As the entire world grapples the menace of Coronavirus, that is spreading at a fast speed, here are big developments that happened in the nation today.

Deadline to file IT return extended and more major announcements

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today announced various statutory and regulatory compliance relief measures amid a complete shutdown almost all over the country to control the spread of the highly contagious coronavirus or Covid-19 infection.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has extended the deadline to file IT returns to 30 June 2020.  She has also reduced interest rate to 9 per cent vs 18 per cent, on delayed deposit of TDS. The deadline to file March, April, and May, has also been extended to June-end.

Amid coronavirus scare, any debit card can be used to withdraw money from any bank’s ATM, without any extra charge.

Bank account holders do not need to worry about maintaining a minimum monthly balance as non-maintenance charges will be waived off for three months.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan wins trust vote

In Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan proved his majority by winning the trust vote in the Assembly today.Chouhan was back as the Chief Minister on yesterday for a record fourth term. The legislator from Budhni took oath of office at a simple function in Raj Bhawan last night, where he was sworn-in by Governor Lalji Tandon.

Earlier, Kamal Nath had to resign as Chief Minister last week after his government lost majority following the resignation of 22 Congress MLAs.

Omar Abdullah released from detention

Former chief minister Omar Abdullah walked out of detention after nearly eight months. He was in detention since August last year in view of the abrogation of Artcile 370.

After the move, Abdullah said, “232 days after my detention today I finally left Hari Niwas. It’s a very different world today to the one that existed on 5th August 2019.”

First coronavirus case in North East

Amid lockdown in most parts of India to deal with novel coronavirus threat, the Covid-19 tally has crossed the 500-mark with the first case coming to the fore from the North East on Tuesday.

A 23-year-old, with a travel history to the UK, tested positive for novel coronavirus on Tuesday the first confirmed case of infection reported from North East India. The 23-year-old from Manipur is stable and is being treated, officials have said.

According to Health Ministry data on Tuesday, the total number of Covid-19 cases in India includes at least 41 foreign nationals. Thirty-six people have been cured/discharged/migrated, it added.