thousands of crores in the allocation of satellite broadband spectrum. The Congress general secretary alleged that through the new Telecom Bill, the Narendra Modi government has «flouted» the rules and guidelines of the Supreme Court applicable since 2012. Why was this done? she asked. In a post on X in Hindi, Priyanka Gandhi posed questions for the government.

Georgia could join other states in requiring children younger than 16 to have their parents’ explicit permission to create social media accounts

Georgia lawmakers are agreeing on pay raises for public school teachers and state employees, although they still have differences to work out in the upcoming budget

Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has vetoed two top Democratic legislative priorities

Saina Nehwal on Saturday lashed out at Shamanur Shivashankarappa, veteran Congress leader from the state, for making "sexist jibe" at Gayatri Siddeshwara, a BJP candidate from the Davangere constituency. Shivashankarappa, a 92-year-old sitting MLA from Davangere South, had said that Gayatri, wife of former Union Minister and incumbent MP Siddeshwara GM, «belonged to the kitchen». Taking exception to his remark, Nehwal posted on her X account: «Women should be restricted to the kitchen — this is what a top Karnataka leader Shamanur Shivashankarappa ji has said. The sexist jibe at @bjp4india candidate from Davanagere, Gayatri Siddeshwara ji is least expected from a party that says Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti Hoon.» The 34-year-old Nehwal, who had won the bronze medal during the 2012 London Olympics, said such misogynistic remarks were upsetting when women in the country are aspiring to leave their mark in every field.

Under section 80C of the Income-tax Act, 1961 an individual would get a tax deduction of the amount invested in eligible investments. However, it must be noted that any income arising from selling these eligible investments for which the Section 80G deduction was claimed would be taxable in the hands of the taxpayer. «Many taxpayers opt for 5-year tax-saving fixed deposits (FDs) to claim a tax deduction. Although the initial investment qualifies for a tax deduction under section 80C, it's crucial to remember that the interest earned on these FDs is still taxable. Interest from FDs is considered 'Income from Other Sources' and needs to be included in your total taxable income,» says Rahul Singh, Senior Manager, Advisory and Research, at Taxmann.

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Investors who had not used an officially valid document, such as Aadhaar, passport or a voter ID card, for their KYC (know your client) verification at the depositary are in for partial relief. CDSL Ventures said on March 28 that investors whose KYC record meets the PAN — Aadhaar seeding validation and whose email and mobile number are validated by KRA will be allowed to continue transactions in the securities market with their existing intermediary.

YES Bank has revised certain features of all its credit cards except the 'private' credit card variant. For some variants of the bank's credit cards, the changes are limited to the fuel surcharge category. For all other variants except 'private', these changes are related to the calculation of the spend threshold for waiver of the annual fee and joining fee. There is also a change in terms of an additional charge for utility transactions. All of these revised changes are applicable from May 1, 2024. «These changes shall adversely affect all YES Bank credit card holders except those with the super-premium Private credit card variant,» says Ankur Mittal, CTO and co-founder, of Card Insider, a credit card comparison website. Also read: Axis Bank stops redemption of credit card reward points earned by these customers.

Lok Sabha MPs analysed, 225(44%) MPs declared criminal cases against themselves. As many as 149 (29%) sitting MPs declared serious criminal cases against them. Some of these serious cases are related to murder, attempt to murder, communal disharmony, kidnapping and crimes against women.

The Biden administration has restored rules to protect imperiled plants and animals that had been rolled back under former President Donald Trump

Mutual fund registrar and transfer agents (RTAs) CAMS and KFintech are urging MF investors via email to ensure they comply with this essential requirement. According to Ashish Aggarwal, Director, Acube Ventures, non-compliance could mean a sudden halt to the crucial transactions of SIPs, SWPs, and redemptions from April 1. This RE-KYC is a regulatory need, in the sense that it is SEBI's master circular on norms of KYC and the Prevention of Money-Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules, 2005, said Aggarwal.

A new proposal from California regulators would change how power companies calculate their customer's bills

Georgia lawmakers have agreed to change a state law so that a private utility can provide water service to homes near Hyundai's upcoming electric vehicle plant without permission from local governments

Maryland Motor Truck Association President and CEO Louis Campion discusses the impact of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse on truck and shipping routes on 'The Bottom Line.'