The government on Friday extended deadlines for various income tax compliances and said the amount paid by an employer to employees for COVID-19 treatment would be tax-exempt. Also, payment received from employer by family members in case of death of an employee due to COVID-19 would be exempt from income tax. The…
The two-day integrated bilateral exercise between Indian and US Forces in the Indian Ocean Region concluded on June 24, 2021. Indian Navy along with Indian Air Force participated with US Navy Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group in the exercise. The exercise has been a key enabler in building interoperability and…
Two astronauts on the International Space Station undertook a spacewalk Friday to continue with the installation work of the new, roll-up solar arrays, to upgrade the power supply on the ISS. Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency (ESA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut Shane…
Gold prices in India traded flat on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) Friday tracking a subdued trend in the international spot prices.At 10:50 am, gold futures for August delivery eased 0.04 percent to Rs 46,850 per 10 grams as against the previous close of Rs 46,870 and the opening price of Rs 46,948 on the MCX.…
China on Friday operationalised its first fully electrified bullet train in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet, connecting the provincial capital Lhasa and Nyingchi, a strategically located Tibetan border town close to Arunachal Pradesh. The 435.5-km Lhasa-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway has been…
A man who went to get vaccinated in Chhapra of Bihar was injected with an empty syringe by a nurse working in haste. A video that has gone viral shows the nurse talking to others and swiftly pushing in the needle without any vaccine dose in it. The incident took place in Chhapra city’s ward number 1 near the Bada…
India’s Covid chart continued to show improvement today, with the country recording 51,667 cases, a marginal drop from yesterday’s 54,069 figure.The country’s overall caseload now stands at 3.01 crore while total fatalities are at 3.93 lakh. India’s test positivity rate (positive cases…
Delhi Government has announced jobs in the monitoring and evaluation unit of the planning department. The jobs are contractual in nature and the period of contract ranges from 6 months to 1 year. Application forms for the recruitment are available online and the last date for submission of the forms is July 20. Apply…
Workers and residents in Sydney were ordered to stay home for a week on Friday, as authorities locked down several central areas of Australia’s largest city to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant of Covid-19. Sixty-five Covid-19 cases have been reported so far in the flare-up linked to a…
Petrol and diesel prices are unchanged across the metros on Thursday, June 25, 2021, according to information provided by Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). In New Delhi, the petrol prices are steady at Rs 97.76 per litre and diesel prices are at ₹ 88.30 per litre. In Mumbai, petrol is priced…