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Corporate and individual tax payers could be missing out on refunds, or getting them late, because their bank information is incorrect.Junior Dottin, senior policy and planning officer at Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA), is urging companies in particular to ensure their bank information, including account numbers, are correct so that they are not impacted by this issue.He raised the matter last week during the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Barbados’ Annual Tax Update 2026 at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre.Dottin told the in-person and online audience about the BRA’s concern that banks were returning refunds made by direct deposit, including those for…

The game brought them close. Pickleball WhatsApp groups brought them closer. Vikram Chandrasekar, co-owner, Baseline, Chennai’s latest pickleball facility, says that when he was going through a rough patch, his pickleball community was his support system. Little acts of kindness like bringing him food, or just confiding in them made a difference. “At 50, it’s hard to make friends, but I made some really great ones through pickleball,” says Vikram.“The sport is very social, so the idea was to see if we could build something that could fit into people’s lives. Not just a court rental space, but somewhere families…

Chhatrapati: Sambhajinagar, AIMIM leader and former MP Imtiaz Jaleel on Wednesday slammed the BJP-led Maharashtra government over its decision to cancel five per cent quota for Muslims, saying the ruling party does not want youths from the minority community to become IAS and IPS officers.They want Muslim youths to run autorickshaws, wash their cars and do such menial jobs only, he alleged.The Devendra Fadnavis-led government has cancelled the five per cent reservation to members of the Muslim community in jobs and education. A Government Resolution (GR) was issued to this effect on Tuesday, as the previous ordinance about the five…

Taking care of dental and overall oral health is not limited to brushing twice a day. According to Dr Mark Burhenne, California-based dentist with nearly 40 years of experience, there are nuances to it that many people are not often aware of.One should not brush immediately after finishing a meal, shares Dr Burhenne. (Pixabay)Also Read | AIIMS-trained gastroenterologist shares first signs of 7 micronutrient deficiencies: Vitamins A, C, K, B6, and moreTaking to Instagram on February 8, Dr Burhenne shared seven popular habits that we would do well to quit at the earliest.1. Quit using antibacterial mouthwashWhile many consider using…

Kota, Competitiveness ended at home for identical twins Mahroof Ahmed Khan and Masroor Ahmed Khan, as they both scored an identical 285 in their JEE Main, hitting the 99.998th percentile.Kota twins shock with identical JEE Main score, land in 99.998th percentileThe twins from Bhubneswar, students of Allen Career Institute here, appeared for the JEE Main 2026 in the same shift at the same centre.The exam result declared on Monday.Born on May 7, 2008, the brothers studied together throughout, from school to coaching classes.According to their coaching institute, their mother, Dr Zeenat Begum, had been a gynaecologist working with the Odisha…

Dibrugarh: BJP national president Nitin Nabin on Wednesday set a target for party workers in Assam to secure at least 50 per cent of the votes in every booth in the upcoming assembly elections.Accusing the Congress of using Assam as a land for “vote bank politics”, he said the opposition party is “restless” as the BJP government is “throwing Bangladeshi infiltrators out of the country”.Commencing his two-day Assam visit by addressing party workers at a ‘Panna Pramukh Sammelan’ here, Nabin set a target for the cadre to pocket at least 50 per cent of the votes in every booth in…

An explosion at a military police headquarters in the northwestern Leningrad region killed three people and led to the partial collapse of the building, local authorities said Tuesday. Leningrad region Governor Alexander Drozdenko confirmed the incident, which took place in the town of Sertolovo just north of St. Petersburg. “I’ve instructed the security officials to help the military with clearing the rubble and rescuing those who were injured,” Drozdenko wrote on Telegram. He said the cause of the explosion was still being investigated. Three bodies were later confirmed to have been found beneath the rubble of the building. The 78…

New Delhi: Delhi’s power distribution companies have intensified efforts to educate consumers and protect them from cyber fraud involving fake electricity bill notices. Through a multi-pronged awareness campaign, the discoms are issuing regular SMS alerts, social media advisories and official WhatsApp messages to flag common scam tactics and promote safe payment practices. They have also deployed artificial intelligence (AI)-based anomaly detection tools to counter fraudsters. An official from Tata Power-DDL, which supplies electricity in north and north-west Delhi, said: “The company uses real-time monitoring systems and AI-based anomaly detection tools to flag suspicious domains and phishing attempts. We also proactively…

Bengaluru: Thousands of bargain-hunting customers pour into the cramped lanes of SP Road every day, crossing rows of shops stacked with mobile accessories and computer hardware. But amid the usual din of haggling and honking, a far more unsettling sound often cuts through the crowd: The crackle and boom of a malfunctioning electric transformer that traders say has long threatened both their life and livelihood.Looming above the packed bylanes near KR Market, just beside Raja Rajeshwari Temple on PR Lane, stands the massive transformer, which for year has emitted sparks, blasts and even caught fire. Repeated complaints have brought little…

Hyderabad: A powerful ‘delete’ button inside a popular restaurant billing software has come under the scanner after tax investigators found it could erase entire chunks of sales history — sometimes up to a month at a time.Officials say the feature, built into widely used point of sale (POS) systems, may have enabled large-scale suppression of turnover while leaving little trace during routine inspections. The discovery emerged during a nationwide crackdown led from Hyderabad, where the income tax investigation unit initially searched a biryani restaurant chain and then expanded the probe to dozens of eateries. Acting under section 133A of the…