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08.02 / 12:09

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08.02 / 08:35

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real estate revival, welfare for gig workers, farmer support, and small business empowerment. Here are the four announcements made in the Budget 2025 for homebuyers, gig workers, farmers and street vendors.

08.02 / 06:37

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Vande Bharat train services having chair cars are operational on the Indian Railways network as of January 2025, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed Rajya Sabha in a written reply. The Minister also said that overall occupancy in these trains is almost 100 per cent.

08.02 / 03:57

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PlayStation users encountered connectivity issues on Friday evening as the PlayStation Network (PSN) suffered a global outage. According to Down Detector, the disruption began around 5:20 p.m. ET, with reports peaking at 5:49 p.m. when more than 68,000 complaints were logged. The majority of reports (78%) indicated server connection failures, while 19% were linked to login issues, and 3% reported other functionality errors.

08.02 / 03:57

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Infosys on Friday terminated around 700 trainees it had hired from campuses two-and-a-half years ago but onboarded last October, terming that they failed to clear an internal assessment programme, according to several affected people and an organisation that works with IT employees.

08.02 / 02:33

Provident security Election trends performer Updates Delhi Election Result 2025 Key Highlights: EC begins vote counting; postal ballots to be counted first

Delhi Election Result 2025 Key Highlights: The Delhi Election Result 2025 will be declared today by the Election Commission of India (ECI), marking a crucial moment in Delhi's political landscape. The decision of Delhiites, which could either take Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to a fourth term or end 26-year drought for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is locked.

08.02 / 00:47

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bengaluru: Zomato Ltd’s decision to carve out a distinct identity for its parent entity will allow it greater freedom in exploring its ambitions without putting all its eggs in one basket, while providing investors more granular insights into the company, say industry experts. Four years after Facebook rebranded as Meta Platforms Inc.

07.02 / 20:41

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Melania Trump and the president's daughter Ivanka Trump had promoted USAID's work in developing countries during the first term of the Trump administration, as per a report.

07.02 / 18:15

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Apple to actually create a backdoor for accessing the encrypted iCloud backups globally while using powers granted by the Investigatory Powers Act of the year 2016, reported The Verge. The secret order would reportedly and actually enable British security services to access end-to-end encrypted files from any user worldwide without their knowledge whatsoever.

07.02 / 16:35

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07.02 / 14:15

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Tax Returns where tax refunds were issued for FY2023-24, tax refunds have not been credited to the taxpayer’s account in case of about 12 lakh ITRs due to various reasons. This was stated in the Rajya Sabha by the minister of state in the finance ministry. The due date to file Income Tax Return (ITR) for individuals not liable for income tax audit for FY 2023-24 (AY 2024-25) was July 31, 2024.

07.02 / 13:35

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. AI-native companies are born with a capacity to dynamically change and learn from customer data and workflows, potentially becoming as good as a custom app that a client might have commissioned. Most companies necessarily approach generative AI as an innovation to integrate, but a handful of startups have sprung up with artificial intelligence as their starting point.

07.02 / 12:55

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07.02 / 12:55

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07.02 / 11:45

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private members' bills, including those seeking to protect employees' rights in relation to use and implementation of artificial intelligence in workplaces; prevent and criminalise creation and use of deepfake contents were introduced in Rajya Sabha on Friday. Members across political parties, from ruling BJP to opposition TMC, Congress, RJD, CPI, CPI(M) and AAP introduced several private members' bills, including two separate bills seeking to increase the sitting of Parliament to at least 100 to 120 days a year, in the post lunch session of the Upper House.

07.02 / 07:11

Provident Citizens Aware Death love information Investigations ‘Deep sadness and shock’: Canadian child dies at resort in Jamaica

Jamaica, officials have confirmed.Global Affairs Canada says it is aware of the death of a Canadian citizen in Jamaica, and is providing consular assistance to the family.“Our thoughts and sympathies are with the individuals’ loved ones,” the agency said in a statement.The investigation into what exactly happened is still ongoing.“Due to privacy considerations no further information can be disclosed,” Global affairs added.According to a resort spokesperson, the incident occurred on Feb.

07.02 / 06:53

COST Provident FIVE wellness pandemic Mint Explainer | RBI's rate cut and how it will benefit retail borrowers

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) monetary policy committee on Friday delivered a much-anticipated rate cut of 25 basis points, taking the policy repo rate to 6.25%. The first rate cut in five years, the Monetary Policy Committee's decision will lead to lower equated monthly instalments or EMIs by retail borrowers by an equivalent amount, provided their rates are linked to the repo.

07.02 / 05:21

Provident Digital security wellness exclusive prevention International To prevent frauds, international online transactions will soon need additional authentication factor

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced the introduction of additional factors of authentication for international digital payments made to offshore merchants who are enabled to undertake such transactions.

07.02 / 04:59

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07.02 / 04:49

markets UPS Provident Digital Strategy PAM Waiver of late fee for filing pending GSTR-9C by March 31, 2025: CBIC clarifies who is eligible and how to calculate

Goods and Services Tax (GST) registered taxpayers who failed to file GSTR-9C, which is a reconciliation statement filed along with GSTR-9 annual return, can now file GSTR-9C on or before March 31, 2025, to get a complete waiver of all late fees. This late fee is up to Rs 200 per day for a maximum of 0.5% of turnover. This will now be waived off provided taxpayers file their pending GSTR-9C before the date specified above.

07.02 / 01:49

Provident wellness hospital patient Providence and hospital doctors reach tentative agreement in Oregon's 27-day health care strike

Providence and dozens of doctors at a hospital in Portland, Oregon, have reached a tentative agreement after 27 days of strike

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