Guwahati, April 18 (IANS) The union tribal affairs ministry will cover at least six lakh tribal children in Assam under its sickle cell anaemia screening programme within this year. Sickle cell anaemia is a hereditary blood disorder that results in abnormality in haemoglobin, which carries oxygen from the lungs to the body parts. “Sickle cell […]
Despite poor quarterly earnings by corporate India, foreign investors continued to pump cash into the country’s equity markets during the week ended April 17. The Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) remained net buyers in the Indian equities market for the week ended April 17, they bought stocks worth only Rs.914.12 crore or $146.55 million, according to […]
Sixteen more ministerial candidates were endorsed by the Wolesi Jirga, or lower house, of the Afghan parliament on Saturday. The Afghan government has 25 ministries and Saturday’s voting brought to 24 the number of ministers approved by the lower house while the post for the country’s defence ministry remained unfilled, Xinhua reported. “All 16 minister-candidates […]
A teenager was killed in Kashmir during firing by security forces who battled stone pelting protesters on Saturday, the day hardliner separatist Yasin Malik and social activist Swami Agnivesh were taken into preventive custody as they headed to the village where violence broke out. Kashmir was on the boil for the second day on Saturday. […]
The second half of the budget session which kicks off next week is all set to be a stormy affair with the government determined to push through the land acquisition bill and the opposition making all efforts to stall it. Besides the land bill, parliament is also scheduled to take up other important bills like […]
With over 400 farmers in Uttar Pradesh having committed suicide or died of shock in the wake of the freakish weather that has damaged their crops beyond repair, the Agra Mental Hospital has opened a special cell to deal with traumatised agriculturists, large numbers of whom are turning up at its OPD daily. “The Agra […]
The condition of women in India is going through a sea change in terms of fighting violence against them and closing the gender gap, said visiting Indian parliamentarian Tarun Vijay. “Crimes against women is linked to sick minds and has nothing to do with poverty or wealth. Highest rate of rapes and other crimes against […]
The 803rd Urs (annual feast) celebrations of the revered saint Hazrat Khawaja Moinuddin Hasan Chisty of Ajmer, starting Monday, will be momentous affair this year – thanks to US President Barack Obama. A red coloured, richly embroidered ‘chadar’ (holy cloth) will be offered on Obama’s behalf at the mausoleum of the Garib Nawaz on the […]
The government may intend to target black money with a new income tax returns form, mandating assessees to disclose their bank accounts and details of foreign visits, but it also makes filing of returns that much more cumbersome, experts maintain. “The disclosure requirement on number of accounts and those opened and closed is interesting,” Vineet […]
The way in which people complain about the Australian Taxation Office and Tax Practitioners Board will change from 1 May 2015. Legislation transferring the tax complaints role from the Commonwealth (Taxation) Ombudsman to the Inspector-General of Taxation (IGT) will come into effect on 1 May 2015. From that date most tax complaints will need to […]