Nepal first in Asia-Pacific region to provide COVID-19 jabs to refugees
Nepal has become the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to provide COVID-19 jabs to refugees through its national vaccination rollout.
| 31 March 2021 11:45 PM GMT
KATHMANDU: Nepal has become the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to provide COVID-19 jabs to refugees through its national vaccination rollout.
According to the UN refugee agency in Kathmandu, Nepal started to inoculate the COVID vaccine to the Bhutanese refugees living in eastern part of the country from March 7.
The refugees at the settlement in the Jhapa district were vaccinated as part of the second phase of that rollout, which started on 7 March and targets people over the age of 65.
Last date to link Aadhaar with PAN extended to June 30, 2021
To provide relief amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Income Tax (I-T) department has extended the last date for linking the Aadhaar number with PAN (Permanent Account Number) from March 31, 2021 to June 30, 2021.
NEW DELHI:
Aadhar Card PAN Card Linking Last Date: To provide relief amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Income Tax (I-T) department has extended the last date for linking the Aadhaar number with PAN (Permanent Account Number) from March 31, 2021 to June 30, 2021. Keeping in view the difficulties faced by the taxpayers, the Central Government has issued notification today extending the last date for the intimation of Aadhaar number and linking thereof with PAN to 30th June, 2021, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said in a statement.
LeT cadre Saifullah Mansoor jailed for 10 years
Four years after his arrest, Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Saifullah Mansoor, who infiltrated into Jammu and Kashmir with the intention to carry out terrorist attacks
| 1 April 2021 1:51 AM GMT
NEW DELHI: Four years after his arrest, Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Saifullah Mansoor, who infiltrated into Jammu and Kashmir with the intention to carry out terrorist attacks at different places in India, including Delhi, has been sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and fine.
Mansoor, alias Bahadur Ali, along with his two associates Abu Saad and Abu Darda all trained Lashkar terrorists illegally infiltrated into the valley to carry out terrorist attacks at different places in India as per instructions given to them by their handlers based in Pakistan or Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK).
State CEO (Chief Electoral Officer) Nitin Khade has said that the vigilance agencies have seized cash, drugs, liquor and various other items worth Rs 110 crore till March 30, 2021 since the MCC (Model.
Ranjeet Kumar Dass (BJP) pitted against Pabindra Deka (AJP) & three other candidates
STAFF REPORTER:
GUWAHATI: An interesting contest is going to take place in the third phase of Assembly polls slated on April 6. This will be witnessed in the Patacharkuchi LAC (Legislative Assembly Constituency) within the newly created Bajali district.
Of the 1,44,190 voters in the Patacharkuchi LAC, a total of 72,693 are males and 71,497 are females. This LAC has 208 polling stations. The other LAC in Bajali district is Bhabanipur.
Though the electorates of Patacharkuchi LAC will have to choose their representative from among five contenders, the main fight is likely to take place between BJP State president Ranjeet Kumar Dass and AJP (Assam JatiyaParishad) working president Pabindra Deka, feel political observers. The other three candidates are Santanu Sarma (Indian National Congress), Krishna Mani Das (Republican Party of India-Athawale), and Chakra Pani Medhi (Independent).