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HRA tax exemption to save income tax by paying rent to their wife, parent or other relatives. To be clear, a salaried individual can consider a relative, parent or wife as landlord, pay rent to the person concerned and save income tax. However, the Income Tax tribunal has issued various judgments rejecting such HRA tax exemptions, leading to the individual having to face higher tax liability.

Known in Sri Lanka as «Black July», the brutal violence triggered a 26-year conflict that killed about 100,000 people and set development back by decades, ending only after the Tamil rebels fighting for autonomy were massacred in 2009. The 1983 anti-Tamil mob attacks escalated on July 29, when Mohan Panneer Selvam was just eight years old. A rampaging gang torched his home in the tea-growing central town of Hawa Eliya, burning 13 people inside, including his parents, relatives and their staff. «My grandmother started to escape, they shot her and threw her body into the house,» Panneer Selvam said, breaking down while recalling the events narrated to him by his older sister.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday took up an interesting question concerning Hindus: Would an illegitimate child born out of a void or voidable marriage be entitled to the property of parents or have coparcenary right over the properties belonging to a Hindu Undivided Family (HUF)? As some of the contesting counsel veered towards a consensus that under Section 16(3) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1956 a child born to a void or voidable marriage would be entitled to an equal share with children born to the legitimate wife/husband from the parent’s property, some others propped a doubt as to whether that property would include the self-acquired property of the parent or the inherited ancestral property. Arguments plumbed the depths of existing jurisprudence and threw up several hitherto judicially unattended nuances emerging from Section 16, which provided a clarification to the property right of an illegitimate child and limited it to parental property. Only clarification given by Section 16(3) is tha

Netflix is restructuring its advertising partnership with Microsoft and lowering ad prices, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. Netflix has had early discussions to sell ads through other partners in addition to Microsoft, WSJ said, citing people familiar with the matter.

studies indicate that sebum content is higher in men owing to the physiological and biophysical differences in the skin of male and female skin. Excessive sebum production in the scalp could not only cause greasier hair but also indicate higher chances of facing scalp concerns like dandruff and itchiness. In fact, concerns like dandruff, itchiness, hair thinning, and sensitivity are some of the most universal problems faced by approximately 67% of people worldwide . This explains why not just men but everyone else too needs to have a dedicated scalp-care routine for a healthier scalp and hair.Scalp care, an important ritual of self-care The good news is people have now finally started realising how important scalp care is. As per a recent report , the focus of conversations during and post the pandemic has expanded beyond topics like colour and styling to now encompass the overall well-being of hair and, mainly, scalp health. Recognising the transformative effects of a healthy scalp on our overall well-being, L’Oréal Professionnel has launched its Scalp Advanced range. Developed with the expertise of hair pros and dermatologists, this innovative range offers targeted solutions for dryness, sensitivity, hair thinning, and oiliness. The scalp care range is gender-neutral and can very well be used by men to take care of their scalp health on a day-to-day basis.Here are some of the most popular solutions from the Scalp Advanced range to address your scalp concerns right in the comfort of your home:

Garena Free Fire Max was introduced in 2021 as an enhanced version of Garena Free Fire. It gained popularity after the previous version was banned by the Indian government. The game developers regularly update these codes on a daily basis.

maternity leave and one-month paternity leave to its employees to help them better take care of their families and children during that period, Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang announced on Wednesday. Addressing the annual general meeting of the Sikkim State Civil Service Officers' Association (SSCSOA), CM Tamang said that changes will be made in the service rules to provide the benefit. “This benefit will help the government employees to take better care of their children and families." He stated that the details of it will be notified soon, according to a report published by the news agency PTI.

Also read: Manipur Violence Highlights: All 4 accused sent to 11 day police custody To support the students and their families in adapting to Delhi schools, the guidelines mandate the provision of Educational and Vocational Guidance Counsellors (EVGC) services. To facilitate their integration into the education system, schools have been instructed to place the displaced students in English-medium sections, as they may not be well-versed in the Hindi language.

Cipla share price rallied more than 8% in the early trade on Thursday after the pharma company reported robust earnings for the first quarter of FY24. Cipla shares jumped as much as 8.82% to ₹1,163.00 on the BSE. Drug major Cipla posted a 45.1% rise in its consolidated net profit in Q1FY24 at ₹995.7 crore as compared to ₹696.4 crore in the corresponding quarter of the last year.

India and West Indies will play the first ODI of the three-match series today. The match comes on the heels of the recently concluded Test series in which the Rohit Sharma-led side stopped just short of whitewashing their Caribbean opponents. India won the first Test match by an innings and 141 runs.

The board of Walt Disney World’s governing district now filled with Gov. Ron DeSantis appointees has approved a contract for its firefighters

Advocates for the self-driving vehicle industry are asking Congress to expand their ability to test and eventually sell autonomous cars and trucks

Some African leaders have arrived in Russia for a summit with President Vladimir Putin as the Kremlin seeks more allies amid the fighting in Ukraine

Connecticut’s public safety commissioner says state lawmakers should expect a federal investigation into a recent audit's findings showing hundreds of state troopers provided false information from 2014 to 2021 on at least 26,000 traffic stops

Poland has made a complaint against Germany to the European Commission over tons of German waste, some of it allegedly toxic, brought and stored in unauthorized landfills across Poland

Dozens of people have protested in front of the Central Bank of Iraq in Baghdad and bank owners called for official action to stem a sharp increase in the dollar exchange rate

Samsung Electronics has unveiled two new foldable smartphones in a bet on devices with bending screens

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Russia's defence minister was photographed this week viewing banned North Korean ballistic missiles with leader Kim Jong Un at a military expo in Pyongyang, signalling deeper ties between the two countries as they face off with the United States. As Russia's isolation over its war in Ukraine has grown, it has seen increasing value in North Korea. For North Korea's part, relations with Russia haven't always been as warm as they were during the heady days of the Soviet Union, but now the country is reaping clear benefits from Moscow's need for friends.

«I think it is going to be fine for the markets because the backdrop is a robust US consumer and a corporate sector in the United States that is generating good profits,» says Adrian Mowat, EM-Equity Strategist.What is the weather looking like for US equities given that it is a 25 bps hike that is something which was anticipated? But another hike in the offing, how do you think the markets are going to perceive that?I think it is going to be fine for the markets because the backdrop is a robust US consumer and a corporate sector in the United States that is generating good profits. We had very good numbers out of Meta, the owner of Facebook, this week. So we have got a story here where the top line is a bit better than people were expecting and the corporate sector in the US has been very good at maintaining margins.

EBay forecast third-quarter profit below market expectations on Thursday as the e-commerce platform spent more to bolster categories such as auto parts, refurbished goods and collectibles, sending its shares down 4.5% after the bell. The company had in June acquired Certilogo, a provider of AI-powered apparel authentication, and bought trading cards marketplace TCGplayer last year.