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We are all familiar with the fact that investing in tax-saving avenues such as life insurance, NPS, PPF, ELSS, Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme, NSC, among others, is necessary to save tax. However, not many of us are aware of the different tax provisions that can help us reduce our tax liability without making any investments.

Pre-Budget Consultation with experts from the employment and skill development sectors to take suggestions for the forthcoming General Budget 2024-25, in New Delhi, on Tuesday. Leading names in the sector of skilling and employment such as Anshuman Magazine, Suchita Dutta, Sarvesh Agrawal, and Gayatri Vasudevan were present in the meeting. After the meeting, Anshuman Magazine, former Chairman of CII Northern Region and CEO-India, South East Asia, Middle East and Africa, Global Commercial Real Estate Services, said that the experts conveyed the need for skilled people. He said, «Basically the discussion was centered on skilling and employment generation. People from different sectors tabled their suggestions during the meeting. Considering the huge number of graduates coming out from the colleges, the experts suggested how can we make them job ready.»

Fewer Americans are buying life insurance than in the past, which suggests households may be at financial risk in the event of an unexpected death, experts said.

coffee and sit for six or more hours a day are at almost 60 percent higher risk of dying compared to coffee drinkers who sit for less than six hours daily, according to research published in BioMed Central (BMC) Public Health. Researchers from the Medical College of Soochow University's School of Public Health in China tracked over 10,000 adults in the US for up to 13 years. They found an increased risk of dying for sedentary non-coffee drinkers, a risk not observed among those who drink coffee.

INDIA bloc on Tuesday fielded Congress leader K Suresh as its candidate for the Speaker's position against Om Birla. Congress leader K C Venugopal and DMK's T R Baalu walked out of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's office, refusing to endorse NDA candidate Birla without being offered the Deputy Speaker's position. Three sets of nominations were filed in support of Suresh, a Dalit leader and eight-term MP. Suresh, born on June 4, 1962, in Kodikunnil, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, is a notable figure in Indian politics. Affiliated with the Indian National Congress, he has served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for seven consecutive terms.

Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari on Tuesday emphasised the critical need for India to invest in the modernisation of its armed forces amidst evolving security challenges. He was addressing the Capstone Seminar organised jointly by the Indian Air Force, the College of Air Warfare, and the Centre for Air Power Studies. Air Chief Marshal Chaudhari also underscored India's strategic culture and its relevance in facing current security challenges.

college baseball calendar is heading to a close with an epic title clash on the cards that will see top-seeded Tennessee and No. 3 seeds Texas A&M go head-to-head against each other with all guns blazing, in a bid to emerge as the winners of the final event in the 2023-24 NCAA college sports calendar, according to USA Today.

micro and small business units, marginal farmers and self-help group members still suffer from unavailability of institutional credit, while grassroot customers do not get comprehensive financial services, Reserve Bank of India said. «Deepening financial inclusion is not merely about increasing the number of bank accounts but about ensuring that every individual has access to a comprehensive range of financial services tailored to their needs. This includes savings, credit, insurance and investment products that can enhance their economic well-being,» the deputy governor said on June 19 at the Conference of Convenors of State Level Bankers’ Committees, held at College of Agricultural Banking in Pune. RBI shared a copy of his speech Monday.

NEET-UG paper leak have found out how “handlers” operate in a tech savvy, shady realm of a nationwide exam racket, rooted in Bihar and Jharkhand. «The nine handlers arrested in the NEET-UG case so far six in Jharkhand and three in Bihar — are tech-savvy individuals who played a crucial role in orchestrating the leak of question papers, training examinees who paid for these to memorise the answers, and even escorting them to their respective centres,» a senior police officer said to TOI. The six arrested in Jharkhand were masquerading as labourers and were residing in a rented accommodation. The aim was to make sure the leaked papers reached the target while maintaining high secrecy and anonymity.

When Steve Bannon is unhappy with Donald Trump, you know the former President has taken a good turn. Mr. Trump did so last week in saying he’d like to give a green card for residence in the U.S.

Congress and alleged that they were silent on the hooch tragedy in Kallakurchi, Tamil Nadu and called it a murder of 32 Dalits. «Today we are here to discuss news from Tamil Nadu, it is about a hooch tragedy, illicit liquor from Kallakurchi, a district of Tamil Nadu. When I came to hold this press conference and was checking the figures, the number of dead was 56. More than 56 people have died and many of them are critical, still about 200 people are admitted to the hospital. This is such an important issue and I am surprised that Mallikarjun Kharge, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, DMK and all the people of the INDIA alliance are silent on this issue,» said BJP MP Sambit Patra. He further alleged that the INDIA bloc was silent as they felt that it was not serving their interests.

