Vajpayee foresaw danger of China’s unchecked rise: USIBC chief
US India Business Council chief Nisha Desai Biswal said Vajpayee “saw the importance of a US-India partnership, built on the foundation of our democratic values, to advance a rules-based order that would enable a more peaceful, prosperous and pluralistic Asia”. December 26, 2020 4:28:39 am
Nisha Desai Biswal
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was able to foresee what many others couldn’t and anticipated the “potential dangers posed by a rising and unchecked China”, US India Business Council chief Nisha Desai Biswal said Friday.
Speaking at the first memorial lecture on Vajpayee’s birth anniversary organised by the Ministry of External Affairs, Biswal who has served as the US Assistant Secretary of State (equivalent to Joint Secretary in the Indian government) said Vajpayee “saw the importance of a US-India partnership, built on the foundation of our democra
3.97 cr ITRs filed for FY20 till Dec 24
The deadline to file I-T returns by individual taxpayers for the 2019-20 fiscal (AY 2020-21) ends on December 31, 2020, while the same for taxpayers whose accounts require to be audited is January 31, 2021. December 26, 2020 6:08:39 am
The I-T department said 3.92 crore ITRs were filed till August 24, 2019, compared to 3.97 crore filed till December 24, 2020. (Representational)
As many as 3.97 crore taxpayers have already filed their income tax returns for assessment year (AY) 2020-21 (fiscal year 2019-20) till December 24, the Income Tax Department said on Friday.
“Over 3.97 crore Income Tax Returns have already been filed till 24th of December, 2020. Have you filed yours as yet? If not, please do it TODAY! File your Return of Income Tax & ….Relax!,” the department tweeted.
BARC audit report confirms ex-executives spiked TRPs: Mumbai police
While BARC received the report in July, it was only after the Mumbai police wrote to them specifically seeking all documents relating to the alleged TRP scam that it sent the report to the police last week, nearly two months after the FIR was registered. December 26, 2020 5:40:39 am
A 22-year-old youth, who is also arrested and in police custody, was not an invitee, but arrived as the victim s friend around 12:15 am. (Representational)
THE MUMBAI Crime Branch, investigating the alleged Television Rating Point (TRP) scam, on Friday said it received an audit report of BARC last week that confirms that TRPs of channels were manipulated under the previous BARC management.
# Each district will receive the dummy vaccine for 100 beneficiaries from the nearest depot;
# Temperature will be tracked through the vaccine’s journey from the depot to the vaccination site;
# An SMS will be sent in advance to the beneficiaries with the name of the vaccinator, and the time of the vaccination;
# Each beneficiary will be made to sit for 30 minutes after being administered the shot; if an adverse event occurs, its management will be tracked through the central server.
“A total 2,360 participants have been put through the national-level training of trainers, which includes cold chain and immunisation officers. Since people have already been trained, we want to know before the actual rollout [of the vaccination programme] how effective this training has been. We have chosen one state each from the north, south, east and west, and the states will decide the two districts. The dry run will be monitored by the Centre,” a senior government official who is part of
15,877 healthcare workers contracted coronavirus across Maharashtra, 178 died: Health dept data till Dec 21
A total of 4,949 doctors were infected with Covid-19 in the state, of which 2,906 doctors were from government health care institutions and another 2,043 from the private sector, said Pradeep Awate, state surveillance officer. Updated: December 25, 2020 5:54:13 am
A total of 48,969 persons have died due to Covid-19 across Maharashtra. (Representational)
As many as 15,877 healthcare workers in Maharashtra have contracted Covid-19 as of December 21, whereas a total of 178 have succumbed to the viral infection. Of these, 10,945 were in the government sector, while 4,932 were in the private sector, according to data from the state health department.