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electronic tax return filing system that it experimented with this year and is asking all 50 states and the District of Columbia to help taxpayers file their returns through the program in 2025. The IRS tried the Direct File project for the 2024 tax season on a limited basis in 12 states for people with very simple W-2s, the employee’s wage and tax statement. The agency also is inviting all states with a state income tax to sign up and help people file their state returns for free.

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Also read | Mint Primer | Into the 50s: Why heatwaves are hotter & longerDelhi's primary weather station, the Safdarjung Observatory, recorded its second-highest maximum temperature of this summer season so far on Thursday.This came a day after recording a 79-year high of 46.8 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, according to the IMD data.On June 17, 1945, a temperature of 46.7 degrees Celsius was recorded. On Wednesday, Delhi's Mungeshpur recorded a maximum temperature of 52.9 degrees Celsius, the highest temperature recorded in the country.Following this, IMD officials released a press statement saying that they are examining the sensors and data of the area's weather station for any potential errors.However, the IMD has not issued any report on the inspection of the water sensors in Mungeshpur till nowThe ministry has mandated imported coal based plants to operate full capacity till September 2024.

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pesky calls and SMSes, the department of telecom (DoT) has decided to allocate a separate number series — 160 — exclusively for service and transactional voice calls, as per Telecom Commercial Communication Customer Preference Regulation (TCCCPR), 2018, reported Business Line.The phone calls coming from government and regulators should have the prefix of 1600 and financial entities which are regulated by RBI, SEBI, PFRDA and IRDAI should have a prefix of 1601, Department of Telecommunications said.Apart from these principal entities (PEs), if any other entity requires assignment of number resources under this series, the same has to be requested separately by TRAI, a source, reported BusinessLine.DoT stated, telecom service providers (TSPs) have to indicate the licensing service area as part of the series in the 10-digit number provided to PEs. If a call is routed from Delhi, then the series should be 1600 (or 1601)11; if from Tamil Nadu then 1600 (or 1601)44; from Mumbai, the series would be 1600 (or 1601) 22.

DoT) has called on its enforcement units to alert all state police departments across India to clamp down on the rampant theft of critical network gear that has already triggered around Rs 800 crore of losses for telcos, disrupted 4G/5G expansions and impacted quality of mobile coverage. In a directive, dated May 27, the department has asked its field enforcement units in all licence service areas (LSAs) to also conduct quarterly reviews of the telecom gear theft situation with national law enforcement agencies. It also wants the matter to be taken up at upcoming state broadband committee meetings. The DoT directive comes after Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) recently sought the government’s intervention, saying they were facing huge losses and heavy additional replenishment costs amid rising incidence of network gear theft across India. They had pointed out that expensive active telecoms infrastructure gear such as remote radio units (RRUs) and base-band units (BBUs) were being regularly stolen since October 2023.

Delhi government will approach the Supreme Court on Thursday over Haryana not releasing the national capital's share of water, which has led to a crisis situation, Water Minister Atishi said. Addressing a press conference here, Atishi said Delhi is staring at an "emergency situation" and announced a slew of emergency measures to tackle the crisis. «We will approach the Supreme Court on Thursday itself over Haryana not releasing the share of Delhi's water,» she added. The minister said a central water tanker control room is being set up in the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and it will be monitored by an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer.

Shivani Agarwal's blood sample who was present at the hospital. According to a report in NDTV, police are now looking for the teenager's mother to investigate her role in the plan.Earlier, the Maharashtra Medical Education (MME) Department on Monday, May 27, formed the committee headed by Dr Pallavi Sapale, dean of Mumbai-based Grants Medical College, to probe the alleged manipulation of the blood samples of the teenager.Police sources said the panel, in its investigation, found that blood samples of a woman and two men were collected at the hospital.

Southwest Monsoon has set in over Kerala and advanced into most parts of Northeast India, India's weather office said on Thursday. Monsoon hit Kerala's coasts a day earlier than forecasted by the Indian Meteorological Department. IMD on May 15 had announced the onset of monsoon over Kerala by May 31. Weather scientists noted that Cyclone Remal, which struck West Bengal and Bangladesh on Sunday, may have drawn the monsoon flow to the Bay of Bengal, potentially contributing to its early onset in the northeast.

temperature in Delhi on Thursday was 30.4 degrees Celsius. Later in the day, the department predicted moderate showers and a dust storm. According to the weather service, today will be mostly cloudy with a heatwave, a chance of dust storms or thunderstorms, and very light rain mixed with strong gusts. The maximum temperature of 46.8 degrees Celsius was recorded on Wednesday at Delhi's main meteorological station, Safdarjung. This is the highest reading in 79 years. It was June 17, 1945, and the temperature was 46.7 °C.

Aadhaar-PAN link: The Income Tax Department has recently issued a detailed guide outlining step-by-step instructions on how individuals can link their Aadhaar number with their Permanent Account Number (PAN). This initiative aims to facilitate the process for taxpayers and prevent the deduction of higher Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) rates.

DSP) stationed at Karachi's Anti-Vehicle Lifting Cell (AVLC) was caught in the act of selling stolen motorcycles, ARY News reported. A sting operation unfolded at the AVLC office, conducted by the ARY News exposing DSP Nijabat Hussain's illicit activities.

Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), these states' heatwave-like conditions will gradually decrease in the next 2-3 days. Take a look at today's IMD weather forecast.-Heatwave to severe heat wave conditions likely to reduce gradually over Northwest and Central India from 30th May.-Heatwave to severe heatwave conditions very likely in isolated pockets of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha on 30th and isolated heatwave conditions on 31st May and 01st June.Also Read: Red alert in Delhi: IMD warns of severe heatwave across 6 states today; IMD issues rainfall alert in Arunachal, 7 others-Heatwave conditions are very likely in isolated pockets of Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Jammu division, Himachal Pradesh on 30th May 2024.-Severe heatwave conditions will likely to prevail in isolated pockets of Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Jammu division, Himachal Pradesh on 30th May.Also Read: Delhi on fire: Capital city hits record 50.5 degrees as IMD predicts 'severe heat-wave conditions'-People in Goa will continue to suffer from hot and humid weather in isolated pockets of Konkan and Goa on 30th and 31st May.The National Capital will witness a severe heatwave (with slightly reduced intensity) today, May 30.

Mint poll of economists. According to the median estimate of the 20 economists, GDP growth slowed to 7.0% in January-March from 8.4% the previous quarter mainly due to the slowdown in industrial growth and subdued agricultural activities. However, strong growth in all quarters, with three of the four printing 8%-plus growth, would result in GDP growth rising to 7.9% in FY24 from 7.0% the previous year, according to estimates by 19 economists.

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