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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When considering the sale of significant investments like shares and securities, vacant plots, and house properties, the timing of the transaction can have substantial financial implications. From the point of view of tax planning, the end of the fiscal year is the most important time to plan the sale of assets.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Americans are experiencing serious sticker shock when it comes to the price of eggs, which in some markets has more than tripled. That is, when they can get eggs at all.

Amazon India has partnered with Youth4Jobs Foundation to support women sellers with disabilities by providing essential resources, tools, and training to succeed in the digital e-commerce ecosystem. Under the partnership, Amazon Saheli programme will conduct workshops and provide onboarding and account management support for these women sellers, according to a company statement. The alliance aims to bridge the gap between talented women with disabilities and wider market opportunities, and help them leverage the Amazon platform to grow their business online, it said. The women sellers will get hands-on training in digital marketing, performance marketing, product listing optimisation, and advertising solutions to help them establish a robust online business.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Tata Power, one of India's oldest and most influential energy conglomerates, is rewriting its legacy. No longer just a conventional power provider, the company has emerged as a leading force in India's clean energy transition.

The offer, which promised a $0 first-year salary with a small monthly stipend of $500, required apprentices to work 8-10 hours a day, five days a week. Ninovski framed the opportunity as unconventional but highly rewarding, stating that it would provide direct access to working alongside him as the CEO of three multi-million dollar companies. He justified the rigorous workload by citing a past success story—five years earlier, a 17-year-old named William Dodevski had taken the same apprenticeship, and today, he had grown into a key employee within one of the companies, no longer reliant on the CEO’s guidance and having forged his own path.

EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 categories will see moderate advancements for India, while EB-4 will remain unavailable for all countries until the end of fiscal year 2025, as the annual limit has been reached. Meanwhile, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has confirmed that it will accept employment-based adjustment of status applications based on the Visa Bulletin's Final Action Dates chart in April 2025. This allows applicants to file if their priority date is earlier than the listed cutoff date for their category and country.

pet cloning after spending 160,000 yuan (approximately US$22,000 or over Rs 19 lakh) to clone her deceased Doberman. According to The Star magazine, while pet cloning is legal in China, it must be carried out by certified companies following strict ethical guidelines. The woman, identified by her surname Xu, resides in Hangzhou, eastern China. She recounted her experience to the mainland media outlet Personage, revealing that she first adopted her Doberman, named Joker, in 2011. Over the years, Joker became more than just a pet—he was a steadfast companion, offering Xu an invaluable sense of security, particularly during the years she lived alone. Joker’s health began to deteriorate as he aged. At nine years old, he was diagnosed with a malignant sarcoma in his neck. Given the risks associated with anesthesia, he underwent surgery without sedation, exhibiting remarkable composure and trust. Xu was deeply moved by his resilience, stating that he endured the pain bravely.

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It said «The companies see only marginal impact and no major disruption to US business from the planned US tariffs (10-25 per cent)». The US remains a key market for Indian CDMO players, with exports worth approximately USD 9-10 billion annually. While the tariff proposal has raised concerns, Indian firms expect only a marginal impact on their business.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Even though policymakers in Beijing may be putting up a sanguine show, not all is well with China’s economy. Its latest official data reveals that prices in China fell 0.7% from a year earlier in February, marking the first time in more than a year that the economy is in the grip of deflation.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: Guidelines to make unsolicited calls and spam SMSes illegal have been kept in abeyance for now by the country’s top consumer watchdog.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A new chief executive trying to steer the company, generative AI disrupting the information technology (IT) services industry, and now an activist shareholder raising its stake—New Jersey-based Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp now finds itself walking a tightrope. Cognizant is one of the few companies seeing a second round of shareholder activism in less than 10 years.

The Bank of Canada is expected to cut its interest rate by 25 basis points on Wednesday, amid trade uncertainty with the United States.

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Elon Musk, the platform's owner, stated that a massive cyberattack was responsible for these outages.

West Bengal assembly on Monday after the Speaker suspended BJP MLA Dipak Barman and ordered marshals to escort other two BJP MLAs -Shankar Ghosh and Manoj Oraon — out of the assembly. A motion was brought against the BJP MLAs for misconduct and disruption of the House on the first day of the second phase of the budget session of the legislative assembly which began on Monday, after a vacation. Chaos broke out inside the House when BJP MLA Hiran Chatterjee, while delivering his speech, was stopped and his microphone was silenced by the Speaker. Then BJP MLAs, led by chief whip Shankar Ghosh, started protesting after which the marshals were asked to escort Ghosh and Oraon out. Later, the BJP-led Opposition staged a walkout in protest against the Speaker's action.

women's participation is a good barometer to determine a country's place on the development spectrum. The spotlight on 'women-led development' this Women's Day was in keeping with India's efforts to become 'developed' by 2047. But the rape of two women near Hampi in Karnataka made the news.

Indo-US nuclear deal — especially expanding atomic power through foreign and private collaboration — in deep freeze is positive. But it has also put the spotlight on one of the most coveted, yet closed, spaces of India's security system: the atomic energy establishment. What this budget set rolling is just the beginning of a series of crucial decisions that could necessitate the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to make a fundamental shift in its approach. Which is why it may not be an easy path ahead. The first decision relates to management of the nuclear fuel cycle. At present, the entire cycle from mining the ore, obtaining nuclear fuel, to electricity production and then waste management is under DAE's strict control. The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) ensures safety oversight in a tightly controlled affair monitored by the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC).

In a stock exchange notice today (10 March), the board of Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies said an application will be made to Companies House to change the trust's name to Artemis UK Future Leaders. Invesco launches S&P 500 Equal Weight Swap ETF In addition, the registered office will now switch to 50 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London E14 5NT, while the fund administration service provider will now be The Northern Trust Company. The board went on to reassure shareholders that their holdings will suffer no alterations as a result of the name change. «Existing share ce...

For years, American financial companies have fought the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — the chief U.S. consumer finance watchdog — in the courts and media, portraying the agency as illegitimate and as unfairly targeting industry players.