India and Bangladesh signed 10 memoranda of understanding (MoUs) following the meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his counterpart Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi, with both leaders endorsing a vision statement on peace and prosperity that underscored longstanding ties between the two nations. Three of the pacts were renewals of existing accords. The Bangladeshi Prime Minister’s visit is the first by a head of state or government after the inauguration of the new Modi government and comes ahead of her trip to Beijing. The Modi-Hasina talks focused on boosting defence ties, management of the Mongla port in Bangladesh and cross-border power trade. Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, and Defence Services Command and Staff College, Mirpur (Bangladesh) will cooperate in the field of strategic and operational studies. ET had first reported last week that defence ties will likely get a boost at the meeting.

Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) has successfully completed its first cadaver kidney transplant and GMCH is also planning liver transplants. The GMCH is the only hospital in the northeast to have an in-house transplant team to conduct deceased kidney transplant. Assam’s Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced the Guwahati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) has successfully completed its first cadaver kidney transplant and GMCH is also planning liver transplants and seen success in its IVF centre.

AIADMK legislators staged a walkout from the Tamil Nadu Assembly in protest over the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy. Ruckus erupted in the House after AIADMK leaders demanded discussion on the Kallakurichi illicit liquor tragedy, flagged black clothes and raised slogans in the Assembly. The opposition also demanded the resignation of chief minister MK Stalin.

University-level basketball championships is increasing by the day. Nowadays, team managers and the players are trying to leave no stones unturned to give their teams an edge, be it however they can. Now, Florida Gators, a team that represents University of Florida at NCAA, has roped in the tallest teenage basketball player ever, breaking all records. Olivier Rioux shatters all teenage basketball records

partisan politics, want courageous leaders who are willing to take tough decisions and want to elect leaders who focus on effective governance. This is the crux of a poll that was conducted by Emerson College in the month of May. It was commissioned by The Common Good which is a non-partisan and a pro-democracy organization. The survey highlighted the voter’s frustration with the current political situation in the country. This has been reported by The Hill. The survey contains the responses of 1000 registered voters on various issues of national importance.

Donald Trump has said in an interview that he wants to give automatic green cards to foreign students who graduate from US colleges, a sharp departure from the anti-immigrant rhetoric he typically uses on the campaign trail. Trump was asked about plans for companies to be able to import the «best and brightest» in a podcast taped Wednesday with venture capitalists and tech investors called the «All-In». «What I want to do and what I will do is you graduate from a college, I think you should get automatically as part of your diploma a green card to be able to stay in this country. And that includes junior colleges too, anybody graduates from a college. You go there for two years or four years,» he said, vowing to address this concern on day one. Immigration has been Trump's signature issue during his 2024 bid to return to the White House. His suggestion that he would offer green cards — documents that confer a pathway to US citizenship — to potentially hundreds of thousands of foreign graduates would represent a sweeping expansion of America's immigration system that sharply diverges from his most common messages on foreigners.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das has raised a cautionary flag over banks engaging in a “mindless pursuit of bottom lines". Speaking at an event of the College of Supervisors on Thursday, Das said that profitability must not be pursued by taking unacceptable risks and that RBI tries to sniff out a crisis before one builds up. He further noted how its timely action has helped mitigate vulnerabilities caused by unsecured loans.

Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani is set to be the next Vice Chief of Army Staff with the government clearing his appointment to the post, official sources said on Thursday. The officer, who is presently helming the Army's Central Command, will succeed Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi. Lt Gen Dwivedi, currently serving as the Vice Chief, will be the next Chief of the Army Staff when incumbent Gen Manoj Pande retires on June 30. Lt Gen Subramani has been appointed as the next Vice Chief, military sources said.

illicit liquor in Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi district, officials said on Thursday. The officials have expressed concern that the death toll may go up. Kallakurichi District Collector MS Prasanth visited those undergoing treatment in Government Medical College Hospital in the district.

Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of 84 major developmental projects worth more than Rs 1500 crore in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. According to a PMO release, the inaugurations will include projects related to road infrastructure, water supply schemes, and infrastructure in higher education etc. Additionally, the Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for projects like the improvement of the Chenani-Patnitop-Nashri Section, the development of Industrial Estates and the construction of six Government Degree Colleges.