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…
A 70-year-old hiker who disappeared during a solo trip to Michigan’s remote Isle Royale National Park has been found alive after more than a week, ending a search that involved police, search dogs, aircraft and fellow backpackers. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, Craig Berg was located injured and suffering from hypothermia on September 12…
Rajasthan’s spiritual landscape features unique traditions beyond its royal history. (Photo credits: TOI) A temple that shelters 25,000 sacred rats; one where a motorcycle is worshipped; a border shrine associated with legends of bombs that failed to explode; and a healing centre where exorcism rituals unfold in plain sightRajasthan is often imagined through its forts,…
Delhi-NCR faces recurring incidents due to ignored warning signs and system failures. NEW DELHI: Delhi-NCR has been witnessing a spate of incidents in the past few days that do not seem to have much in common on the face of it — a traffic signal pole crashing on vehicles at Delhi’s Minto Road, action on…
In his 2008 autobiography, No Limits: The Will to Succeed, he described the difficulties he faced in school, including struggling to sit still and pay attention. The boy who struggled to sit still in class went on to become the most decorated Olympian in history. Michael Phelps’s journey from an energetic child with ADHD to…
The three-day issue will remain open until September 21. (Image for representative purpose only) NSE IPO: SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said on Thursday that the regulator has not received any proposal from the National Stock Exchange (NSE) seeking permission to trade on its own platform after its listing.“No, there is no such letter, and…
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…
‘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…
The property covers 2.34 acres and has about 14,595 square feet of interior space. (Photos: Realtor) Ron Popeil’s longtime Beverly Hills family home has gone on the market for $25 million, nearly five years after the infomercial pioneer died in 2021, Realtor reported.Popeil and his wife, Robin Popeil, bought the property in 2002 for $7.5…
North Carolina acquired more than 342 acres without using local purchase money; the mountain property is now moving toward becoming Buncombe County’s largest public park (Image Credit: Buncombe County, North Carolina) A 342-acre mountain property west of Asheville has moved another step closer to becoming a public park, with Buncombe County now developing the master…