What is talent? We must define talent. We say that Lata Mangeshkar is a very talented singer or Sachin Tendulkar is a very talented player. No, I withdraw, they are like gods. Let me choose another example. It is common to say that Shreya Ghoshal is a talented singer or Gautam Gambhir is a very talented player. Do we also say that I have got a talented driver, or the carpenter who did the interiors at my home is very talented. While we are certainly talking about talent in respect of Gautam Gambhir and Shreya Ghoshal, it is the skill of the driver and the carpenter that we usually refer to and not their talent.
The Principal Bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal at New Delhi will remain closed from 6 June 2011 to 30 June 2011, on account of Summer Vacation. During this period, a Vacation Bench will sit on Tuesdays and Fridays to hear and dispose urgent matters and matters that the Bench may direct.
National policies alone cannot prevent a crisis even if these are the most appropriate unless some of the global challenges are addressed collectively at the global level. The international monetary system has been found inadequate to tackle global imbalances, which had to manifest in the form of crisis or the other at some stage. The significance of the unprecedented and co-ordinated action led by G20 in avoiding another Great Depression needs to be recognised. In view of the difficult years expected, we must sustain the global approach despite domestic differences in policies.
A security systems provider based in Dubai has announced the launch of its newest security camera product, the Zoom Mobile Surveillance Package. Security Zoom said this new product enables CCTV viewing over an Iphone, which allows the user to watch over his business, home or property wherever and whenever he chooses.
The government today said the series of steps taken by it to unearth unaccounted wealth have started yielding results. The income tax department, sources said, has detected unaccounted income of Rs 18,750 crore in the last two financial years and collected an additional Rs 22,697 crore as taxes by stepping up vigil on cross border transactions.
National Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms: The Government has ‘in principle’ approved setting up of National Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms. The National Mission would help implementing the two major goals of (i) increasing access by reducing delays and arrears in the system (ii) enhancing accountability at all levels through structural changes and setting performance standards and facilitating enhancement of capacities for achieving such performance standards.
The Maharashtra Government today made it illegal for anyone below 25 years of age to consume or purchase alcohol. As of now, the legal drinking age in the state is 21. A meeting of the state cabinet here today, however, approved fixing the minimum age for drinking or purchasing beer at 21.
The Income Tax Department is all set to crack the whip on tax defaulters by invoking its power, which has not been used for many years, to arrest and prosecute evaders. The step comes in the backdrop of the government initiating various steps to curb generation of black money in the country and also recently notifying the creation of the first-ever Criminal Investigation (CI) unit in the I-T Department.
Particulars to be filled in Annexures I, II and III: (i) In Annexure I, actual figures for the relevant quarter should be reported. (ii) In Annexures II & III, estimated/actual figures for the whole financial year should be given. However, Annexures II & III are optional for statement for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd quarters. Statement for the last quarter should have actual figures for the whole financial year in Annexures II & III.
The CCI under the draft regulations dated March 2, 2011 had first introduced the provision for pre-filing consultation. However, this found no mention in the recently issued final Competition Commission of India (Procedure in regard to the transaction of business relating to combinations) Regulations, 2011, dated May 11, 2011. The CCI has now, in accordance with international best practices, re-introduced the facility of informal and verbal consultation with the staff of CCI prior to the filing of notice under the Act in connection with the proposed combination.
