Social security relief extended for Indian execs in UK NEW DELHI: Indian professionals working with their company’s affiliates in the UK or on an onsite assignment will be exempted from social security contributions for five years, instead of three years agreed earlier, on producing a certificate that they are contributing to EPFO here.The move will…
NSE’s draft IPO documents disclosed that several top investors and seasoned businessmen were holding stakes MUMBAI: To invest in a company, seasoned investors and businessmen look at the strength of the firm’s operations and its future prospects. Usually, they don’t care if the company is listed or unlisted. The long list of individual shareholders in…
Sometimes your mind feels like a clean notebook. Today, not quite. There could be an ebb in confidence and you could seek assurance from those who normally depend on you. That’s alright. Even the most careful Virgo can have off-color days.The Moon is a great way to bring out your hidden fears. The Moon stirs…
The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board has released the WBJEE Result 2026 along with individual rank cards for candidates. The announcement includes key examination statistics and merit list details. Aspirants who appeared for the entrance test can now download their rank cards from the official websites and check their performance for the upcoming admission…
NEW DELHI: With the US-Iran interim peace agreement, Tehran is hoping to emerge as a top supplier to India again and is sending petroleum minister Mohsen Paknejad here next week for a Brics meeting, officials said, reports. He is likely to have a bilateral meeting with counterpart Hardeep Puri, but this is yet to be…
Today carries a satisfying hum, like a machine finally running the way it should. The Moon supports fulfilment, and the Sun strengthens your confidence from within. Things may not fall from the sky, but what you’ve been aiming for starts taking proper shape.There is a sense of completion around you. A pending task, family discussion,…
In the summer of 1950, farmers across East Germany began finding their potato crops stripped bare. The culprit was the Colorado potato beetle, a small, striped insect native to North America that had been spreading steadily across Europe for decades. What happened next had nothing to do with agriculture and everything to do with politics….
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has opened the online portal for eligible Persons with Disabilities (PwD) and Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) candidates to submit details of their scribe for the University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC NET) June 2026 examination.According to the public notice issued on June 18, 2026, eligible candidates can submit…
Every host city builds an Olympic village, and almost every host city then spends years deciding what to do with the empty buildings once the athletes leave. Milan skipped that problem. Architects at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, working with Italian developer COIMA, designed the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Village on a 19th-century railway yard in…
India-US interim FTA in final stages A day after PM Modi’s meeting with US President Trump, govt said on Thursday that significant progress had already been made on the India-US interim free trade bilateral agreement and the two countries are in the final stages of concluding that agreement. Briefing reporters about Modi’s G7 engagements, foreign…
Money, words, and family ties take centre stage today. The Moon supports your house of savings and speech, so what you say carries weight, and what you save now can grow well. It is a solid day for building, not just dreaming.You may also have guests at home, expected or otherwise. Keep the house a…
New York mayor, other leaders push to ban horse-drawn carriage rides after Indian teen Romanch Mahajan’s death. The death of 18-year-old Romanch Mahajan, an Indian teen, falling from a Central Park horse carriage, strengthened calls to end the horse carriage industry as there have been eight horse-related incidents in Central Park over the past 13…
