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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the nation is on a path where everyone, irrespective of religion, can be assured of their constitutional rights and their future and where no community is left behind. Addressing Aligarh Muslim University on its centenary celebrations, PM Modi also said his government's schemes for the poor were reaching all sections "without any religious bias"...

Ranjan Goenka is Founder & Director of PDS Infotech, Kolkata,PDS Infotech is into developing software products in Tax related products & Services. TDS (Tax Deducted at Source) is an amount deducted while making specified payments such as salary, rent, commission, professional fees, salary, interest etc. and subsequently deposited with the Income Tax Dept. TDS is not a tax, but advance...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday promised a "never before" like Union Budget as the government looks to steer the pandemic-battered economy and push growth. While investment in health, medical Research & Development (R&D) and developing greater skills to handle telemedicine is going to be critical, livelihood challenges would have to be seen in a newer canvas with newer...

By - Dr. Kanchan Sanyal - Advisor, Health and Wellness, Columbia Pacific Communities As seniors grow older, the risk for a number of health concerns increases. While family history, lifestyle, social inequality and health history all play a role in determining which diseases and conditions might affect the seniors, gender can also be an indicator of what to expect and...

The government said on Friday it could soon start voluntary inoculation against the COVID-19 disease as it considers emergency use authorization for three vaccine candidates including those from AstraZeneca and Pfizer . Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech has also applied for emergency approval. India recorded 22,890 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, taking the total to near 10 million, with 144,789...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held pre-budget consultations with representatives of the social sector on Thursday, December 17, ahead of the Union Budget 2021-22. Along with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Secretary Dr A.B. Pandey, Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) Secretary Tarun Bajaj, Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) K V Subramanian besides other senior officials were also present in the meeting....

Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani had a conversation with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the internet major's Fuel for India 2020 event. "We are looking forward for your involvement in India... I hope the rest of the world learns from Indian policy," Asia's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, told the Facebook CEO in a virtual interaction. "How grateful I am for...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hailed the "incredible things" being done by India in the solar energy sector as he warned that the emergency facing the world from climate change was far more destructive than even the coronavirus pandemic. Johnson said this in his address to the Climate Ambition Summit this weekend, co-hosted by the UK to mark the...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has concluded a comprehensive review of Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Package (ANBP) with the Secretaries of various Ministries/Departments, the Ministry of Finance said on Sunday. In an official release, the Ministry of Finance said the Ministries and Departments concerned have started implementing the announcements under the three Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Packages. The progress of implementation is...

Even more than three decades after he founded one of India’s largest and diversified infrastructure organisation, the Adani Group Chairman, Gautam Adani’s vision and belief in nation-building and unprecedented business opportunities in India has grown exponentially. Speaking to a distinguished audience at the TiE Global Summit, the ‘optimistic entrepreneur’ said that India is still incredible given the plethora of...