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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has observed that the economic uncertainty sparked by the Covid-19 will likely cost the global economy $1 trillion in 2020. A slowdown in the global economy to under 2% for this year is envisaged which will probably cost in the order of $1 trillion. The observation is […]
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has shared a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) with all telecom service providers regarding the application called COVID-19 Quarantine Alert System (CQAS). CQAS collects phone data, including the device’s location, on a common secured platform and alerts the local agencies in case of a violation by COVID patients under watch or
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The 21-day period lockdown would cause pain to lenders, especially in loan for the banks in India as well as all over the world. Banks are concerned about the build up of Non-performing Assets (NPAs) as the disruption caused to business operations and supply chains during the 21-day lockdown period will take time to repair.
India supplied 6.2 tonnes of essential medicines to Maldives, under Operation Sanjeevani as assistance in the fight against COVID 19. The medicines include influenza vaccines, antiviral drugs such as lopinavir and ritonavir among others as well as consumables such as catheters, nebulisers, urine bags and infant feeding tubes. The medicines were delivered by an Hercules
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The Central government has launched AarogyaSetu mobile app that will help people determine whether they have been near a Covid-19 infected person as it tracks infections more accurately and effectively. It helps people in tracking the coronavirus infection by using the smart phone’s GPS system and Bluetooth; and provides information that will help users in
AarogyaSetu helps people to track spread of coronavirus Read More »
Centre has launched new features of National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) Platform to strengthen agriculture marketing by farmers which will reduce their need to physically come to wholesale mandis for selling their harvested produce, at a time when there is critical need to decongest mandis to effectively fight against COVID-19. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 These
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China will host the third edition of the Asian Youth Games in Shantou in November next year. The announcement was made by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) on 1 April 2020. The OCA has decided to hold the Asian Youth Games from November 20 to 28. The host city was decided by the OCA
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The government has brought in an ordinance which provides for extension of various time limits under the Taxation and Benami Acts. It also provides for extension of time limits contained in the Rules or Notification which are prescribed/ issued under these Acts. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Time limits related to direct and indirect tax
Taxation and other Laws (Relaxation of Certain Provisions) Ordinance, 2020 Read More »
Union Ministry for Home Affairs (MHA) has issued an order for adaptation and modification of State Laws specific to the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir, to further facilitate the application of Central Laws to the newly formed Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 The order defined new domicile rule
The government has provided for “one-time exemption in furnishing of utilization certificate” for release of the first instalment, and exemption from furnishing of audit certificate for release of the second instalment under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) Scheme. This exemption is applicable only for the financial year 2020-21. The exemption is for
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