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Lok Sabha elections date 2024 LIVE updates: CEC Rajiv Kumar-led Election Commission of India (ECI) is set to announce the complete schedule of Lok Sabha elections 2024 on Saturday. The election body will hold a press conference in New Delhi and will declare the crucial details about the upcoming general elections like dates, phases, announcement of results, etc.The announcement of the Lok Sabha election date 2024 comes two days after the appointment of two new Election Commissioners- Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu.

A group of oil shippers is asking the Canada Energy Regulator to compel the company behind the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion to provide them with a full and detailed breakdown of the project’s escalating construction costs.

Gold and silver prices Today on 15-03-2024 : Check latest rates in your city Now, the prices of the yellow metal will now depend to next week's Fed meeting, where there will be an updated dot plot, and the market is going into the meeting with expectations of a hawkish Fed, as reflected in rising bond yields and a rising dollar index. “Apart from the inflation print the other data's have been indicating a mixed picture of the U.S. economy with manufacturing/ services activity slowing down, unemployment rate ticking up to rising retail sales and lower unemployment claims - keeping sentiments subdued.

Benchmark NSE Nifty closed 123.31 points down at 22023.35 amid selling in frontline bluechip counters.

AIS (Annual Information Statement) compliance portal, as it has been showing highly inflated data for certain specific types of transactions. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has said on its website that the inconsistent data(s) have been fixed and now the correct data has been updated as of March 15, 2024. «You are also requested to compute your Advance Tax liability and pay the same on/before 15th March 2024. Data pertaining to Information categories 'Sale of securities and units of mutual fund', 'Purchase of securities and units of mutual funds', 'Off market credit transactions' & 'Off market debit transactions' has been updated, kindly check the same in AIS. Taxpayers are recommended to verify the correctness of the information displayed in AIS by providing the feedback,» said CBDT on their website as of March 15, 2024, 4pm. Also read: How selling equities before March 31 can help you save income tax.

Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.(up 5.92%), Sikko Industries Ltd.(up 4.95%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.(up 4.60%), Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd.(up 3.79%), Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.(up 1.92%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 1.30%) and Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(up 0.55%) stood among the top gainers.

Moscow for the return of Indians who were duped into fighting Russia's war against Ukraine, the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that India is “pressing very hard with the Russian authorities for their early discharge." He also said that efforts are going on to bring back the mortal remains of two Indians who passed away in Russia. He said that the paperwork has been done and there are chances that the mortal remains of the two Indians will be handed over to the family in India by 16th or 17th March. “We also have two people who passed away.

Also Read: Catch Electoral Bonds Data Live updates As soon as the list was published, allegation of Quid pro quo surfaced with opposition parties alleging link between top donor companies and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Congress leader Jairam Ramesh alleged that “immediately after receiving some handouts from the Central government, companies have repaid the favour through electoral bonds." On Thursday, Supreme Court advocate Prashant Bhushan too alleged quid pro quo. He took to microblogging site X to write, “On 11 April 23, Megha Engineering gives 100s Crs in #ElectoralBonds to whom? But within a month it gets a 14,400 cr contract from BJP’s Mah govt! Though SBI has hidden Bond numbers from the info, some of donors & parties match can be guessed.

KCP Sugar & Industries Corporation Ltd.(up 5.45%), KM Sugar Mills Ltd.(up 2.64%), Uttam Sugar Mills Ltd.(up 1.91%), Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd.(up 1.57%), Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd.(up 0.90%), EID Parry(India)Ltd.(up 0.74%), Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd.(up 0.48%), Vishwaraj Sugar Industries Ltd.(up 0.32%), Dwarikesh Sugar Industries Ltd.(up 0.32%) and Ugar Sugar Works Ltd.(up 0.08%) stood among the top gainers.

Gillette India Ltd.(up 2.20%), Heritage Foods Ltd.(up 1.71%), Colgate-Palmolive(India)Ltd.(up 1.54%), Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities Ltd.(up 1.44%), Sheetal Cool Products Ltd.(up 1.22%), Varun Beverages Ltd.(up 1.17%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(up 1.16%), Vadilal Industries Ltd.(up 1.08%), Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Healthcare Ltd.(up 0.82%) and ADF Foods Ltd.(up 0.80%) stood among the top gainers.

