The Income Tax Department today said it has identified over 400 benami transactions and attached properties worth Rs 600 crore in about 240 cases. Keen to implement the new Benami Act to ensure “visible outcomes on the ground”, the tax department last week set up 24 dedicated Benami Prohibition Units (BPUs) all over India. The department started initiating actions under the new Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 from November […]

I was 12 years old when the Delhi rape incident took place. I remember my mom joining the march for the Nirbhaya (meaning fearless) campaign with 500 people for several weeks to support the victim and her family. Curious about the protest, I asked my mom if I could come along one day. Soon, I started attending the protests every weekend. The more often I went, the more enraged I […]

The government said on Monday the goods and services tax (GST), scheduled to be rolled out from July 1, was set to benefit consumers, as the tax incidence on smartphones, medical devices and cement would come down. The GST Council, comprising state finance ministers and headed by the Union finance minister, last week finalised the tax on most of the items and services. A smartphone currently attracts two per cent […]

With barely 30 days to go for the UPSC civil Service Exam Prelims, these are anxious times for UPSC Civil services aspirants. What to read, what to revise, and how to maximise your marks are probably the questions running in your minds. He re are few tips to increase your chances of clearing the UPSC Civil Service Exam Prelims 2017. Focus on simplify, streamline, succeed Stick to the core topics: […]

A new survey conducted in the UK has shown that Instagram has the most negative impact on young people’s mental health and well-being. The poll conducted by the Royal Society for Public Health (RCPH) found YouTube to have the most positive impact on mental health, followed by Twitter and then Facebook. In the poll, about 1,479 people aged 14-24 were asked a series of questions about whether social media platforms, […]

I was born on July 13, 1972, the sixth child in my family. My parents, Urban Veigas and Eugene Madtha, lived in Belthangady, a small town in Karnataka, India. We were a lower-middle class family, and lived happily together in a two-bedroom home. My parents both worked for the government. When I was five, we moved to Karkala, a green city known for its many temples and mosques and churches […]

Over 3,000 youngsters die every day, totalling 1.2 million deaths a year, from largely preventable causes, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO). Around 1.2 billion people, or one in every six persons, are adolescents aged between 10 to 19 years. The report entitled ‘Global accelerated action for the health of adolescents (AA-HA!): Guidance to support country implementation’, was scheduled to be launched on Tuesday in […]

So you have appeared for the Class 10 exams and your results have been declared, what do you do next? The junior college admissions are going to take a while, but you can go to your school and collect the online admission book and start practicing how to go about it. This will ensure that you do not make any mistakes while actually filling the form. Then wait for the […]

Pune or Poona is one of the cosmopolitan cities in the state of Maharashtra. It is the second most important city in Maharashtra after Mumbai. Mumbai is called the financial capital of India whereas Pune is known as the cultural capital of Maharashtra. The city is an emerging IT hub and a renowned educational centre, which also gives it a nickname – the Oxford of the East. In ancient times, […]

The trailer of Naga Chaitanya’s upcoming film Rarandoi Veduka Chuddam has landed on the internet. The 2-minute promo video promises a complete family drama, with dollops of enmity, festivity, relationship values, action and lots of love. The chemistry between Chaitanya and leading lady Rakul Preet is unmissable. The love story is at the heart of the film. However, what’s fun in a romantic story, if the love of the leading […]