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In the 71 years since India gained independence, the country’s real estate market has changed tremendously. While it has not always been consumer-favouring throughout this period, it is certainly so today. The country’s cities have expanded, new economic drivers have come in and jobs are being created at all levels . read more....

The landmark reform of Goods & Services Tax (GST) was, in many ways, the final bullet shot to the Indian real estate sector in July 2017. The industry was already reeling under the immediate impact of DeMo and RERA. read more..........

A fruit, widely consumed all around the world, Black plum also known as jamun, jambul etc in different parts of India has been lowkey and highly underrated. read more..........

At a time when excessive use of fertilizers and pesticides has become the norm in agriculture across India, a small community near Kozhikode in Kerala is making an effort to return to much healthier practices of organic farming. read more....

As many as 11 members of the same family, including 7 women and two children, were found dead under mysterious circumstances at their residence at Burari area in north Delhi on Sunday (July 1) morning. read more........

Around 7.30 am on Tuesday, part of the Gokhale bridge on SV Road that connects Andheri East and Andheri West stations collapsed, tearing down overhead wires which fell on the tracks, affecting train service, which is the lifeline of India’s financial capital. read more....

Leading Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) on Thursday (July 5) launched Jio GigaFiber, a Fibre to the Home (FTTH) broadband solution. read more....

Real estate development may seem to be little more than laying down brick and mortar to develop a massive concrete structure. It may seem to be a business that anyone can and probably should enter, especially considering the massive unmet housing demand in the India. read more.....

This is the most important document of a salaried person. Form-16 is a Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) certificate issued by your employer which states how much tax was deducted from your salary. read more.....

Award-winning filmmaker and theatre personality Jitendra Rai started his Matheno Films with the aim of making cinema with a social message. read more.....

In spite of increasing population pressure, a substantial number of rural households have some land around their dwellings. A majority also has adequate moisture availability, either from rainfall or other sources. read more.......

In any discussion about affordable housing in India today, the fact that a lot of such housing is actually lying vacant is bound to crop up. One may point out that, especially with the Government’s avowed intention of providing Housing for All by 2022. read more..........

Sali Ram finds it difficult to hide his poverty under his tattered clothes. Clearly undernourished, the 52-year-old worker at the closed Nirpania tea garden in Birpara of Alipurduar district in West Bengal, around 700 km from state capital Kolkata, is the sole breadwinner of his family of five, including three small children. read more.....

In today’s digital era, physical stores are getting ‘smarter’ by using technologies like robotic intelligence, analytical data and consumer-centric platforms such as Augmented Reality (AR) or Virtual Reality (VR) to attract customers and give them an impactful experience. read more.........

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to deploy a rover on the lunar surface through Chandrayaan-2 mission. read more.....

The Indian government has asked popular Android messaging app WhatsApp to find more effective solutions to check fake news from being circulated in public .read more....

Jobs in the organized sector are shrinking. Automation in the manufacturing sector and use of Artificial Intelligence in the services sector is reducing the demand for labour. read more.....

Rising disposable incomes at the hands of the middle class, an increasing number of multi-millionaires and the growing quest to travel have given a major boost to the tourism and hospitality sector in India. read more....

 The total lunar eclipse will occur on the intervening night of July 27 and 28. It will last for 103 minutes, making it the longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century. read more..........

Conceptualized under the Gurugram Master Plan 2021, Dwarka Expressway or the Northern Peripheral Road (NPR) was initially planned to connect Dwarka in Delhi to Palam Vihar in Gurugram. However, it was further extended to Kherki Dhaula toll plaza intercepting NH 48 as per the Master Plan 2025. read more.....

The Ministry of Finance announced an extension in the deadline for filing Income Tax Returns (ITR) for Assessment Year 2018-19. read more.....

He is ambitious and his political career is already on a high. However, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Pratap Simha puts family first. read more....

On the real estate market, upward revisions of any kind can doubtlessly hurt. Let’s take the Maharashtra government’s proposal to levy a surcharge of 1% on stamp duty, effectively raising it to 6% from the existing 5%. read more...

He was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014 on an Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) ticket, defeating Congress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi [then, president of Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) (HJC)] by a margin of 31,847 votes .readmore....

Approving chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s proposal to rename the state, the West Bengal assembly has passed a resolution to change the name to Bangla. read more....

A political uproar has started ever since Assam released the second and final draft of its National Register of Citizens (NRC) on Monday (July 30) that rejected the claims of over 40 lakh people as citizens of India. read more....

In 1992, when a young singer from the banks of Hooghly river reached the recording studios of Mumbai, he took no time in becoming Bollywood’s favourite stage artist, and then a popular playback singer. read more.....

You have already filed your Income Tax Return (ITR) for assessment year 2018-19 when you realize that there is a mistake in the filing. read more......

Congress MP Vincent H Pala has been holding to his Shillong seat since 2009 and has been a people’s leader since then. read more....

Beyond a doubt, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and Pune have remained West India’s most favourable cities for real estate investment in 2018. The MMR realty market has regained a lot of momentum over the last few quarters, with both sales and new supply increasing q-o-q. read more....

Ola on Tuesday (Aug 7) announced its plans to enter the UK. Ola has obtained licences to operate in South Wales and Greater Manchester, and will launch operations in South Wales within the next month. read more.....

Five-time Tamil Nadu chief minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) supremo M Karunanidhi passed away at a hospital in Chennai on Tuesday (Aug 7) evening. He was 94. read more.....