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Govt extends validity of vehicle documents like DL, RC, permits till Mar 31
“The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has extended the validity of vehicular documents like DLs, RCs, permits etc till March 31, 2021 in the light of need to prevent spread of COVID-19. Ministry has today issued a directory to the states and Union Territory administrations in the regard,” a MoRTH statement said.
Earlier through various notifications, it was advised that the validity of fitness, permit (all types), licence, registration or any other concerned document(s) may be treated to be valid till December 31, 2020.
Brexit offers Britain chance to do financial services differently -minister
Under a system known as equivalence, access to EU markets will not be granted to banks, insurers and other financial firms based in Britain unless their home rules are deemed by Brussels to be “equivalent”, or as robust as regulations in the bloc.
The two sides will aim to agree a memorandum of understanding on regulatory cooperation in financial services by March 2021, and Sunak said that such language should provide reassurance.
Over 4.15 cr ITRs for fiscal 2019-20 filed till Dec 26
”More than 4.15 crore Income Tax Returns for AY 2020-21 have already been filed till 26th of December, 2020. Hope you have filed yours too!,” the department tweeted.
This includes over 2.34 crore taxpayers filing ITR-1, over 89.89 lakh filing ITR-4, over 49.72 lakh ITR-3 and over 30.36 lakh filing ITR-2.
China launches antitrust probe into tech giant Alibaba
It follows China’s dramatic suspension last month of Ant’s planned $37 billion initial public offering, which had been on track to be the world’s largest, just two days before shares were due to begin trading in Shanghai and Hong Kong.
In a strongly worded editorial, the ruling Communist Party’s People’s Daily said that if “monopoly is tolerated, and companies are allowed to expand in a disorderly and barbarian manner, the industry won’t develop in a healthy, and sustainable way”.
EU trade deal brings little progress for UK’s giant financial sector
The City of London finance hub secured no special treatment, leaving it on a par with arch rival New York 3,500 miles away as the EU seeks to reduce reliance on UK financial services.
Brussels has only granted financial market access, known as “equivalence”, for two financial activities from Jan. 1, when Britain will have left the EU’s single market.
The Bank of England has said there could be disruption in markets if no further access is allowed.
Just minutes after Britain and the EU hailed their agreement on trade, the bloc’s executive said it wanted a “series of further clarifications” on how Britain will diverge from EU rules after Dec. 31.
Going forward health would be Govt’s top priority :Sitharaman
Government would look to provide not just buildings for hospitals but the technology and infrastructure apart from improving the availability of doctors and nurses to service the industry.
“Health and investment in health is going to be absolutely critical, not just to keep our lives safer but also to make health and health-related expenditures more predictable, for people not to do it out of pocket,” Sitharaman said.in a virtual address to a Confederation of Indian Industry conference, on Friday
Qualified AYUSH doctors can prescribe immunity boosters for COVID patients: SC
A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan, however, said these doctors cannot prescribe or advertise them as a cure for COVID-19.
PIL to control population: Can”t coerce family planning, Centre tells SC
India is witnessing a constant decline in total fertility Rate(TFR), the ministry said, adding that the fertility rate which was 3.2 at the time when National Population Policy was adopted has declined substantially to 2.2 as per the Sample Registration System, 2018.
The NHP sets out indicative, quantitative goals and objectives which includes the achievement of TFR of 2.1 by 2025.
National Health Policy 2017 provides for a policy guidance to inform, clarify, strengthen and prioritise the role of the government in shaping health systems in all its dimensions.
India could authorise COVID-19 vaccines in weeks, 300 million on priority list
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has identified 300 million people, including healthcare workers, policemen, and citizens above the age of 50, who would be administered a vaccine on a priority basis, health secretary Rajesh Bhushan said.
“Every single Indian who needs to be vaccinated, will be vaccinated,” Bhushan said, adding that the government expected the vaccination process to take over a year to complete.
COVID-19 patients treated as untouchables once posters pasted on their homes, says SC
The bench had observed that when the Delhi government has agreed in the high court not to paste posters, why cannot the Centre come up with guidelines dealing with the matter for the entire country