NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday will present her eighth consecutive Budget, which she will deliver from a digital tablet enclosed in a traditional ‘bahi-khata’ style pouch. Sitharaman, India’s first full-time woman Finance Minister, broke away from the colonial tradition of carrying a Budget briefcase in July 2019, opting instead for a traditional…
Pune: England skipper Jos Buttler didn’t agree with India’s ploy to use Harshit Rana as a concussion substitute for half-centurion Shivam Dube, a masterstroke that saw the hosts seal the five-match T20I series with a 15-run win in the fourth game here on Friday. Dube who scored 53 off 34 balls was hit on the…
Mumbai: Ravi Bishnoi (3-28) and debutant Harshit Rana (3-33) claimed three wickets each as India beat England by 15 runs in the fourth T20I at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Friday. India thus took an unbeatable 3-1 lead and sealed the series with the last T20I scheduled to be played at the…
New Delhi: Taxpayers, particularly lower middle tax, may likely get relief in Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget on Saturday as the Narendra Modi government looks to boost consumption to spur a shuttering economy, Deloitte India economist Rumki Majumdar said. She saw the finance minister giving relief to taxpayers who have opted for the new tax…
New Delhi: A cut or tweak in income tax rates/slabs to ease the burden of the middle class struggling with high prices and stagnant wage growth is widely expected in Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s record-setting eighth consecutive Budget. The Budget for the fiscal year starting April 1 is expected to contain measures to shore up…
In the depths of the sacred Dandakarnaya forest, the noble and indomitable Prince Rama ventured alongside Sita and Lakshmana. Their journey brought them to a cluster of hermitages, a network of sanctuaries enveloped by serene nature. Around each ashram, white linen garments hung on tree branches to dry in the sunlight, appearing like clouds veiling…
The Lord Hanuman Temple in Penukonda, Andhra Pradesh, is a revered spiritual site where the idol of Lord Hanuman was installed by the respected saint Sri Sreepaada Raajaru. Known for his devotion to Hanuman and his teachings of Dvaita Vedanta, Sri Sreepaada Raajaru chose Penukonda as the ideal place to establish the temple. The temple…
New Delhi: India Inc on Friday hailed the Economic Survey saying it expects a stable macroeconomic environment and looks forward to rationalisation of the tax structure in the Budget to drive consumption through higher disposable income. Most industry experts agreed with the survey’s economic growth projection for India ranging from 6.3-6.8 percent for 2025-26, anticipating…
New Delhi: The area occupied by tigers in India has increased by 30 percent over the past two decades, a new study has found. Researchers at the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, and National Tiger Conservation Authority, New Delhi, found that while tigers persisted most in highly protected “human-free, prey-rich” areas, the carnivore species were…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a scathing attack on the Congress, accusing its “shahi parivar” of insulting President Droupadi Murmu, who hails from a tribal background. In a direct response to Congress leaders’ purported remarks on Murmu over her Friday speech, Modi, at a public meeting in Dwarka, said, “These Congress…
