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Positive News How to Upload Your TDS Statement: A Step-By-Step Guide For Taxpayers
Introduced by the Income Tax Department, 'Tax Deducted at Source' or TDS, is a certain percentage of tax deducted by a company or person while making specified payments. This tax must be deducted at the rates prescribed by the tax department. TDS is deducted for the following kinds of payments: • Salaries • Interest payments by banks • Rent • Consultation...
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Positive News For 30 Years, This Nagpur Man Has Rescued And Educated Children of Sex Workers!
' I will forever be grateful to Rambhao Ingole who saw me as a human being. He not only rescued me but also rehabilitated me into the society with dignity and respect. If it wasn't for him, I would have suffered the same brutality and insults as my mother,' Seema (named changed), a daughter of a sex worker in Nagpur tells The Better India. In the last 30 odd...
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Positive News Despite Ridicule & Attacks, 33-YO Karnataka Man Adopts 55 HIV+ Kids
A young man in his twenties hurries through the pillared corridors of a hospital, dodging the crowd of people, frantically searching for the right room. The scent of the floor cleaner mixed with medicines saturates the air, as he moves from one room to another. His mind clouded with the telephone conversation with the doctor, a few hours ago. 'He is in critical condition. We...
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Positive News With Just Rs 10, Andhra Man Helps School Kids Save Rs 1.5 Cr/Year in Power Bills!
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to state that hundreds of specially-abled children and their families consider Tirupati-based Madhu Babu and his wife D Varija to be their guardian angels. Parents to specially-abled children themselves, the couple has brought in strides of positive impact since 2010, through their novel initiative—Parents Association for...
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Positive News From A Mother To A Sexagenarian Man: Meet Bengaluru's Unsung Traffic Volunteers
Bengaluru is definitely a city of wonders. Despite its infamous chock-a-block traffic, the Silicon Valley of India somehow manages to sprawl with impunity. Almost every minute, the traffic comes to a standstill at this signal or that junction. But, curiously, the city hardly ever stops. As we probed deeper, we found that the credits go to an almost invisible entity...
- 5 days ago
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Positive News IAS Officer Turns Crumbling Hospital Into Affordable & Green Health Centre!
When IAS officer Anshul Gupta took charge as the Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of Indore's Mhow cantonment in 2019, he learned of the different issues plaguing the Indian Red Cross Hospital (IRCH). He would soon learn that as per a Madhya Pradesh High Court order 15 years ago, the Mhow SDM is the ex-officio chairman of IRCH. Although it was an added-responsibility,...
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Positive News This Woman Quit Her Job so 1000s of Kids Don't Quit Their Schools - Or Their Dreams
Nusrat was a bright-eyed 15-year-old when she first met Maitreyee, the founder of Dream School Foundation, a Bengaluru-based NGO. The young girl was one among the many students who had walked up to her, seeking support for her dreams, and Maitreyee fondly remembers how she spoke animatedly about wanting to become a chef. Nusrat was the oldest amongst her four...
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Positive News IPS Officer Makes All 53 Police Stations in District Differently-Abled Friendly
Actions, it is said, speak louder than words. In the case of what Paschim Medinipur Superintendent of Police (SP) Dinesh Kumar did, it is certainly true. Kumar has been a catalyst of change in Medinipur, and for all good reasons. Not only has his team implemented many pro-people initiatives and inclusive schemes especially for the differently-abled, they have been...
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Positive News Heard of 'Forbidden Rice'? This Woman Brings it to You While Empowering 500+ People
It's hard to conceive of an Indian dinner spread without a serving of a dish made of rice. This humble yet versatile grain has been a part of the country and its people for thousands of years. And what a gastronomical evolution it has had! From Kasmiri pulao in the north to dosas and idlis in the south, from fragrant and flavourful biryanis to sweet payasam...
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Positive News Home Atop an Auto? TN Man Builds Perfect Caravan With Kitchen, Bed & Toilet!
While studying at an architecture college in Chennai, 23-year-old NG Arun Prabhu did some research on slum housing, and was struck by the poor utilisation of space in these structures. Residents would spend somewhere around Rs 4-5 lakh to build a house, but it would not have a toilet. 'I was researching slum housing in Chennai and Mumbai, and realised that these small...
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