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Call for Ireland to support making vaccine technology openly available Irish organisations’ open letter to Taoiseach says ‘united action’ needed on Covid-19 Wed, Feb 24, 2021, 13:22 Updated: Wed, Feb 24, 2021, 13:25   There “simply is no way” to defeat Covid-19 in Ireland without “united action worldwide”, an open letter to the Taoiseach from a coalition of Irish organisations and charities has said. The group is requesting Ireland’s support for proposals to allow Cov...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. For those busy insurance/reinsurance professionals out there, BSA have provided a snap-shot of last years UAE insurance laws and what to watch out for in 2021. The formal declaration of the outbreak of Coronavirus as a pandemic (Covid-19) on 11 March 2020 sent shockwaves around the world and the insurance industry has been hit hard. While the market was already struggling with hardening rates...

 1 While rejecting representations by tax consultants and professionals, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has refused to grant any further extension of the due dates for filing the tax audit report (TAR) under Section 44AB of the Income-Tax (I-T) Act. CBDT says the process cannot be delayed indefinitely, which would hamper functioning of the tax department and welfare programmes of the government. At present, the last date for filing TAR has been extended to 15th January and for filing...

In the US, many vaccines are set to expire even before being distributed. More than 12 million doses of vaccines have been distributed so far in 33 countries, but none of those countries are in Africa. South Africa, the most badly hit country on the African continent, has been unable to procure vaccine from Moderna. The country’s government says it was unable to persuade the company to submit its vaccine to the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority, the agency that approves vacci...

COVID-19, Cancelled Sessions, Absent Debates Mark the Functioning of Parliament in 2020 Some key Bills were passed even as a pandemic raged. Most of them, including the contentious farm and labour Bills, were passed in the absence of opposition. Opposition MPs march from Gandhi statue to Ambedkar statue in protest against the recent farm and labour bills, during the Monsoon Session, at Parliament House in New Delhi, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. Photo: PTI Politics30/Dec/2020 Parliament in the ye...

Crucial bills passed by the Parliament in 2020 India Updated: Thursday, December 24, 2020, 13:07 [IST] New Delhi, Dec 18: The coronavirus pandemic hit almost every aspect of our lives, except for the Parliament sessions. The Monsoon session, though cut short was a productive session for the governmentas all the 11 ordinances promulgated during last session have turned into new laws. Representational Image During the short session, the productivity of the Lok Sabha was 167 per cent and Rajya Sab...