MARCH 2, 2020
PAN Card
The income tax department can impose a penalty amount of ₹10,000 on a Permanent Account Number (PAN) card holder for using an inoperative Permanent Account Number, if they fail to link the PAN with an Aadhaar card by the deadline of March 31.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes had earlier announced through a February 13, 2020...
MARCH 2, 2020
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi, on February 8, 2020. | Photo Credit: PTI
U.S.-Taliban agreement is like long-awaited ‘Pakeezah’ release, says External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar
Likening the U.S.-Taliban agreement at Doha to the long awaited release of a film, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said India is “watching the space” closely...
MARCH 2, 2020
Brief Scorecard: New Zealand 235 (Latham 52, Jamieson 49, Shami 4-81, Bumrah 3-62) and 132 for 3 (Blundell 55, Latham 51) beat India 242 (Vihari 55, Agarwal 54, Pujara 54, Jamieson 5-45) and 124 (Boult 4-28, Southee 3-36) by seven wickets
CHRISTCHURCH - New Zealand pranced to a 2-0 series whitewash - and No. 2 in the Test...
MARCH 2, 2020
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. - AP Photo/Richard Drew
In a surprise move, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, one of the most followed personalities in India, said he was thinking of giving up his social media accounts. “This Sunday, thinking of giving up my social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & YouTube,” PM Modi tweeted late on Monday...
MARCH 1, 2020
FOSTER CITY, CALIFORNIA – If you’ve turned on the TV or browsed the web since the start of the year, you’ve undoubtedly been barraged with news and ads about 5G, the next generation wireless technology.
What you probably haven’t heard or seen much of, however, is real explanations of what benefits 5G will bring to everyday people versus...
MARCH 1, 2020
Businesses will no longer be allowed to provide or sell plastic bags in third state after California and Oregon to enforce ban
Pharmacy has plastic bags for distribution to customers in advance of ban, in Manhattan. Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters
Every year, New York state gets through a staggering 23bn plastic bags – the vast majority of which end up...
MARCH 1, 2020
Brief Scorecard: India 242 and 90 for 6 (Boult 3-12) lead New Zealand 235 (Latham 52, Jamieson 49, Shami 4-81, Bumrah 3-62) by 97 runs
CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND - India began the second day needing a big effort just to stay alive in the Christchurch Test, but so big was their bowling effort they ended up with a...
MARCH 1, 2020
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani spoke during a press conference. - WAKIL KOHSAR
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - Afghanistan’s president said Sunday that he will not free thousands of Taliban prisoners ahead of all-Afghan power-sharing talks set for next week, publicly disagreeing with a timetable for a speedy prisoner release laid out just a day earlier in a U.S.-Taliban peace agreement.
President...
MARCH 1, 2020
The number of infected in Iran jumped to nearly 1,000 overnight.
The global death toll of coronavirus has reached nearly 3,000 people as countries around the world continue to report their findings to the World Health Organization.
At least 70 cases and one death have been detected in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Here...
MARCH 1, 2020
COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina on Saturday became the fourth state to make its voice heard in the Democratic presidential race.
Who were the big winners and losers?
WINNERS
Former Vice President Joe Biden
It was a huge night for Biden.
He needed a blowout win and got one - with an even bigger margin of victory than almost anyone had...