Shares of Pfizer Ltd.(up 2.89 per cent), Gland Pharma Ltd.(up 2.36 per cent), Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.21 per cent), Abbott India Ltd.(up 0.35 per cent) and Laurus Labs Ltd.(up 0.08 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

Amitabh Bachchan is facing a health crisis. The 81-year-old ‘living legend’ has been admitted to the Kokilaben Hospital in Mumbai. According to a News18 report, the ‘Kabhie Khushi Kabhie Gham’ star was treated for a problem detected in his peripheral heart. A hospital representative told News 18, “An angioplasty was performed on a clot in his leg, and not on his heart.” Further details are awaited about the superstar’s current state of health. Mere hours before the news of his hospitalisation went viral, the superstar had shared an update on X (formerly Twitter). He wrote, “T 4950 – in gratitude ever.” He also promoted Majhi Mumbai, his Indian Street Premiere League (ISPL) team on Instagram. “Open your eyes, hear if you can, Majhi Mumbai will emerge victorious. It’s time you accept this,” wrote the ‘Paa’ actor. He also wrote, “The ISPL, as has been promoted and delivered in adverts, is well on its way to fructification and all the owners and the members that are involved, were needed to be in immortalised picture frames. So yes, a photo cum meet shoot… a very quick in and out between the evening hours… with our friends and colleagues… such a joy… Akshay, one of the owners… and an explanation to him about the surgery on my hand.”

Change of Name Due to Father's Name Change: If your father's name has been officially changed, you'll need to provide a notarized copy of the name change as published in the official gazette. Change of Account Name Due to Marriage or Divorce: In the case of a name change resulting from marriage or divorce, additional documentation such as a marriage certificate or gazette certificate is required to validate the change. Additionally, a scanned copy of a passport displaying your husband's or father's name is necessary.

advance tax payment liabilities have been facing problems of wrong or inflated incomes being shown in their Annual Information Statements (AIS). Taking cognisance of this issue, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has asked the taxpayers to wait for the updated data to be reflected on its 'AIS Compliance Portal' as certain financial data related to stock market and mutual fund transactions are being updated. «Data pertaining to Information categories 'Sale of securities and units of mutual fund', 'Purchase of securities and units of mutual funds', 'Off market credit transactions' & 'Off market debit transactions' is being updated. Kindly wait for the updated data to be reflected on the portal,» CBDT stated on the AIS Compliance Portal website. Since the fourth instalment of advance tax for individuals is due on March 15, 2024 for FY 2023-24, many individuals might be worried if they would be penalised if there is a discrepancy. Experts suggest that there is no need to be anxious about paying advance tax on such inflated/wrong transaction value data on AIS.

Investing.com-- The Bank of Japan is set to conclude a two-day meeting this coming Tuesday, with markets focused squarely on whether the central bank will mark an end to its ultra-dovish policies by raising interest rates.

Domestic benchmark index NSE Nifty fell 173.81 points to 21972.85, while the BSE Sensex traded 506.6 points down at 72590.68.

Follow live updates on Electoral bonds Here Both cases comes a day after the poll body uploaded the details of the electoral bonds issued to political parties on its website and the appointment of two election commissioners, ahead of Lok Sabha polls. In the first case the ECI, according to legal news website LiveLaw, has requested the Supreme Court to return to it the documents in sealed cover that it had submitted in the Electoral Bond case.

Tube Investments of India Ltd.(up 0.68 per cent) were among the top gainers.

PTI. However, between 22-24 March, fresh spells of rain/snow are likely at many places in Jammu and Kashmir. In Uttarakhand, the IMD has predicted dry weather in all districts of the state.

Power and Instrumentation(Gujarat)Ltd.(up 3.57%), Jyoti Structures Ltd.(up 1.88%), India Power Corporation Ltd.(up 1.55%), Voltamp Transformers Ltd.(up 0.86%), Adani Green Energy Ltd.(up 0.74%), Inox Wind Ltd.(up 0.61%), Indo Tech Transformers Ltd.(up 0.48%) and JSW Energy Ltd.(up 0.43%) were among the top gainers.

₹3,198.9 crore would take three days for the liquidation of its 50% portfolio if a sharp selloff occurs in the stock market. The small cap fund would take two days to liquidate its 25% portfolio, as per data shared by Radhika Gupta, MD & CEO of Edelweiss Mutual Fund. Edelweiss Mid Cap Fund would take two days to liquidate half of its portfolio and only one day for 25% portfolio liquidation.