This week moves like a river after rain, Scorpio. It starts with promise, turns muddy in the middle, then clears beautifully by the weekend. Early in the week, your instincts around money and people are sharp. You may make a practical investment, save something useful, or put aside funds that will support you later. Your…
The Bar Council of India has introduced mandatory social media and digital ethics guidelines for advocates, law students and interns, directing immediate implementation across legal institutions. The framework aims to curb courtroom-related content, protect client confidentiality, counter legal misinformation and reinforce professional conduct through awareness programmes, mandatory undertakings and disciplinary measures for violations. The Bar…
Bellis comes from Bellis perennis, the botanical name of the common daisy. Meaning “beautiful” in Latin, it celebrates the quiet charm of one of nature’s simplest wildflowers while offering a unique alternative to more familiar floral names. Wildflowers prove that the most beautiful things in nature often bloom without seeking recognition. These baby girl names…
Hello and welcome to Day 38 of this sprawling World Cup.There is a hilarious scene in Yes, Minister when the Right Hoodwinked, sorry, Right Honourable Jim Hacker asks whether nuclear weapons are absolutely necessary. Surely, if push came to shove, the United States would protect Britain from Russia?A flabbergasted Sir Humphrey Appleby declares that Hacker…
File photo: Union minister Kiren Rijiju and rebel TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh NEW DELHI: Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju has invited rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay and 19 other Lok Sabha MPs, who have joined the National Citizens Party of India (NCPI), to attend the customary all-party meeting ahead of the Monsoon…
Chinese entrepreneur Yang Zhilin’s AI milestone triggers social media debate as to why he left the US and founded his startup in China. After China’s Moonshot AI claimed that its Kimi K3 can rival OpenAI and Anthropic, the AI industry in the US has absolutely gone bonkers, lamenting that Moonshot AI’s Zhilin Yang studied in…
The first step in capital gains taxation is to identify the asset sold and determine whether the resulting gains are taxable. (Image source: Magnific) Many individual taxpayers view filing an Income Tax Return (ITR) as a straightforward task—declaring salary income, updating investment details and paying any balance tax. However, capital gains can turn an otherwise…
Astronomers have spent years using the James Webb Space Telescope to examine the atmospheres of distant worlds, hoping those thin outer layers would reveal what lies beneath. For one of the galaxy’s most abundant classes of planets, that assumption may need another look.Many warm sub-Neptunes could contain far more water than their visible atmospheres indicate….
Tanishk Bagchi’s ‘Saiyaara’ royalty claim draws response from YRF, studio says all dues were cleared A year after ‘Saiyaara’ emerged as one of the biggest blockbusters in Indian cinema and turned Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda into overnight stars, the film has returned to the spotlight for a different reason. Music composer Tanishk Bagchi has…
This week begins with effort, not ease. Monday may feel crowded with errands, messages, and small worries that pull at your nerves from different sides. You could feel tense or restless, as though every little thing wants your attention at once. Even so, there is a useful side to this busyness. New connections form through…
