Minor child had Rs 1.17 crore interest income, father faced Rs 12.83 lakh penalty; ITAT Delhi cancels it, rules tax-rate dispute isn’t under-reporting

Clubbing of income is a provision under the Income Tax Act. Can a minor child’s interest income lead to an income tax notice for the father? The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Delhi has held that a father cannot be subjected to a Rs 12.83 lakh penalty under Section 270A when the income declared in…

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Sylvester Stallone sold his 23-acre ranch for $4 million, almost half its listing price; then joined Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson to buy 160 acres in Colorado |

Sylvester Stallone made a striking real-estate move in 1992, selling his sprawling 23-acre White Eagle Ranch in California for $4 million in cash while simultaneously expanding his property interests in Colorado. The ranch in Hidden Valley had been transformed by Stallone from a relatively modest property into an elaborate equestrian estate with 29 horse stalls,…

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In 1982, Israel released 28 wild donkeys to its desert; 44 years later, they created an oasis in one of Earth’s most extreme places

Donkeys are more than just packs of animals and load carriers; these herbivores have the capacity to contribute more to the environment than most humans. Over four decades ago, authorities in Israel released 28 wild donkeys into the Ramon Crater, an extremely arid area of Israel’s Negev Desert. The animals’ daily habits completely transformed the…

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After Trump renamed Lake Ontario ‘Lake America,’ a Pennsylvania Republican now wants Lake Erie renamed ‘Lake Pennsylvania’

President Donald Trump’s decision to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America” has now been followed by a similar proposal involving another Great Lake. A Republican lawmaker in Pennsylvania is preparing a resolution seeking to rename Lake Erie as “Lake Pennsylvania”.State Representative David Maloney argues that the state has a strong economic and cultural connection with…

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In 2013, actor Max Thieriot bought a roughly 90-acre Sonoma ranch; more than a decade later, this Hollywood retreat has grown into a working vineyard, farm and family retreat producing its own wine and food

Thieriot is now best known as the co-creator and star of the CBS drama Fire Country Actor Max Thieriot and his wife Lexi bought a roughly 90-acre ranch in west Sonoma County, California, in 2013, and over the past decade, the property has evolved into a working vineyard and family retreat. The ranch is located…

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In 2021, an Illinois grain farmer put a 499-foot wind turbine on his 1,100-acre farm; it used just 0.1% of the land and the lease paid more than the crops that land could produce | World News

AI REPRESENTATION: The turbine would be nearly 500 feet tall | ChatGPT Illinois farmer Clayton Rosenberger was approached by a wind company about putting a turbine on his land, which he and his wife did not like. The turbine would be nearly 500 feet tall and would stand among the corn and soybean fields of…

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In 2005, scientists left one male and one female lizard on each of seven empty Bahamian islands; four years later, every colony had evolved shorter legs but still carried the body shape of its founding pair |

A mating pair of brown anoles on St. George Island, Florida. Credits – Wikimedia Commons Scientists refer to this phenomenon as the “founder effect,” which occurs when a small number of founding individuals unintentionally carry characteristics that are not typical of the larger group they originated from. Since most real-world examples of founder events occurred…

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