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An Israeli air strike targeted a senior Hezbollah commander in Beirut’s southern suburbs late on Tuesday in what the Israeli military said was retaliation for a cross-border rocket attack three days before that killed 12 children and teenagers. A loud blast was heard and a plume of smoke could be seen rising above the southern suburbs – a stronghold of the Iran-backed Lebanese armed group Hezbollah – at around 7:40 p.m. (1640 GMT), a Reuters witness said. A senior Lebanese security source said a senior Hezbollah commander had been the target of the air strike and his fate remained unclear.…
West Delhi’s Tilak Nagar witnessed a dastardly crime on Tuesday when a 22-year-old man stabbed a 60-year-old woman to death at his home and grievously injured her daughter when she tried to intervene. The man is a relative of the women and residents said not only did he show no remorse but also publicly threatened the injured woman while she was bleeding and trying to run for her life. Neighbours said when they heard a commotion in one of the houses in Tilak Nagar’s Sant Garh area, they assumed it was a familial dispute. Nearly an hour later, a woman…
Rafael Nadal-Carlos Alcaraz Men’s Doubles, Olympics 2024 LIVE Score: Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz faced an even start against the underdog Duch pair of Tallon Griekspoor and Wesley Koolhof, drawing 2-2 in the first set. The star Spanish duo and fan-favourites are taking their next step at Paris Olympics 2024 in the second round. Nadal comes into the game having been knocked out by Novak Djokovic in the men’s singles second round, and now only has the much-anticipated doubles to win a third Olympic medal. Alcaraz is sill alive in the singles, and is gunning for his first Olympic medals…
India’s atomic energy program has crossed a big hurdle, the country’s most advanced and most complex nuclear reactor the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) located at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu has finally got approval from India’s atomic regulator to start loading the nuclear fuel and then to go ahead and initiate the controlled chain reaction. “It is a huge milestone for India’s self-reliant atomic energy program,” confirmed Dinesh Kumar Shukla, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board who added that the “PFBR is an inherently safe reactor”. This development now marks the use of plutonium as a nuclear fuel and…
Union finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, under Opposition attack over her union budget in parliament for days, today came prepared to address their long list of grouses. The biggest of these had come from chief ministers of Opposition-ruled states — that all the largesse has been directed at two NDA allies, Bihar and Andhra Pradesh. For days, the finance minister has been pointing out that the budget speech is only the highlights and all states have received their share. Today she took it a step further, presenting the results after trawling through the budget speeches of the UPA era. “I have…
A debate over the demand for a caste census, which has been spearheaded by Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi, took a personal turn in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday when BJP MP Anurag Thakur said those whose caste is unknown are calling for an enumeration. While Mr Thakur did not take any names, Mr Gandhi and the benches saw the comment as a dig at the Congress leader, who responded sharply, saying that anyone who fights for the disadvantaged gets insulted and that no amount of abuse could deter him. Speaking in the Lok Sabha on Monday, Mr Gandhi…
Under fire for violating safety norms in one of its centres in Delhi, Drishti IAS head Vikas Divyakirti has said its team is very cautious about the safety of its students and said the problem is “more complicated than it appears”. This comes after the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) cracked down on several coaching centres, including Drishti IAS, for violating safety norms and sealed the institutes. This crackdown followed the tragedy in Rajinder Nagar, in which three civil service aspirants drowned due to waterlogging in the basement library of Rau’s IAS Study Circle. The action prompted social media users…
Indian embassy in Beijing has issued an advisory asking Indian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to take certain precautions before doing any business with Chinese companies in China. The advisory states that these precautions are needed as the Embassy has regularly come across several problems faced by Indian companies doing business with Chinese entities in China. The advisory recommends that before doing business with any Chinese entity, Indian companies write to the Indian Embassy (com.beijing@mea.gov.in, ccom.beijing@mea.gov.in) or Indian Consulates at Shanghai (hoc.shanghai@mea.gov.in), Guangzhou (com.guangzhou@mea.gov.in) and Hong Kong (commerce.hongkong@mea.gov.in) to verify the credentials of the entity. The respective Mission will respond…
India vs Sri Lanka 3rd T20I Live Updates: Shubman Gill and Shivam Dube are in rescue act for four-down India going against Sri Lanka in the third and final T20I in Pallekele. Earlier, host skipper Charith Asalanka won the toss and elected to bowl. India have already taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. India rested Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh and Axar Patel for this match, bringing Khaleel Ahmed, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar and Shubman Gill. (Live Scorecard) Here are the Live Updates of the 3rd T20I between India and Sri Lanka: Original Source
The Income Tax Department has clarified that July 31 remains the last date to file income tax returns (ITR) for FY 2023-24. Contrary to reports and speculations, the department said there would be no deadline extension this year, urging taxpayers to file their returns on time to avoid penalties or last-minute hassles. The Income Tax Department also announced that over five crore ITRs have been filed as of July 26, a significant increase from last year. In a recent post on X, the department acknowledged the milestone, saying, “We express our gratitude to the taxpayers & tax professionals for helping…