Month: January 2023
NPS Deduction Budget 2023: Will Budget 2023 hike NPS deduction to 14% for private sector employees?
The National Pension System (NPS) is a voluntary retirement savings scheme initiated by the Government in the year 2004 and it is regulated by the…
Union Budget 2023: Budget 2023 should clarify how a non-resident’s income from cryptocurrencies will be taxed
Individuals who invest in Bitcoin while they are residents of India and then transfer/sell the same bitcoins in subsequent years when they have become non-residents…
Indian-American Harmeet Dhillon says she is being attacked by fellow Republicans because of her Sikh faith
WASHINGTON: Harmeet Dhillon, a prominent Indian-American attorney who is running for Republican National Committee (RNC) chairwoman, has alleged that she is facing bigoted attacks from…
Armenian museum reopens in Jerusalem’s Old City
JERUSALEM: A hundred years after taking in scores of children whose parents were killed in the Armenian genocide, a 19th-century orphanage in Jerusalem‘s Armenian Quarter…
US man found guilty of death of five-year-old Indian-origin girl
HOUSTON: A 35-year-old man has been found guilty in the 2021 killing of a five-year-old Indian-origin girl in the US state of Louisiana.A stray bullet…
Indian-origin student receives scholarship for research in advanced water treatment using membrane technology
NEW YORK: An Indian-American PhD student has received a fellowship from the American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) and the US Bureau of Reclamation for undertaking…
union budget 2023: Budget 2023: How to make RBI’s digital rupee a success
The Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is a digital form of currency notes issued by a central bank. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) retail…
Indian-origin driver charged in Australia over accident that killed four passengers from Punjab
MELBOURNE: A 41-year-old Indian-origin driver has been charged in Australia over an accident that killed four passengers from India when his car collided with a…
NPS subscribers: Bank account verification, name/PAN matching to get faster
The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has introduced a method of bank account verification for subscribers (PAN-PRAN- VPA(UPI)) with interesting features, in which…
EPF EPassbook Facility Down: EPF e-passbook facility still down on EPFO portal
Last year, the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) members were unable to see interest credits of 8.1% for 2021-2022 in their retirement savings accounts as a…