Finding or building a home in cities can be expensive, especially for families with limited or moderate income. The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban 2.0 (PMAY-U 2.0), run by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, is a government initiative designed to make housing more affordable and accessible for eligible urban households.The scheme focuses…
“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.”Whether those words belong to the Dalai Lama, an ancient African proverb or simply to every exhausted human who has ever lain wide awake at 2 AM listening to that infamous high-pitched whine, the debate over its authorship continues. What…
NEW DELHI: French Open organisers have fined Paraguayan player Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 65,000 euros, about half of his tournament earnings, after he made sexist comments about the umpire following his second-round defeat to French teenager Moise Kouame.After losing a gruelling five-set match that lasted nearly five hours, Vallejo criticised Brazilian umpire Ana Carvalho, saying, “This…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Monday launched a sharp attack on Congress Rajya Sabha MP and senior advocate Kapil Sibal over his remarks criticising the ruling party, accusing him of “hating India” and remaining silent on incidents such as the 2021 post-poll violence in West Bengal.The saffron party’s response came a day after Sibal said he…
MUMBAI: The income tax appellate tribunal’s (ITAT) Mumbai bench has held that the absence of a formal gift deed cannot, by itself, justify treating a property purchase as an ‘unexplained investment’ when the source of funds is clearly identifiable. Under I-T laws, if income or an asset is treated as unexplained, it is subjected to…
NEW DELHI: Former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai on Monday added fresh fuel to speculation about his political future after he left for Delhi from Chennai and declined to dismiss reports that he could be preparing to launch a new political outfit.When asked about the growing buzz surrounding a possible new party, Annamalai said,…
Ace industrialist Harsh Goenka recently shared a picture of a notice he said he had personally seen at a hotel in Gstaad, Switzerland. If you read the notice displayed at Hotel Arc-en-Ciel in the Swiss resort town of Gstaad, it shares a list of must-follow set of rules specifically meant for their “Dear guests from…
India’s digital payments network continued its rapid expansion in May, with Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions climbing to their highest-ever monthly levels in both value and volume, latest data from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) showed.During the month, UPI handled 23.2 billion transactions worth Rs 29.90 lakh crore, surpassing the previous month’s figures…
In order to strengthen the crucial strategic partnership with India, Australia’s deputy prime minister and defence minister, Richard Marles, co-chaired the second India-Australia Defence Ministers’ Dialogue in New Delhi. During the meeting, the defence ministers of the two countries discussed the progress of this pivotal relationship since the first such dialogue was held in Australia…
By: Manvi VyasHYDERABAD: As elated supporters of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) poured into the streets on Sunday night to celebrate the team’s victory in the IPL, a series of videos circulated online showing fans creating a ruckus on the road, making the police resort to lathi-charge. However, no legal action has been initiated against…