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WhatsApp adds ability to cross-check forwarded messages

WhatsApp stops for millions of older iPhones, Android devices

February 1, 2020 - by IANS

New Delhi: Several Android and iPhone devices which only support outdated operating systems were no longer be able to run WhatsApp from February 1. According to the Facebook-owned messaging platform, the …

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FBI probing Jeff Bezos’ smartphone hack

February 1, 2020February 1, 2020 - by IANS

Washington: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is now investigating the Jeff Bezos’ phone hacking allegedly by Saudi Arabia. According to a Guardian report, the Amazon Founder and CEO was recently …

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Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath trashes Budget 2020

February 1, 2020 - by IANS

Bhopal: Reactions to Saturdays Union Budget were on expected lines in Bhopal with Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath terming it “disappointing” and “a labyrinth of data” with the Union Finance …

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Growth oriented budget, says TN Chief Minister Palaniswami

February 1, 2020 - by IANS

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K.Palaniswami termed the Union Budget for 2020-21 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday as “growth- oriented”. In a statement issued here Palaniswami said the …

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Government to launch new schemes to support export sector

February 1, 2020 - by IANS

New Delhi: To support and promote exports, the Centre on Saturday proposed to launch new schemes in FY 2020-21. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her budget speech, said that the Centre …

India can be major agro products exporter with effective policy

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Budget again cheats farmers: Maharashtra farm panel head

February 1, 2020 - by IANS

Nagpur: The Union Budget 2020-2021 has once again cheated the farming community and the 16-point plan to tackle the Indian agrarian crisis is “an eyewash” as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has …

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Union Budget pro-farmer: Sukhbir Badal

February 1, 2020 - by IANS

Chandigarh: Hailing the Union Budget as pro-farmer and pro-poor, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday said that the common man would benefit due to reduced income tax …

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Gaganyaan will facilitate space tourism: Ex-ISRO chief

February 1, 2020 - by IANS

Thiruvananthapuram: Gaganyaan, the country’s planned mission to take humans to space, will open huge commercial opportunities in the space sector, said former ISRO chairman G. Madhavan Nair. Nair while speaking at …

New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) In a bid to increase demand in the realty market, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced a proposal to extend additional deductions of up to Rs 1.5 lakh for the interest paid on loans for purchase of affordable houses, up to March 2021. The deductions so far were allowed on housing loans sanctioned on or before March 31, 2020. "For realisation of the goal of 'housing for all' and affordable housing, in the last budget I had announced an additional deduction of up to Rs 1.50 lakh for interest paid on loans taken for the purchase of an affordable house. In order to ensure that more persons avail of this benefit and to further incentivise the affordable housing, I propose to extend the date of loan sanction for availing this additional deduction by one more year," Sitharaman said. Further, in order to boost the supply of affordable houses in the country, the Budget proposed a tax holiday on profits earned by developers of affordable housing projects approved by March 31, 2020. She also announced concession to real estate transactions. Currently, while taxing income from capital gains, business profits and other sources in respect of transactions in real estate, if the consideration value is less than the circle rate by more than 5 per cent, the difference is counted as income both in the hands of the purchaser and seller. "In order to minimise hardships in real estate transactions and provide relief to the sector, I propose to increase the limit of 5 per cent to 10 per cent," the Minister said. These announcements were, however, not adequate to raise the sentiment in the realty market. Niranjan Hiranandani, President, National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO) said: "Marathon Budget 2020 has set the tone in a positive direction but failed to announce the much-awaited economic stimulus to kick-off the 5 trillion dollars economy. It subsequently has incremental allocation inadequacies with overemphasis on fiscal prudence and inflation target." "The labour-intensive real estate sector -- which had pegged hope on additional liquidity infusion, tax reforms and rental housing -- was overlooked in the Budget. Any fiscal measure in the sluggish real estate sector could have provided a fillip. Wherein, tax benefits extended to both home buyers and developers in affordable housing sector will encourage more launches in this segment," Hiranandani said. Rahul Grover, CEO of SECCPL, however, said that the Budget revealed the government's intentions towards bettering the infrastructure. "The real estate sector can expect an array of opportunities to explore different projects, both residential and commercial, and the tax benefits being offered on the affordable housing initiatives are a positive indication of the year to follow," he added.

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Tax deduction on affordable housing loans extended by one year

February 1, 2020 - by IANS

New Delhi: In a bid to increase demand in the realty market, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced a proposal to extend additional deductions of up to Rs 1.5 …

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Man beheads wife in UP, arrested

February 1, 2020 - by IANS

Barabanki: A man in UP beheaded his wife and reached the police station holding the head, causing shock and panic among residents, the police said on Saturday. Superintendent of Police Arvind …