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officials not to opt for a "hard approach" at an early stage with taxpayers and instead communicate and explain tax liabilities to them. She told the officials to prioritise solving problems at the stage where they are mere doubts, rather than allowing them to develop into full-blown grievances. Speaking at the inauguration of a new goods and services tax office building in Udaipur, Rajasthan, Sitharaman said officials' focus should be on grievance redressal while handling tax-related issues.

UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath will lead the party campaign in the upcoming bypolls on 10 assembly seats in the state. Yogi has already started touring the assembly constituencies and has covered Milkipur and Katehari assembly constituencies. On Friday, Yogi Aditya Nath was in Ghaziabad assembly constituency which is also scheduled to go for the by-poll after sitting MLA Atul Garg became an MP from Ghaziabad. On Thursday evening, a meeting of the BJP state unit, the government and the RSS took place for the first time post the Lok Sabha results to take stock of the situation and ensure better coordination between the government, the party and the cadre. The meeting took place under the leadership of RSS Sah Sarkaryawah Arun Kumar where along with Yogi, both the deputy chief ministers, state president and state general secretary (oraganisation) were present.Recently, the rumours have been floating around about differences among the leadership at the top in UP and this meeting was aimed to ease out differences and put up a united face ahead of assembly elections. Behind the scenes efforts were already going on by the RSS and the results were visible over the past few days. On August 18, deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya openly praised the CM and termed him the best chief minister among all states. Maurya has also been attending party workers meeting alongside Yogi to send out a message of truce among the party cadre.

separate administration or a Union Territory for tribals in Manipur, have urged the Centre to ask the judicial commission probing the ethnic violence in the state to expedite its probe. They demanded that chief minister N Biren Singh be «immediately barred» from the office so that he can't influence the «outcome» of the investigation. The MLAs, including two ministers, said: «We once again appeal to the Government of India to expedite our demand for a separate administration in the form of UT with a legislature, as that alone is the path to lasting peace in the region.» Last June, the MHA, had constituted a three-member Commission of Inquiry, headed by former chief justice Ajai Lamba, to probe ethnic violence in Manipur. The tribal legislators, seven of whom belong to the ruling BJP, in a joint statement said that the judicial commission must expedite its investigation and identify the guilty. The statement said that the state government had to issue a press release on August 7 regarding some «doctored audio clips», which claimed to be that of the CM and meant to incite communal violence and derail various peace initiatives by the state and central governments at multiple levels.

Sanctuary Wealth has strengthened its advisory network in the eastern US as a four-person breakaway team makes a leap for independence.

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Mortgage lender Loan Kuber has raised $3.5 million in a funding round led by Singapore-based venture capital firm TRTL Ventures and existing investor Inflection Point Ventures. The round, a mix of equity and debt, also saw contributions from Auxano, LetsVenture, Mavuca Capital, and prominent angel investors including Ruchi Deepak of Acko, Prashant Tandon of 1mg, and Pankaj Vermani of Clovia. With this fresh infusion, LoanKuber's post-investment valuation now stands at $27 million.

Starbucks has devoted itself to promoting its environmentally conscious credentials with considerable time and resources, and anyone who has ever had the misfortune of spending a few minutes browsing the company's website could reasonably assume they had unintentionally ended up on the Greenpeace homepage. The CEO of Starbucks mocks the green logo used by the company.

Also read: Perfect outdoor escapes: In search of wild greens Trail running has shown gradual growth over the last few years in pockets of the country with plenty of races in the Himalaya and the Western Ghats, while a few runners like Kieren D’Souza and Sannat Sachdev have shifted base to the mountains to train and race internationally— Kieren moved from Bengaluru to Manali; Sannat from Jaipur to Bir. “The standards are very high globally and we are just about catching up. In other countries, there are loads of local races and trail running clubs.

