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New Delhi: India’s leather and allied products industry is projected to experience a 10–12 per cent revenue decline in current fiscal following the United States’ tariffs, a report said on Thursday, adding that free trade agreement (FTA) with the UK and GST cuts will provide some relief to leather exporters.  The revenue drop would be despite a moderate improvement in domestic demand following the rationalisation of GST besides other favourable macro-economic factors such as lower income taxes, benign inflation, and low interest rates, according to the report from ratings agency CRISIL Ratings. The agency also indicated a potential 150–200 basis-point…

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureLabour has long held the Caerphilly Senedd and Westminster constituencies but, unless opinion polling is wide of the mark, the party is likely to be beaten into third this week with either Plaid or Reform UK seizing the Welsh parliament seat.As Steven Morris has reported, Plaid appears to be picking up Labour votes disenchanted with the party’s performance both in Cardiff and Westminster while Reform hoovers up traditional Conservative voters and those impressed by its promises to end what it calls the other two parties’ “mass immigration agenda”.The Plaid…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Fox News has learned two B-1 bombers took off from Dyess Air Base in Texas Thursday morning, flying toward Venezuela as seen on open source flight trackers, according to senior U.S. official sources.During a White House roundtable on immigration and crime crackdowns Thursday, President Donald Trump denied the report, which was first published by The Wall Street Journal.”No, it’s not accurate. It’s false,” Trump said. “But we’re not happy with Venezuela for a lot of reasons, drugs being one of them. But, also, they’ve been sending their prisoners into our country. ……

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New Delhi: If you’ve made an error or missed out on some details while filing your Income Tax Return (ITR) for Assessment Year 2025-26, there’s no need to panic. The Income Tax Department gives you a second chance through the updated return option, allowing you to revise or correct your ITR even after submission — and the best part is, you have up to 48 months from the end of the financial year to do so. Till when can you file an updated ITR for Assessment Year 2025-26? For Assessment Year 2025-26, taxpayers have time till March 31, 2030, to…

Keir Starmer has set out his vision for digital IDs as he fights to win back public support for the scheme.The prime minister’s plan for digital IDs was met with criticism when it was announced last month, and was described as a symptom of his “reverse Midas touch”.Concerns have been raised over civil liberties and cybersecurity, but Starmer insisted that the identification system would never be needed to get into hospital after fears about its potential impact on accessing public services and data protection.He told staff at a Barclays branch in Brighton on Thursday that digital ID would “really help”…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: Former Special Counsel Jack Smith is requesting to testify in open, public hearings before the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, Fox News Digital has learned.Fox News Digital exclusively obtained a letter Smith’s attorneys sent to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley Thursday afternoon, after both panels signaled interest in testimony from the former special counsel.EXCLUSIVE: JACK SMITH TRACKED PRIVATE COMMUNICATIONS, CALLS OF NEARLY A DOZEN GOP SENATORS DURING J6 PROBE, FBI SAYS”Given the many mischaracterizations of Mr. Smith’s investigation into President Trump’s alleged mishandling…

LONDON — Music met medicine when a patient played a clarinet solo as she underwent brain surgery for Parkinson’s disease and proved that the treatment was working in real time. Denise Bacon, 65, saw her finger movements improve instantly during four hours of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) surgery — all while staying awake and performing on the musical instrument, London’s King’s College Hospital said in a news release Tuesday. The retired speech and language therapist was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2014, She has since suffered difficulties walking, swimming, dancing and playing her beloved clarinet as the progressive neurological disorder that…

New Delhi: India’s digital payments landscape continues its rapid expansion, with digital transactions accounting for 99.8 per cent of the total payment volume and 97.7 per cent of the total transaction value in the first half of 2025 (H1 2025), according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).  Unified Payments Interface (UPI) continues to dominate the digital ecosystem, accounting for 85 per cent of transactions by volume and 9 per cent by value in the first six months of the year. During this time, the UPI system handled 10,637 crore transactions, valued at Rs 143.3 lakh crore,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is standing firm behind Maine Democrat Graham Platner, a first-time Senate hopeful facing outrage over a Nazi-style tattoo and resurfaced Reddit posts.Sanders, in an interview with Axios, blamed the media for the fury about the tattoo and Platner’s deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, where he said he went through a challenging chapter in his life.  “I’m not overly impressed by a squad of media running around saying, ‘what do you think about the tattoo on Graham Platner’s chest,’” Sanders told Axios on “The Axios Show.” U.S. Senate candidate…