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The net direct tax collections may have slowed down, but the Income Tax Department is “comfortable and hopeful” of meeting the target for the ongoing financial year 2025-26, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairman Ravi Agrawal said. In an interview with Aanchal Magazine, the CBDT Chairman listed several measures including the various ‘nudge’ campaigns being taken by the Department to boost compliance that has already resulted in filing of over 1.1 crore updated returns and collections of over Rs 11,000 crore. However, there is scope for further increase in the number of returns filed by taxpayers. Edited excerpts:There is…

Huge fires around Bursa, Turkiye’s fourth-largest city, broke out over the weekend, leading to more than 3,500 people fleeing their homes. On Monday morning, fog-like smoke from fires and smouldering foliage hung over the city. Unseasonably high temperatures, dry conditions, and strong winds have been fuelling the wildfires, with Turkiye and other parts of the eastern Mediterranean experiencing record-breaking heatwaves. The death toll from wildfires outside the city of Bursa in northwest Turkiye rose to four late on Sunday after two volunteer firefighters died. The pair died in hospital after they were pulled from a water tanker that rolled while…

Xiaomi launches Redmi Note 14 SE 5G with 50 MP Sony sensor for budget buyers in India | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Xiaomi on Monday (July 28, 2025) launched the Redmi Note 14 SE 5G for budget segment buyers in India. The Chinese smartphone maker already has three smartphones in the Redmi Note 14 lineup: Redmi Note 14 Pro+ 5G, Redmi Note 14 Pro 5G, and Redmi Note 14 5G.The Redmi Note 14 SE 5G features a 6.67 inch AMOLED display with a 120 Hz refresh rate and peak brightness of up to 2,100 nits and Corning Gorilla Glass 5…

At least five people were killed in a mass shooting at a market in the Thai capital, Bangkok, on Monday, before the gunman took his own life, a police official confirmed as per Reuters. According to Charin Gopatta, Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, the gunman opened fire at the Or Tor Kor Market, known for selling agricultural produce and local food. He shot and killed four security guards and a woman before turning the gun on himself. The Erawan Emergency Medical Centre, which monitors Bangkok hospitals, also confirmed the casualties. The motive behind the shooting remains unclear, and…

THE Haryana government may be having a rethink over the appointment of Vikas Barala, an accused in a sexual harassment case, as Assistant Advocate General, but a scrutiny of the list shows that like Barala, many of those appointed as law officers are relatives of VIPs, including politicians and bureaucrats.This, ironically, when the Supreme Court, as early as 2016, had cautioned against such appointments and advised guidelines to insulate the process from politics. On July 18, Vikas Barala, the son of BJP Rajya Sabha MP and former Haryana BJP president Subhash Barala, was named as one of 97 law officers…

India’s fighting draw in the fourth Test against England brought out the combatant in Gautam Gambhir, who lambasted “critics” of new captain Shubman Gill and asserted that his team is fighting for “the common man back home”. Gambhir wants his players to make their own history rather than follow anyone from the past including himself. And, after a memorable comeback in the Manchester Test, they are moving in that direction. “They want to fight for the common man back home. And the important thing is that the way a lot of people had written us off in this Test match,…

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has said that AI-led automation will be a net positive that could free up people to do more meaningful work. But he has also warned about the shift happening too fast. “When you improve productivity, it shouldn’t mean that if you get less productive, that’s bad. And if you get more productive, that’s good. It means you can free up these people to have smaller class size or have longer vacations or to help do more. The question is, if it comes so fast that you don’t have time to adjust to it?” the billionaire philanthropist…

Russia’s Nordwind Airlines takes-off for the first flight connecting Moscow and Pyongyang at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport, amidst warming relations between Russia and North Korea. | Photo Credit: AP Russia on Sunday (July 27, 2025) opened a regular air link between Moscow and Pyogyang, a move reflecting increasingly close ties between the two countries.The first flight operated by Russian carrier Nordwind took off from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport carrying more than 400 passengers. Russia’s Transport Ministry said there will be one flight a month to meet demand.North Korea plans to send military construction workers and deminers to RussiaRussian Foreign Minister Sergey…

Fans often go to great lengths to express their love for their favourite stars. Recently, an old story about a female fan of Sanjay Dutt leaving her Rs 72 crore worth property to the actor after her passing in 2018 went viral. While many believed it to be fake news, Sanjay recently confirmed the story in an interaction. However, it’s what he did with the property that is truly heartfelt and reflects the actor’s real personality. In an interaction with Curly Tales, Sanjay was asked if it was true that a female fan had left him property worth Rs 72…

North Korean leader’s powerful sister, Kim Yo Jong, dismisses Seoul’s outreach efforts under new president.North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister has rejected the possibility of dialogue with South Korea amid Seoul’s outreach efforts under its new left-leaning president. In a statement issued by state-run media on Monday, Kim Yo Jong dismissed South Korean President Lee Jae-myung’s efforts to mend ties with Pyongyang, including the cessation of loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts along the tense inter-Korean border. Kim, who oversees propaganda operations within the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, called Lee’s decision to halt the broadcasts a “reversible turning back of…