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PM Narendra Modi launches Smart Cities Mission, says Centre committed to urban India Underscoring the need for a stronger urban India, the PM said, "Governments should have looked at urbanisation as an opportunity to drive growth." read more India to race past US in 25 years; I am saying it with money, not words: Masayoshi Son "India has that much opportunity. So I would like to participate in this exciting moment as we participated in the Chinese 'hockey stick' moment." Income tax returns: Government notifies new and simplified ITR forms The I-T department, in the new ITRs, has also sought the Aadhaar number of filers and has also given options for providing two email ids to it.

Editor's Pick Why China loves Pakistan and India is the 'Kabab mein haddi' China's move to block sanctions on Pakistan for harbouring notorious terrorist mastermind Lakhvi is latest manifestation of the growing strength of Beijing-Islamabad axis. Sitting on a fake CV time bomb: How India Inc is putting in checks to identify discrepancies in resumes After a decade of smooth sailing, Sinha was fired in March 2015. Sinha, it was discovered, never had an MBA degree! How Vishal Sikka is remaking Infosys & how he plans to drive it to $20 billion in revenues by 2020 Infy had lost a fair bit of momentum before former SAP CTO Sikka's entry. It added only $3.9 bn in incremental revenues in the preceding 5 years. TCS puts might behind its artificial intelligence project Ignio "Initially, it is not going to be about revenue, or just the number of clients. It's going to be about the adoption within clients.

Most Popular This Week Pakistan stumps India; rolls out South Asia's 1st REIT while we still try to axe the tax Accenture shoots past TCS in headcount; says 95,000 people will join in 2015 India's foreign exchange reserves crosses $355 billion for the first time E-commerce war intensifies: Snapdeal takes advantage of Flipkart ad Fat pay cheques: Here is why IIT coaches are better off than Duncan Fletcher

Story of The Week Government proposes income tax benefits for debit/credit card payments The government also proposed to make it mandatory to settle high value transactions of more than Rs 1 lakh through electronic mode. read more

Money How to restructure your income, investments and expenses to optimise your tax Sudhir Kaushik of Taxspanner.com advises readers on how to restructure their income, investments and expenses to optimise their tax. Can you bear the cost of cancer treatment? Find out how to buy the best cover The surging incidence of the disease and rising treatment costs make it imperative to secure one's finances. Find out how to buy the best cover.

Stock Round Up Sensex rallies 500 points for the week ended June 26 despite Greece, China woes Sensex closed 84 points lower on Friday, but managed to rally nearly 500 points for the week ended June 26.

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