The biggest impact is likely to be on employees whose PF wages fall between Rs 15,000 and Rs 25,000 per month. For many employees, provident fund (PF) is a deduction they notice on their salary slip every month but rarely think about until they change jobs, need funds for an emergency or start planning for...
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‘It can’t be that Hindi won’t be taught’: SC to Tamil Nadu over Navodaya schools
‘Chennai shouldn’t alienate Delhi’: SC tells Tamil Nadu to reconsider opposition to Navodaya schools NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Tamil Nadu government to comply with its December 15, 2025 order to identify land in every district for establishing Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, while urging the state and Centre to resolve their differences over...
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Tata Sons reverses course, reappoints Chandrasekaran as chairman for another 5 yrs
File photo: N Chandrasekaran The Tata Sons board has approved a fresh five-year term for N Chandrasekaran as executive chairman of the Tata Group, reversing his decision last month not to seek reappointment, according to sources cited by Reuters and news agency ANI.The reappointment was approved at a Tata Sons board meeting held in Mumbai...
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Govt debunks Pak claim that IAF MiG-29 crashed during landing due to pilot error
Pakistani propagandists run video game footage as IAF crash NEW DELHI: The press information bureau (PIB) fact check unit on Thursday debunked a social media claim that an Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG-29 fighter jet had crashed during landing due to pilot error. They stated that the video being circulated was footage from a video...
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America’s Rorshach Test: Why Sydney Sweeney makes liberals go mad
The Weekly Vine Note: The following excerpt is from The Weekly Vine, a TOI newsletter for LinkedIn. You can also get it in your inbox.Hello and welcome to another edition of the Weekly Vine.Jean Paul Sartre once said – and I am guilty of repeating this ad nauseam (pun intended) – that freedom is what...
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Supreme Court pulls up Manipur over 25 unnatural deaths in relief camps
Manipur violence: Supreme Court seeks report on 25 unnatural deaths in relief camps NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Manipur government to submit a comprehensive report on 25 unnatural deaths of internally displaced persons reported in relief camps during the 2023 ethnic violence, including an alleged sexual assault case.A bench headed by...
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Flying to Kolkata for Durga Puja? Be ready to pay 71% more on Oct 16
Durga Puja (AI-Image) NEW DELHI: On most routes in India, a ticket for a flight three days away costs more than one for the same flight a month later. That is how airline pricing works. Seats get dearer as the plane fills and the date closes in.On flights into Kolkata this October, the rule has...
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Thanthai Periyar Birth Anniversary: Tamil Nadu Pays Tribute to the Architect of Social Justice
Chennai, September 17: Tamil Nadu today commemorated the birth anniversary of Thanthai Periyar E.V. Ramasamy, one of India’s most influential social reformers, rationalist thinkers, and champions of social equality. Political leaders, social organizations, educational institutions, and members of the public across the state paid tribute to Periyar by garlanding his statues, organizing public meetings, and...
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New Green Card rules from September 18: Full list of categories affected
US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced that starting September 18, it will implement new guidance on the public charge inadmissibility determination. The rules expand financial scrutiny for most family and employment-based Green Card applicants, requiring officers to assess whether individuals are likely to rely on government assistance. The updated guidance applies to all...
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Bengaluru nurse chased, attacked with machete by husband; acid thrown
The injured woman has been identified as Madhumitha BENGALURU: Panic gripped JP Nagar 3rd Phase on Thursday morning after a 26-year-old nurse was allegedly chased and attacked with a machete and acid by her husband over a marital row near a private clinic, leaving shocked onlookers and passersby fleeing for safety amid the sudden assault.The...
