Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget in the Lok Sabha on 1st February. Disappointment loomed large over common people as the budget lacked any kind of new exemption on the expected income tax, but people over the age of 75 have been exempted from ‘IT returns’.
Myanmar’s President Win Myint, senior leaders of the ruling party and democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi have been detained in a military coup on 1st February.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar announced that, “we have received many complaints regarding the content of OTT platforms. Films and serials released on OTT platforms and digital newspapers don’t come under purview of Press Council Act, Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act or Censor Board.
‘Does the tricolour belong only to the Prime Minister ? The whole country loves the national flag and those who disrespected it should be arrested by the Government’, said Bharat Kisan Union chief Rakesh Tikait in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement.
After the Jammu-Kashmir Police arresting two terrorists belonging to a new Jihadi terrorist outfit and interrogating them, 4 terrorists of Jaish-e-Mohammed were arrested.
The Central Government plans to start a cashless treatment scheme for road accident victims in the year 2021-2022. The scheme will have an insurance coverage cap per case to be decided by the Government.
Sources in the security agencies said that PETN explosive was used for the blast near the Israeli embassy. A military grade-explosive, PETN is not easily available and has been used in the past by groups such as Al Qaeda for making bombs.
The Madhya Pradesh Government will enact a law to crack down on stone-pelters. Drafting of the Bill is underway for this. The draft-Bill will be presented to the Cabinet soon. Arbitration is likely to be established under this Act. Stone-throwing incidents will be heard before this tribunal.
Whether to tolerate WhatsApp’s bullying or use alternative social media – this has become a matter of confusion. According to WhatsApp’s new policies, it will now provide the personal information of its users to organisations affiliated with it.
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