What budget can do to reduce your tax burden

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What budget can do to reduce your tax burden Interim Budget 2019 could offer individual taxpayers certain benefits and tax exemptions, which will have a positive impact on personal savings, retirement benefits, financial planning and buying power. Corporate India would like to see parity and some clarity. Transgender activist shakes up Kumbh Laxmi Narayan Tripathi newly formed Kinnar akhara has set up camp at the weekslong Kumbh Mela festival that draws tens of millions of Hindu pilgrims. A Japan waste plant opens its doors Tokyo has a new pop-up bar — called Gomi (trash) Pit — an initiative of local officials who are trying to promote their state-of-the-art facility and prod local residents to think about the waste they produce. Who owns Ayodhya's 'undisputed' land? After the Supreme Court deferred the hearing in the Ayodhya land dispute case, the Centre moved the apex court to return 67 acres of land - acquired by the government in 1993 - surrounding the disputed site in Ayodhya to its original owners. Here's a look at the land in question and how the case has evolved. Bangkok is flying drones to improve its poor air quality A fleet of drones sprayed water to reduce dust around Bangkok while the Guv invited critics to brainstorm better ideas to improve the air quality. Long wait for Michter's ending with new Kentucky distillery Whiskey makers are used to long waits, but restoring a 19th century building took a Kentucky distillery longer than most bourbons need to mature. Ice instruments melt musical boundaries in Italian Alps When Tim Linhart started making ice instruments they were likely to explode with a bang than produce music, but things have come a long way since then. Here's how interim budget works As Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government prepares to present its last spending plan on February 1 before the general election, the main question on people's minds is: will it be a lame duck budget or a populist one? Why illegal construction is rampant in Gurugram There are as many as 2,300 illegal buildings standing amid highrises and upmarket colonies, and there is no count of illegal structures in the village areas. A brief history of some of the market's worst fat fingers Even as global financial systems become ever faster and more complex, things can still go rapidly awry thanks in part to simple human error. Here's a look at a few recent examples that show nobody is perfect — whether they're a human or a computer algorithm

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