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Seeing positive signs, but Indian aviation sector still in eye of storm: Airbus India

“I think it is time for Indian carriers to scale up their operations and gain control of the international traffic as well. Also, we observe that air travellers have adapted to COVID-19 with a preference to point-to-point non-stop travel to avoid connections. Again, that is the opportunity to develop long haul travel from India,” he stated.

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No blanket permission given for surveillance under NETRA, NATGRID: Centre To HC

The ASG told the court that the permissions are only given in cases that affect the sovereignty and integrity of India, defense of the country, security of the State, friendly relations with foreign States, public order, etc.The affidavit further states that the standard operating procedure (SOP) for carrying out surveillance mandates that permission for the same shall be sought only if the information required cannot be acquired by any other reasonable means.

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Delhi govt floats tender to set up 100 EV charging stations

Each station will have five charging points, making it a total of 500 such points. The charging stations will be set up within a year, Jain said.

There will be a mandate for minimum 20 per cent slow chargers and 10 per cent fast chargers at these charging stations to cater to all kinds of EVs. Majority of these sites will be at Metro stations and DTC bus depots, he said.

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DPIIT ‘definitely’ working on new e-commerce policy: Govt official

“Who should be accountable for counterfeit products sold through an e-commerce company. Data is an important issue. The entire data issue will be governed by what actually the data law will be, which is before Parliament. That is why we are not in a hurry to finalise it (the policy)… So, whatever will be the final outcome of that data bill, it will apply to everybody who will deal with data,” the official said a regulator for the sector may come if required.

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PF taxation: Rs 62,500 cr accumulated in EPF accounts of 1.23 lakh HNIs for FY19

The Budget 2021-22 has removed the tax exemption status to interest accrued on investments in employees provident fund (EPF) exceeding Rs 2.50 lakh per annum.

The sources in the revenue department said there are a total 4.5 crore contributors in the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) account. Out of these, more than 1.23 lakh accounts are of the HNIs who contribute monthly huge sums to their EPF accounts.

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