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Deadline To File Income Tax Returns Extended To December 31

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Earlier in May this year, Income Tax Returns (ITR) deadline was extended till the end of this month. The deadline for filing Income Tax returns has been extended till December 31, the government said on Thursday, amid the coronavirus pandemic and persistent technical problems with its website. Usually due by the end of July, the date was extended last time in May till September 30 given the coronavirus pandemic. “On consideration of difficulties reported by the taxpayers and other stakeholders in filing of Income Tax Returns and various reports of…

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BRICS Leaders Call For Settling Afghan Situation By Peaceful Means

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The declaration at the summit said the leaders also sought an “inclusive intra-Afghan dialogue so as to ensure stability, civil peace, law and order”. The five-nation BRICS summit chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi this evening called for settling the situation in Afghanistan through peaceful means. The declaration at the summit said the leaders also sought an “inclusive intra-Afghan dialogue so as to ensure stability, civil peace, law and order”. While the theme for the summit is “cooperation for continuity, consolidation and consensus”, the focus remained on Afghanistan. The “New…

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Can’t Have Separate Avenue For Press To Set Aside FIRs, says Supreme Court

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The court was hearing a plea by Foundation for Independent Journalism, which runs The Wire, and its three journalists. The Supreme Court today said it does not want freedom of press to be muzzled or stifled but it cannot create a separate avenue for journalists to approach it directly for setting aside FIRs lodged against them. The top court stated this while hearing a plea filed by Foundation for Independent Journalism, which runs digital news portal The Wire, and its three journalists seeking that three FIRs lodged against them in…

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RBI Removes UCO Bank Out Of Corrective Action List After 4 Years

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Reserve Bank of India found that the state-run lender – UCO Bank was not in breach of its rules on regulatory capital, bad loans, and leverage ratio. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today lifted UCO Bank out of the prompt corrective action (PCA) list after a gap of four years. The banking regulator found that the state-run lender was not in breach of its rules on regulatory capital, bad loans, and leverage ratio, according to a statement released by the RBI on Wednesday, September 8. In 2017, UCO Bank was placed under…

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New Airbus Transports To Replace Indian Air Force Avros First Inducted 60 Years Ago

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The C-295MW will replace the IAF’s Avro military transport aircraft of British origin. The government today approved a deal with Airbus Defence and Space of Spain to buy 56 C-295MW transport aircraft, replacing Indian Air Force planes inducted some 60 years ago. Cleared by the Cabinet Committee on Security, the contract will involve the Tata consortium manufacturing most of the units. The military transport aircraft will replace the ageing Avros of Indian Air Force, according to a Press Information Bureau release. This could potentially cost between ₹ 20,000 crore and ₹ 21,000 crore, although…

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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

“Could Not Make It End Differently”: Ex-President Ashraf Ghani Apologises To Afghans

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Reiterating that his “commitment to the Afghan people has never wavered and will guide me for the rest of my life”, Ashraf Ghani apologised that he “could not make it end differently”. Former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani today apologised to his countrymen – nearly three weeks after fleeing the country as the Taliban seized power with the fall of Kabul on August 15. Reiterating that his “commitment to the Afghan people has never wavered and will guide me for the rest of my life”, Mr Ghani apologised that he “could…

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Djokovic extends Slam bid; 1st time no US players in Open QF

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For 1 1/2 sets, including one particularly compelling and competitive 24-point game, Novak Djokovic’s fourth-round opponent at the U.S. Open Jenson Brooksby, the last American left in singles gave him fits amid a raucous atmosphere at Arthur Ashe Stadium. That let Djokovic, above all, and everyone else, know that Brooksby a 20-year-old wild-card entry from California who is ranked 99th and never before had been on this sort of stage belonged. And then, not surprisingly, Djokovic showed why he is who he is and how he’s managed to move within…

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China’s trade accelerates in August despite coronavirus

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China’s import and export growth accelerated in August despite disruptions due to the spread of the coronavirus’s delta variant. Exports rose 25.6% over a year earlier to 294.3 billion, up from July’s 18.9% growth, customs data showed Tuesday. Imports rose 33.1% to 236 billion, up from the previous month’s 28.7%. That came despite lingering disruptions in industrial production chains due to last year’s global economic shutdown and a renewed rise in infections in the United States and some other markets that have dampened consumer sentiment. China has so far defied…

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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

Merkel seeks to boost party before vote, clashes with deputy

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Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel painted a rosy picture of her government’s record on Tuesday and assailed the possibility of a future left-wing administration, seeking to boost her struggling party’s candidate as she addressed what is expected to be the German parliament’s last session before the Sept. 26 election. Merkel also clashed openly with her deputy, who is a rival party’s candidate to succeed her and is currently leading polls, over a comment in which he described people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 as guinea pigs. It was an unusually…

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Redeveloped Chandni Chowk market likely to be inaugurated by Kejriwal on Sunday

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is likely to inaugurate the redeveloped Chandni Chowk market on September 12, officials said on Tuesday. Earlier the project was to be inaugurated on April 17 this year but was cancelled due to the second wave of COVID-19. According to officials of the Public Works Department (PWD), which is one of the agencies involved in the redevelopment work, the department has been asked to start preparations for inauguration and complete all the misses and fixes . The redeveloped Chandni Chowk is likely to be formally…

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