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India's exports to Australia have increased by 14 per cent to USD 5.8 billion in April-November this fiscal on account of healthy growth in various sectors like engineering, pharma and electronics, a senior official said on Friday. Additional Secretary in the Department of Commerce Rajesh Agrawal said businesses of India and Australia are gaining from the interim free trade agreement, implemented on December 29 last year. He also said negotiations to widen the existing trade agreement into a comprehensive deal are «progressing well».

Mineral Resources, Excise and General Administration Department with himself while giving home to deputy CM Vijay Sharma and finance ministry to IAS-officer-turned MLA O P Choudhary. The strength of the state cabinet is 12. Sai will also handle Energy, Public Relations, Commercial Tax (Excise) and Transport departments and all other departments not specifically assigned to any minister, said the gazette notification issued by the General Administration Department.

ALSO READ: Why Air India Express’ MAX 8 could break IndiGo’s stranglehold on India skies Similarly, on the Ayodhya-Kolkata route, the flight will take off from Ayodhya at 11.05 am, landing in Kolkata at 12.50 pm. The Kolkata – Ayodhya flight will depart from Kolkata at 1:25 pm, touching down in Ayodhya at 3.10 pm. Speaking about the launch of the new routes, Air India Express's Chief Commercial Officer Dr.

Income Tax Returns (ITR) have been filed so far in the Assessment Year (AY) 2023-24, the I-T department said on Friday. Notably, the total filings for AY 2022-23 were recorded at 7,51,60,817. «Income-tax Department expresses its gratitude to all the taxpayers and tax professionals for helping us cross the 8-crore mark,» the taxman said in a post on X.

During the Q2 earnings call, Vi’s chief executive Akshaya Moondra told analysts that the telco expected to conclude its discussions relating to (funding from potential) equity investors in this quarter (Q3FY24). He had added that Vi’s talks with banks had already happened and that the current focus is on tying up the equity investment, basis which the banks would process the telco’s requests for bank funding. Shares of Vi jumped 21% to close at Rs 16.02% on BSE Friday. For the past three years, Vi has been struggling to raise funds needed to pay its large vendors like Indus and the government, expand its 4G coverage and also invest in its pending 5G rollout to compete effectively with bigger rivals Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel. Back in August, Moondra, had told the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) that the company had made significant progress in its ongoing talks with several groups of investors to raise equity and equity-linked capital and had term sheets from some potential investors.

Times of India report. After leaving their job, the employees first lured their boss on the social media platform Instagram to send his nude photos. Later, the two circulated the photos among his friends and family, including his wife.

Ayodhya is all geared up for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit on December 30, with the city being decked up with flowers, murals and thematic ornamental columns amid heavy security deployment in the temple town. Divisional Commissioner of Ayodhya, Gaurav Dayal said preparations are in full swing for the visit and despite dense fog in the city in the last two days, all arrangements are on course. Modi will visit the town on Saturday to inaugurate the redeveloped Ayodhya railway station and a new airport.

Government doctors in Haryana went on a strike on Friday to press their demands for formation of a specialist cadre and a reduction in the bond amount for postgraduate courses, impacting outpatient department (OPD) services in some hospitals. This is the second time this week that government doctors in the state have gone on a strike. They first went on a strike on Wednesday.

Here is a look at these income tax changes and how they will impact you in 2024. 1. New tax regime income tax slabs changed: To make the new tax regime more attractive, income tax slabs under this regime were changed. Income tax slabs for FY2023-24 under the new tax regime are as follows:

₹15.54 apiece on the BSE. The traded volumes of Vodafone Idea shares on December 29 was 84 crore. Vodafone Idea shares have jumped 30% in the past three months and more than 94% year-to-date (YTD).

Chandigarh, An attack on a religious procession in Nuh, close to the national capital, left six people dead and kept the region, including Haryana's commerce and tech hub Gurugram, on tenterhooks for days this year. Internet services were restricted, schools closed and rumours abounded. During the past year, Haryana's BJP-Jannayak Janta Party government also faced a setback in the Punjab and Haryana High Court when it quashed the state law that allowed 75 per cent reservation in private sector jobs for local people.

Lt Governor and the bureaucracy and a short-lived promise of authority after a Supreme Court verdict on control over Services-related matters marked an action-packed 2023 for Delhi's AAP government. Hardly a week after the Supreme Court on May 11 granted Delhi's elected AAP dispensation executive control over Services-related matters, including appointments and transfers of bureaucrats, the BJP-led Centre brought legislation to again tilt the balance in favour of the Lt Governor.

Snowfall predicted in these areas around New Year 2024 Hoteliers are upbeat due to the rain and snow forecast as New Year's Eve has fallen on a weekend and snowfall would further boost the tourist arrival at places such as Shimla, Manali, Gulmarg, and Auli among others. Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Uttarakhand may witness a wet spell in the mid and higher hills around New Year as the meteorological department has forecast light rainfall at isolated places in the mid hills and light rainfall or snow in the higher hills from December 30 to January 1.

India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday forecasted the likelihood of very dense fog enveloping Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi in the upcoming five days. In a post on X, IMD said, “Fog Observed (0530 IST of today): Very dense fog in isolated pockets of Jammu-Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh, U.P, west Rajasthan; moderate to dense fog in isolated pockets of Delhi, East Raj.; Shallow to moderate fog in isolated pockets of West M.P, Jharkhand, Odisha, Bihar." The IMD has also issued a dense fog warning for Delhi, Haryana and Chandigarh during the late and early hours until December 31.

PTI. Liquor permits are granted to individuals by the health department only if the area medical board issues a certificate.

fog and low visibility in the national capital. Speaking about the delay of trains, a passenger Subhash said, "Several trains are getting delayed. 8 trains that were supposed to reach last night have not yet arrived.

Siddhartha Mohanty requested regulators to allow the insurance giant access to a central bank database on large firms while pushing for more assets to be made available for insurers to invest in. «It will be a little selfish to say, with regards to LIC, when multiple regulators are there, there are certain issues. Some issues will be process-related and some policy-related,» Mohanty said at an event organised by State Bank of India. «Like a small issue, suppose the CRILC (Central Repository of Information on Large Credits).

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unemployment benefits rose last week, indicating the labour market continues to cool in the year's fourth quarter. New state unemployment benefit claims rose by 12,000 last week to 218,000, according to the Labor Department.

NEW DELHI : The government is considering a 50% duty on the export of molasses. The idea is to ensure enough supplies to meet the target for cleaner and more efficient ethanol-blended petrol, two officials aware of the matter said on the condition of anonymity. India is the world’s largest molasses exporter, contributing about 25% to global trade.

MUMBAI : The production-linked incentives (PLI) scheme for the automotive sector has hit another speed breaker due to lack of clarity about the process to apply for subsidies, multiple industry executives said. The government is still working on the standard operating procedures (SoPs) for claiming incentives, nearly two years after the scheme became operational, the people said on the condition of anonymity. The SoPs are expected to outline the process for verifying sales and investments made as part of the scheme and the format of various certificates, undertakings and documents that applicants need to produce.