The Income Tax Department on Wednesday informed that it has enabled online filing of income tax return (ITR) form number 3 (ITR-3). Taxpayers who have business income, income from share trading (such as futures and options), or even investments in unlisted shares can now file ITR-3 through the e-filing ITR portal.

An individual or Hindu Undivided Family with a business or profession must use ITR-3. Company directors, those who invested in unlisted equity shares at any time during the financial year, along with income from other sources, partner income, salary or pension income, and house property income, can use this ITR form.

Taxpayers with income earned from capital gains or foreign assets, income classified as profits or gains from business or profession and those who are not eligible to file Form ITR-1 (Sahaj), ITR-2, or ITR-4 (Sugam) can use ITR-3.

India’s smartphone market grew 8 per cent (year-on-year) in volume and 18 per cent in value in the April-June quarter (Q2 2025), marking a solid rebound following a muted Q1, a report said on Wednesday.

The iPhone 16 emerged as the most-shipped device in Q2 2025, driven by ongoing promotions, extended EMI options, and improved retail execution, helping Apple register its highest-ever Q2 shipments in India.

According to Counterpoint’s 'Monthly India Smartphone Tracker', the recovery was driven by a 33 per cent jump (on-year) in new launches, aggressive marketing, and strong performance during summer sales, with brands offering steeper discounts, easy EMIs, and bundled offers especially in the mid and premium segments.

The makers of “Param Sundari” on Wednesday unveiled the motion poster of the upcoming film and announced that the cross cultural romance movie will hit the big screen on August 29.

Janhvi, Sidharth and Maddock in a collaborative post on Instagram unveiled the motion poster featuring the two stars. In the poster, Sidharth is seen looking handsome in a shirt paired with jeans along with a bag on his shoulder.

The actress looks every inch an Indian beauty as she does a classical dance form dressed in a saree. In the motion poster the two can be seen crossing paths.

The motion poster concludes with: “In cinemas worldwide. 29th August 2025. A Maddock Films Production.” It also mentioned that its first song “Pardesiya” will be out on Wednesday.

Co-May, the eighth typhoon of this year, made landfall in east China's Zhejiang Province at about 4.30 a.m. Wednesday, according to the provincial meteorological observatory.

The typhoon, with the maximum wind force near its centre reaching 23 metres per second, churned ashore at Zhoushan City of Zhejiang, news agency reported.

Zhejiang upgraded the emergency response level for Typhoon Co-May from IV to III at 3.00 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the provincial emergency management department.

China has a four-tier emergency response system, with Level I being the most severe response.

Earlier on July 28, China's Ministry of Water Resources had activated a Level-IV emergency flood response in four provincial-level regions -- Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui and Jiangxi -- in response to Typhoon Co-May, the eighth typhoon of the year.

As many as 4,625 EV charging stations are operational in the tier 2 cities in the country (as on April 1, 2025), according to the government.

In addition, Rs. 2,000 crore has been allocated under the Prime Minister Electric Drive Revolution in Innovative Vehicle Enhancement (PM E-DRIVE) Scheme for the establishment of electric vehicle public-charging stations (EV PCS) across India, including tier 2 cities in Tamil Nadu, said Minister of State for Steel and Heavy Industries, Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.

The PM E-DRIVE scheme was launched in October 2024 to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) through demand incentives and expand EV charging infrastructure nationwide. The Centre has allocated Rs 10,900 crore for subsidies to EVs under this scheme.

The Army on Wednesday foiled an infiltration bid on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district by killing two intruding terrorists.

“Operation Shivshakti, In a successful anti-infiltration operation, alert troops of the #IndianArmy eliminated two terrorists attempting to infiltrate across the Line of Control. Swift action and accurate firepower thwarted the nefarious designs," the Army’s Nagrota Headquartered White Knight Corps said on X.

Three weapons have been recovered from the dead terrorists.

“Synergistic and synchronised intelligence inputs from own intelligence units and #JKP led to a successful operation. Operation in progress,” White Knight Corps further said.

Earlier in the day, the Army said that two terrorists were spotted near the border fence on the LoC in Poonch district, and a gunfight was underway in the area.

India's senior men’s national team, as part of their preparation for the AFC Asian Cup 2027 Qualifiers Final Round, will participate in the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) Nations Cup 2025, scheduled to be held from August 31 to September 8.

Central Asian Football Association has invited India to take part in the tournament after Malaysia withdrew from the tournament, which is outside the official FIFA calendar, due to logistical challenges and the unavailability of players.

India have been drafted into the biennial Central Asian tournament, jointly hosted by Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, and have been placed in Group B, which will be played in Dushanbe. India will play hosts Tajikistan on August 29), Iran on September 1) and Afghanistan on September 4.

The top two teams from each group will progress to the play-off stage, which will see two matches being played on September 8. The third-place match will be played between the two group runners-up in Dushanbe, while the two group winners will play the final in Tashkent.

Salt warning labels on menus in restaurants may help diners rethink over high-salt meals and make healthier choices, according to a study.

It may also be a key strategy to fight cardiovascular diseases as well as kidney damage caused by a high-salt diet.

In a first-of-its-kind research, a team from the University of Liverpool in the UK compared people ordering at a restaurant after seeing salt warnings with those who received a menu without warnings.

The findings, published in the journal The Lancet Public Health, showed that warning labels are perceived by consumers as effective in discouraging the selection of high-salt items. Warning labels also prompted greater awareness of salt content when ordering, and significantly reduced the amount of salt actually ordered.

A powerful earthquake in the Pacific Ocean triggered a tsunami that struck the northern Kuril Islands early Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of residents from Severo-Kurilsk, a coastal town in Russia's Far East.

The quake, centred approximately 119 kilometres (74 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a Russian city with a population of around 180,000, triggered immediate tsunami alerts across multiple countries.

The tremors prompted authorities to evacuate several areas near the epicentre, particularly on the Kamchatka Peninsula, where tsunami waves between 3 and 4 metres (10 and 13 feet) were reported.

Despite structural damage in some regions, no serious injuries were initially reported, according to local officials.