One of the commendable commitments of the Narendra Modi administration has been to fiscal rectitude despite its penchant to curate expansive benefits for identifiable groups of the voting public. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has carried through this commitment in her outlays in fiscal 2024-25. The fiscal deficit (FD), the prime metric of fiscal responsibility, is … Read more
Experts say the proposed LTCG tax norms could be advantageous or disadvantageous to those who sell real estate, depending on the situation. 5 min read Last Updated : Jul 24 2024 | 11:19 PM IST The Union Budget on Tuesday proposed to change the long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax rate on the sale of … Read more
The conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner has announced he will step down as leader and artistic director of the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras after an allegation he hit a singer. The conductor withdrew from engagements including a BBC Prom after the incident last August and said he was seeking specialist help. The board of the … Read more
New funding from Amazon Web Services, the Children’s Health Innovation Award, or Imagine Grant, will provide $7 million for cloud-based data resources for pediatric research, maternal child total health and empowering pediatric workforces and caregivers, according to an announcement made Wednesday at the AWS summit in Washington, D.C. In addition, AWS has awarded three hospitals … Read more
With so many skincare products, flooding the market, it is easy to want to try everything. Overuse and wrong use of skincare and makeup products, or unknowingly combining certain product with ingredients that conflict can increase sensitivity and damage the skin too. Actress Zareen Khan, who practices skin fasting, says, “Fasting has benefits, whether on … Read more
Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra says that the revised projection for corporate tax in 2024-25 (FY25) reflects the decline in profits of the top 170 companies during the first quarter of the current financial year. In conversation with Shrimi Choudhary, the senior bureaucrat discusses several tax-related announcements in the Union Budget. Edited excerpts: Has the … Read more
While Paris prepares for the official Olympic kickoff on Friday, an immovable object will collide with an unstoppable force. The venue is Nice, the coastal city that hosted the final stage of the Tour de France a few days ago and is one of the hosts for the Olympic soccer tournament. On Thursday, that’s where … Read more
Patient intake, and the associated manual tasks that come upfront before a medical visit, represents a key component of a health system’s operational efficiency and clinical quality. As a result, some hospitals and primary care clinics are experimenting with artificial intelligence and large language models to focus on note-taking and scribe work. With physicians burnt … Read more
Who doesn’t like to relax in a pool for hours during extended summers? Or take frequent showers on a hot and humid day? But here’s a catch. One must be mindful of water seepage into the ears to ward off infections like the swimmer’s ear. It is a condition wherein the external ear canal gets … Read more
A day after presenting the Union Budget for 2024-25, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke to Shrimi Choudhary, Ruchika Chitravanshi, Asit Ranjan Mishra & Nivedita Mookerji on issues ranging from the private sector’s role in job creation to coalition needs in making Budgets, at her North Block office. Edited excerpts: Was the seventh Budget … Read more