What's driving huge turnout of youths, students at Maha Kumbh

The Maha Kumbh 2025 at Prayagraj is set to witness a "Yuva Maha Kumbh", a mega gathering of youth and students from across the country bound by a common thread: Swami Vivekananda, whose birth......

High Drama In J&K Assembly

We have seen such scenes from legislatures in South Korea and Europe for instance, but who would have wagered that we would witness such tumult in India, in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly, no less,......

Do We Need Atmashakti At Work?

'Alongside economic growth and the Asian century, stress has become an Asian caravan.''But stress doesn't arrive in one's country as invitation to taste exhaustion. It comes dressed as a......

Umar Khalid completes 4 years in jail without trial

Former Jawaharlal Nehru University student and activist Umar Khalid has completed four years in jail after being arrested in connection with the 2020 northeast Delhi communal riots. IMAGE: Former......

Factors that will guide the markets this week

The ongoing second quarter earnings, movement of oil benchmark Brent crude and the uncertainty in the Middle East would dictate terms in the domestic markets this week, analysts said.......

Startups incorporated till March 2024 to get tax benefits

The government on Wednesday proposed to extend income tax benefits to startups incorporated till March 2024. Image only for representation. Photograph: Kind courtesy Visual Tag Mx/Pexels.com......

TDS limit for cooperative sector hiked to Rs 3cr, concessional tax for societies

To promote the cooperative sector, the government on Wednesday announced a slew of measures, including a concessional tax of 15 per cent to promote new societies focusing on manufacturing and a......

Startups get a boost in Budget 2022

The government on Tuesday proposed to extend the period of incorporation of eligible startups by one more year till March 31, 2023 for providing tax incentives, a move aimed at encouraging budding......

Olympic Truce commences as IOC chief Bach visits Hiroshima

IMAGE: Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), bump elbows at the start of their talks at Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office Building......

Dhawan has post-retirement plans chalked out

‘Have good sense of humour, can become successful commentator’ IMAGE: Shikhar Dhawan with his family at a holiday in Cape Town. Photograph: Shikhar Dhawan/Instagram Opening batsman......