Mosquito Coil Smoke Can Add to Indoor Air Pollution: What to Know Mosquito coils are commonly used in homes to reduce mosquito activity, particularly during the evening and night. But while they may help repel mosquitoes, burning them also produces smoke that can co...
The 21 Extra Days That Saved Him — And Why He Almost Didn’t Need Them By the third week of September, Kunal Arora’s finance team was working late every evening. His distribution business was covered by the tax-audit requirements, and the original deadline for furnishing...
The Billing Software That Was Quietly Reporting Less Than It Should Arjun Khanna had operated a successful family restaurant for four years. Every table order was entered into a point-of-sale system. Customers received printed or digital bills, UPI payments reached th...
The 6 Reasons CBDT Picks a Tax Return for Scrutiny — And Why One Business Didn’t See It Coming Vikram Sethi operated a profitable engineering-components business with a modest team and a limited presence outside his home state. His income-tax returns were filed on time, the company’s accounts w...
The Appeal He Almost Lost — Because He Filed It the Old Way When business owner Raghav Malhotra received an unfavourable appellate order, he immediately asked his chartered accountant to challenge it before the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT). The dispute...
India-US Trade Deal Not Imminent, Says USTR Jamieson Greer Negotiations between India and the United States on a proposed bilateral trade agreement are continuing, but a final deal is not expected to be announced immediately, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieso...
Piyush Goyal Rejects U.S. Claims of India’s Structural Excess Capacity India has pushed back against concerns raised by the United States over forced-labour-linked imports and alleged structural excess manufacturing capacity, as trade discussions between the two countrie...
National PNG Drive 3.0 Targets 50 Lakh New Household Connections India has launched the third phase of its nationwide drive to expand the use of piped natural gas (PNG) in households, with the government setting ambitious targets for new connections and greater uti...
Government Warns Private Fuel Retailers Over Diesel Sales Caps The government has objected to limits being placed on retail fuel purchases by private oil-marketing companies, saying fuel retailers cannot impose sales caps on customers. Petroleum Secretary Neeraj ...
Coal India Production Rises 9.2% in September as Supplies Grow Coal India reported a strong increase in both coal production and dispatches during September, with the company indicating that output could improve further as the monsoon season comes to an end. The ...
Dollar Holds Near 17-Month High as Traders Await US Jobs Data The US dollar remained close to a 17-month high on Friday, showing continued strength despite a decline in expectations for an immediate Federal Reserve interest-rate increase. The Dollar Index (DXY) ...
India Forex Reserves Record Biggest Weekly Drop Amid Rupee Support India’s foreign exchange reserves recorded their largest-ever weekly decline , falling by $18.34 billion in the week ended September 25, as the Reserve Bank of India’s efforts to support the rupee wei...