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Bengaluru may be the ‘Silicon Valley’ of India, this NRI has eyes only for the serene city of Kochi. An Indian-origin man took to Reddit to ask netizens about the ideal city he could settle in, along with his British wife and three-month-old daughter. The Reddit user, named J. Pal, revealed that he was planning to relocate permanently to India in February 2025. He also stated that he was considering making Kochi, a major city in Kerala, their new home. However, he had certain questions. He wanted to know if Kochi had any language-based regionalism like Bengaluru. He was also inquisitive about how safe women were in the city. Following that, as a new parent, he was keen to know if Kochi has quality IGCSE schools for their daughter's education. Users also highlighted that Kochi boasts excellent hospitals and a well-connected public transportation network, including both the metro and the water metro.

Qatar reports of seizure of copies of the Guru Granth Sahib, and is according high priority to the matter. «We have seen reports regarding the Guru Granth Sahib seized by the Qatari authorities and the demand of their release by the Sikh community,» External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said. He said the government has already taken up the matter with the Qatar side and the Indian embassy in Doha has kept the Sikh community in the Qatari capital abreast of the developments. «It is important to note that two Swaroops of Guru Granth Sahib were taken by Qatar authorities from two individuals/groups who were charged for running religious establishment without approval of the government of Qatar,» Jaiswal said.

The East Indian Cookery Book, an anthology of recipes from one of the city’s most prominent communities, the East Indians. The rare, out-of-print book is special to Gresham Fernandes, chef partner at Bandra Born, who belongs to this community, because it holds recipes for fugyas, a wedding pickle made with toddy vinegar and vindaloo, which have influenced his repertoire. Fernandes is an avid reader with an impressive collection of 800 books, ranging from food writing to culinary culture.

Indian community in Ukraine. While Indian medical students were evacuated, long-term Indian residents faced stark choices, unable to abandon businesses and connections they had built over decades. Many, like Nagender Parashar, had to relocate their operations within Ukraine to ensure continued support for both their employees and local communities, as reported by TOI. «I had to shift my factory from Kyiv to Marshyntsy in Chernivtsi Oblast near the border with Romania. So many of my workers and their family members depended on me. I couldn’t abandon them,” says Parashar, whose prosthetics manufacturing business has become a crucial support system for Ukrainian amputees affected by the war. “Slowly, I had to bring my staff to Marshyntsy and continue my work.” For other long-term Indian residents like Ram Dange, the challenges were immense. “There were around 2,500 long-term Indian residents in Ukraine before 2022. Many of us got married and have families here. The outbreak of full-fledged war divided our families because we had to relocate our loved ones to safer locations and countries. But we had to stay behind for the sake of our businesses.»

Mushrooms Of Uru to act as a field guide to the mushrooms commonly found in the city—some of these include Fairy Ink Caps (Coprinellus disseminatus), Pencil Shaving Mushrooms (Podoscypha petalodes) and Artist’s Conk (Ganoderma applanatum). Information about upcoming walks are available on their Instagram page.

Powdr Corp. is selling Vermont’s Killington Resort and Pico Mountain, the largest mountain resort in New England, to a group of local passholders

In many communities people turn to diesel or gasoline generators for temporary power when extreme weather brings power outages

The Canadian government awarded billions of dollars in contracts earmarked for Indigenous enterprises without always requiring bidders to prove that they were First Nations, Métis, or Inuit, a Global News investigation has found.

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RBC Wealth Management has bolstered its operations in Ohio as it welcomes a multi-generational planning team from Morgan Stanley.

The price of XRP has risen by 0.5% in the past 24 hours, climbing to $0.602 while the crypto market posts a 2% gain today.

Digital Commerce (ONDC), the aggregator platform that runs on open-source technology, is set to launch insurance and mutual fund products in the next two months and will partner MasterCard for credit cards. ONDC also launched six-minute digital loans that will offer unsecured credit to salaried and non-salaried customers. “We have deployed a Marine app, one insurer and two more are coming,” said T Koshy, CEO, ONDC. “For health (insurance) also, we are live, but the partner doesn’t have the licence. The motor (insurance) should happen in the next month or so. And MF will go live next month. We want to hit the 100-200 transactions first.”