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Income Tax Return filing Errors AY 2023-24 (how to avoid): Taxpayers have been proactive this year in filing their returns early. According to Income Tax Department’s data, more than 3 crore returns for AY 2022-23 have been filed till July 18 while over 1.5 crore ITRs have been processed by the taxpayers. Tax filers have also verified more than 2.8 crore returns.

₹304.5 lakh crore from about ₹303 lakh crore in the previous session, making investors richer by about ₹1.5 lakh crore in a single session. In the last five sessions of gains, investors have gained about ₹2.9 lakh crore.

₹20 and snacks at ₹50. Water services will also be provided at affordable rates, the Indian Railways said in a statement.

₹30.2 crore which was 57% higher than the corresponding quarter in the fiscal year 2022-23. In terms of revenue, Newgen Software Technologies witnessed a 34% jump as it reached ₹264.2 crore during Q1FY24. During the quarter ending June 2023, Newgen Software Technologies significant growth in subscription revenues which jumped to ₹88.6 crores, 24% higher than reported in the same quarter last year.

G20 Employment Working Group which began in Indore city of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday is going to be a 'zero waste' event, with plastic bottles not allowed and writing pads of reusable paper being used. Indore, notably, has been ranked as India's cleanest city in the national cleanliness surveys conducted by the Union government for the last six years. The G20 meeting is aimed at finding solutions to the current global challenges in the areas of labour, employment and social security to workers.

BSE 150 Midcap stocks as 11 companies soared to reach their 52-week highs. Out of this remarkable feat, ETMarkets has handpicked five stocks for a closer look, offering potential investors valuable insights to inform their investment decisions. In this article, we will delve into these companies and the significance of reaching new 52-week highs, empowering investors to capitalise on these exciting opportunities.

San Francisco-based blockchain startup, Ripple, is optimistic that U.S. banks and financial institutions will adopt its XRP cryptocurrency for cross-border payments. This follows a significant ruling that the token is not necessarily a security.

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has canceled the financial services license of FTX’s Australian subsidiary effective from July 14, impacting 30,000 customers.

Porter, a tech-based on-demand logistics companies, announced the introduction of its Inter-city Courier Services, aimed at transforming the way goods are transported across the country. This tech-enabled Inter-city delivery offering is set to ease the logistics landscape by providing doorstep pickup and delivery services to a wide range of customers, including SMEs, retail businesses, and regular consumers.

The XRP price has risen by 6% in the past 24 hours, climbing to $0.780764 as the cryptocurrency market as a whole barely moves within the same space of time.

The Pepe Coin price has increased by 0.5% in the past 24 hours, with its rise to $0.00000155 marking an impressive 65% gain in the last 30 days.

SEC registered investment advisory firm SageView Advisory Group has expanded its growing national footprint with the acquisition of Retirement Benefits Group (RBG) San Diego.  

India. Vaccines have a significant impact on overall health, they said, expressing concern regarding the poor status of adult vaccination in India. Vaccination can prevent over 95 per cent of deaths caused by vaccine-preventable diseases in the country.

LPL Financial says that supporting greater diversity and inclusion is not only important for advisors but also to enable better access to financial services for all.

Advisors working with the Capital Group will have access to an extended financial wellness coaching benefit to offer their plan sponsor clients.

India Inc have increased their spending on well-being in 2023 compared to 2019 while two in three firms believe unhealthy employees have a direct impact on business financials, according to Aon India Primary Care Benefits Report 2023 that mapped 250 companies. The study suggests that 82% companies agree mental health has a potential impact on business outcomes. “We have witnessed a big shift in the way companies want to offer benefits. As a result, there is an increase in benefits plans curated by insurance companies and technology players,” Shantanoo Saxena, executive vice president of Health Solutions for India at Aon, said. The Aon study revealed a 51% increase in companies offering outpatient department (OPD) benefits compared to 2019. Among the hi-tech and consulting industries and small and medium-sized companies, the provision of primary care benefits more than doubled and tripled in this period, respectively. “The benefits landscape in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic has shown increased fluctuations,” Ashley Dsilva, head of Health Solutions for India at Aon, said.

Fixed Deposit (FD) with a five-year lock-in period are debt instruments with income tax benefits. After the interest rate revision for the July-September quarter, NSC\ gives a 7.7 per cent interest rate, which is much higher than most banks currently offer. The State Bank of India (SBI), and ICICI Bank offer an interest rate of 3% to 7.10% p.a.

  Leslie D'Monte The Generative AI race just got hotter with Meta releasing the second version of its free open-source large language model, Llama 2, for research and commercial use, thus providing an alternative to the pricy proprietary LLMs sold by OpenAI like ChatGPT Plus and Google Bard while giving a boost to open source LLMs. Developers began flocking to LLaMA--Meta’s open-source LLM that was released in February (https://ai.meta.com/blog/large-language-model-llama-meta-ai/). Researchers made more than 100,000 requests for for Llama 1, according to Meta.

Also read: Novak Djokovic receives heavy fine for smashing racquet during Wimbledon 2023 final On December 12, 2019, the General Assembly proclaimed 20 July as World Chess Day, marking the establishment of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Paris in 1924. Since 1966, chess players worldwide have been observing 20 July as International Chess Day under the initiative of FIDE.

OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, and Google. OpenAI and Google have created amazing large language models that power chatbots like ChatGPT and Bard. These chatbots have impressed people with their ability to mimic human creativity and knowledge.