ITR filing FY 2024-25: What’s new this year? Top things every taxpayer should know before income tax return filing

ITR filing FY 2024-25: Even if you don’t have taxable income, you may still be required to file a return under certain conditions. (AI image) By Kuldip KumarThe Government recently notified the income tax return (ITR) forms for the financial year 2024–25. While there aren’t many changes, most of them are aimed to facilitate the…

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Jio-Blackrock gets Sebi nod; Sanlam ties up with Shriram

MUMBAI: The mutual fund space is seeing two new entrants. While Reliance Jio-BlackRock’s joint venture received Sebi approval to launch an asset management company (AMC), South Africa-based Sanlam joined Shriram Asset Management as a co-promoter with a strategic investment.Jio Financial Services and US-based BlackRock’s 50:50 JV-Jio BlackRock Asset Management-was cleared by Sebi to operate as…

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GTRI: US talks of trade deficit, but has surplus from India

NEW DELHI: While American President Donald Trump’s focus is on the $45 billion trade deficit with India, a paper released Monday estimated that the US “quietly rakes in” $80-85 billion from India through education, digital services, financial operations, royalty on intellectual property, and defence exports.“These massive earnings don’t show up in the narrow goods trade…

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New front in Ukraine war? Russia breaches new region of Dnipropetrovsk; peace talks stalled

A view after a Russian attack that hit a residential building in Kharkiv, Ukraine (Pic credit: AP) Russia on Sunday claimed it had advanced into Ukraine’s eastern Dnipropetrovsk region for the first time since the full-scale invasion began three years ago, signalling a potentially serious escalation in the conflict amid stalled peace talks and mounting…

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