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The Parliamentary Select Committee appointed to review the new Income Tax Bill 2025 proposed by the government has retained the provisions in the new Bill empowering tax officials to access, forcibly if necessary, the social media and private emails of people they are conducting search and seizure operations on. The Income Tax Bill 2025 was introduced in the Lok Sabha in February 2025. The aim behind the Bill, as per the government, is to simplify and rationalise the existing Income Tax Act 1961 and the numerous amendments that have been made to it over the decades since it was introduced. It…

James Gunn’s Supermanshowed staying power in its second weekend at North American box offices, collecting $57.3 million in ticket sales and remaining the No. 1 movie in cinemas, according to studio estimates Sunday.None of the week’s new releases — I Know What You Did Last Summer, Smurfs, and Eddington — came close to touching Warner Bros. and DC Studios’ superhero success. Superman dipped 54% from its domestic opening, an average decline for a big summer film.In two weeks, Superman has grossed $406.8 million worldwide, a good start for the movie DC Studios is banking on to restart its movie operations.…

Hornet hunters across the U.S. use the summer months to harvest the insects and sell them to a pharmaceutical company. It uses the venom to make a treatment for allergic reactions to their stings.

PatnaJul 21, 2025 07:57 IST First published on: Jul 21, 2025 at 07:56 IST Share NDA constituent and former Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha Sunday advised Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to give up the reins of the Janata Dal (United), saying it was no longer “feasible for him to simultaneously manage both the government and the party”. With this, Kushwaha became the first BJP and JD(U) ally to make this suggestion. Though Kushwaha did not suggest Kumar should transfer the responsibility to his son Nishant Kumar, he called the latter a “nai ummeed (new hope)”. Taking to X to wish…

The global governing body of chess, FIDE, has once again reiterated that the prestigious FIDE World Cup event will be contested in India this year. However, once again, the organisation has not weighed in on which city will host the event. There has been plenty of speculation about the host city so far, with Goa being a prime candidate for the event. “Further details, including the announcement of the host city, will be released in due course,” FIDE said in a statement on Monday. As per FIDE, at least 21 Indians have qualified for the tournament out of the 206.…

In a surprising event, scientists at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, in Colorado, US, have unearthed a rare dinosaur fossil. And not from a faraway dig site, but from right beneath the museum’s own parking lot! The discovery, revealed by the museum on July 9, came during a routine drilling operation in January aimed at evaluating the feasibility of switching to geothermal energy. As the team extracted a cylindrical rock core from 760 feet below the surface, they encountered a fossilised vertebra measuring about 2.5 inches in diameter. It turned out to be the oldest and deepest dinosaur…

As India awaits an announcement on an interim trade deal with the US, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Sunday said that August 1 is a hard deadline for countries to begin paying tariffs, although the US will continue to engage with them afterwards. This comes after India and the US concluded a week-long round of trade negotiations aimed at finalising an interim trade deal, seen as crucial for India to avoid reciprocal tariffs and gain an edge over its Asian peers. “That’s a hard deadline, so on August 1, the new tariff rates will come in… Nothing stops countries from…

Nawazuddin Siddiqui has always been blunt about his opinions on nepotism and prejudice against a certain section of actors in the industry, including himself. In a recent interview, the actor opened up about the society’s judgement about his looks and complexion, and filmmakers’ aversiveness towards making a high budget film with him. He also spoke about his 2016 movie Raman Raghav 2.0 not getting enough screens at the theatres. During a candid conversation with Nayandeep Rakshith, Nawazuddin admitted that he doesn’t have a fear of losing commercially and critically. “I don’t have any fear. But yes, there are many actors…

Protesters have taken to the streets again in Mexico City to demonstrate against real estate price speculation.

Of the 33 countries identified as bearing extremely high climate risks for children, where nearly 1 billion people live, 29 are also considered to be fragile states. File | Photo Credit: AP Children exposed early to extreme heat may lose up to 1.5 years of schooling, with climate change having a direct impact on education and threatening to undo educational gains of recent decades, according to a new global report. Climate related stressors such as heat, wildfires, storms, floods, droughts, diseases and rising sea levels, affect education outcomes. Most low and middle-income countries are experiencing climate-related school closures every year,…