A Michigan collector paid $30 for a seashell painting at an estate sale; identified as a 1951 Gertrude Abercrombie work, it has now sold at Freeman’s in New York for a record $1,352,600

Recent Views 23 A painting bought for just $30 at a Michigan estate sale has sold for $1,352,600 at auction in New York, after experts identified it as a long-lost 1951 work by Chicago Surrealist Gertrude Abercrombie. The painting, Alderman Merriam’s Shells, had been missing from public view for about 75 years before it resurfaced…

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Complainant gets Rs 1.63 lakh payout after electric scooter faced defects, failed to deliver promised mileage

Recent Views 32 AI generated image used for representative purpose NEW DELHI: A Kerala district consumer commission has directed an electric scooter manufacturer to refund Rs 88,000 to a customer after finding manufacturing defects in the vehicle, including poor battery performance and a defective front wheel bearing system. The commission also awarded him Rs 50,000…

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Presidential election today? Trump confuses India with Brazil, claims 125 million voted | India News

Recent Views 27 Trump says “125 million Indians voted in presidential election today.” US President Donald Trump on Monday confused India with Brazil, claiming that 125 million people had voted in an Indian “presidential election”, while also questioning the integrity of the American voting system.In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “125 Million People…

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Man sells ancestral agricultural land for Rs 8 crore, buys two properties and claims LTCG exemption; faces Rs 6.36 crore tax additions, why ITAT Chandigarh gave relief under Sections 54B and 54F

Recent Views 23 The ITAT Chandigarh eventually ruled substantially in the man’s favour on both questions. (Image for representative purpose only) When selling assets and claiming long-term capital gains, it is important to understand if you are eligible and under what conditions can you claim LTCG.A man sold his family’s ancestral agricultural land and claimed…

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A schoolteacher’s 128-acre family retreat became part of a larger wildlife corridor; decades after buying the land, Jeanne Paisley’s conservation easement now protects forests, wetlands and a stream linked to the Chesapeake watershed

Recent Views 26 When life doesn’t give you time to breathe, you tend to look out for space to do the same yourself, deliberately. For Jeanne Paisley, a schoolteacher with three kids and a half-hour daily commute, there was a consistent wish for some room to breathe. According to The Land Steward, the Spring 2013…

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Russia’s pneumonic plague scare: Nearly 200 quarantined after lab worker’s death – all you need to know

Recent Views 22 Lab worker’s death from ‘unknown infection’ sparks plague fears in Russia, hundreds quarantined (Representative image) Nearly 200 people have been placed under medical observation in Russia’s Irkutsk region after a laboratory worker died following severe pneumonia, with reports suggesting she may have contracted plague at a research facility in Siberia. Russian authorities,…

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‘That’s an irony when you look at him’: Shreyas Iyer makes honest Vaibhav Sooryavanshi admission | Cricket News

Recent Views 26 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Shreyas Iyer (ANI Photos) India T20I captain Shreyas Iyer has praised teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi ahead of the five-match T20I series against the West Indies. Iyer highlighted the youngster’s contrasting personality, describing him as quiet away from cricket but highly aggressive when he takes the field.Sooryavanshi rose to…

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