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Puri Jagannath Temple’s Ratna Bhandar during the shifting of valuables on Thursday, reported TOI. The Ratna Bhandar was reopened by the Odisha government on July 14 for restoration and inventory after 46 years. “We found some ancient idols in Ratna Bhandar on July 14. We have now come across a few swords and javelins near a wooden chest within the inner chamber. The weapons were very heavy and had turned black,” said one of the 11 committee members who entered the treasury to TOI.

income tax systems work more reliably, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has awarded the Taxnet 2.0 project to Bharti Airtel. As per a press release by CBDT on July 19, 2024, this collaboration with Airtel is aimed at providing network connectivity, facility management services, and video conferencing solutions to the Income Tax Department. Experts say that this project can make the e-filing ITR portal work faster, as currently it is plagued with various network-related glitches and issues. «Recently many taxpayers faced issues while using the online facility for ITR filing as opening each page of the tab was taking substantial time. We can expect that in the next season of ITR, taxpayers may find the e-filing portal's interface to load at a faster speed,» says Mihir Tanna, Associate Director-Direct tax, S.K Patodia & Associates LLP.

Union Budget 2024: India's ambitious goal of becoming a developed country by 2047 closely aligns with the growth of its real estate sector. Thanks to its impressive economic surge in recent times, supported by the real estate sector's contributions to urban development, it is anticipated that by 2030, 40% of India's population will reside in urban areas. While other growth indicators are on the rise, India’s real estate industry will play a crucial role in achieving the country's sustainable development goals, given that it accounts for 8% of its GDP. Looking ahead, real estate could serve as the cornerstone of a resilient economy, around which all other factors would revolve.

worldwide are experiencing a 'recovery' phase following a major outage. The disruption has impacted a range of institutions, including airports, businesses, media broadcasting, the stock market, government offices, and hospitality.1. Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella on Friday took to X and wrote, “We are aware of this issue and are working closely with CrowdStrike and across the industry to provide customers technical guidance and support to safely bring their systems back online."2.

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filing returns. However, instead of easing compliance, it has often increased the burden on taxpayers mostly because details related to equity transactions in the statement are inaccurate. To make matters worse, the onus of fixing the errors lies with the taxpayers.

Washington, Jul 20, 2024 -CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity company behind a massive global IT outage, is the leader in its sector, known for building software defenses for the cloud computing age and exposing Russian and North Korean threats. Based in Austin, Texas, the company was founded in 2011 by George Kurtz, Dmitri Alperovitch and Gregg Marston.

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NEW DELHI : New Delhi: In a much-required revamp of corporate disclosures, the government has simplified the reporting process for companies on unclaimed dividends, deposits, and share application refunds—a move that will also further smoothen the claim process for investors. To reduce the compliance burden on companies, the ministry of corporate affairs in a recent order simplified how businesses need to report the transfer of unclaimed dividends and underlying shares to a fund maintained by the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA).

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Microsoft software, prominently used by enterprise networks worldwide. CrowdStrike, a US-based endpoint security provider to several global organisations including Microsoft, first released an update to its product — Falcon Sensor — on July 9 gradually rolling it out to companies globally over the next 10 days. On July 18 and 19, the update — intended to pre-emptively detect cybersecurity breaches — was pushed onto Microsoft devices unwittingly, triggering widespread chaos. It forced several banks, hospitals, airlines, and startups to resort to manual processes to continue operations, industry executives said. «Around 300 flights have been cancelled, including around 200 for market leader Indigo alone till 6 pm (on Friday),» people aware of the details told ET.

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Microsoft's Windows devices. Users across the world and in India complained about a blue screen of death error when they booted their devices. The outage was caused due to a faulty update caused by CrowdStrike, which manages end-point security for several firms across the globe, including Microsoft. Overall, Microsoft's suite of services such as Azure, Outlook, and Teams were impacted throughout the day. What caused the outage?

ICICI Securities is likely to reach the Bombay High Court soon. The Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) clarified that it lacks authority to judge the legality of the exemption granted by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) for delisting the broking firm without the reverse book-building process. It also indicated that the matter must be moved to the appropriate forum. Senior counsel Kaushik Chatterjee, who represented the shareholders before the NCLT, argued that the Sebi has illegally granted an exemption to ICICI Securities under Section 37 (1) of the Delisting Regulations. This exemption allows ICICI Securities to delist its shares from the bourses without going through the reverse book-building process despite the requirement that the listed holding company and the listed subsidiary be in the same line of business, he said. «No one has seen the exemption letter as both the Sebi and ICICI Securities have refused to share the letter with shareholders,» said Chatterjee. «So, we are not left with any choice except to move High Court Mumbai to challenge the legality of exemption granted by Sebi to both the companies from not being in the same line of business.»

A boot camp on a California ranch could help improve internet access on U.S. tribal lands

A widespread technology outage on Friday, seemingly linked to issues at global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike and Microsoft, disrupted operations at airports, airlines, banks and even hospitals, including several in Canada.

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A global technology outage grounded flights, knocked banks offline and media outlets off air after a faulty software update disrupted companies and services around the world and highlighted their dependence on just a handful of providers

Much of the world faced online disarray Friday as a widespread technology outage affected companies and services across industries — grounding flights, knocking banks and hospital systems offline and media outlets off air

U.S. stocks are slipping, as businesses around the world scramble to contain the effects of a disruptive technology outage

A major internet outage affecting Microsoft is disrupting flights, banks, media outlets and companies across the world